Chapter 3- Humanists Approach Flashcards
What is a humanist?
A person who adopts a system of thought that centres on humans and their worth, capacities and values.
Who built the statue of the biblical hero David?
Michaelangelo
What did humanists in northern Italian city states study?
Greek and Roman, also applied classical ideas to modern life.
What is democracy?
A form of government in which people elect representatives to rule
What were the four main ideas humanists believed in?
Use power of reason to find the truth for themselves.
Have an open curious and questioning mind.
Achieve great things through learning.
Develop mind, spirit, and body (the whole child).
What do aqueducts do?
Carry water great distances to cities.
What is a philosopher?
One who studies truth and principles underlying human knowledge and conduct and the nature of the universe
Petrarch was a humanist thinker. How did he compare the classical age and his current time?
He regarded the past as glorious and the present as a dark age.
What do civic humanists believe In?
Being a responsible citizen.
Educating yourself before voting, working to improve society
What does it mean to educate the whole child?
To train mind, spirit and body.
What is rhetoric?
The art of making speeches.
Desidirius Erasmus, said “When I get a little money I buy _____, if any is left over I buy food and clothes.”
Books
What is a patron?
Someone who pays artists to create works, ex. Medicis
What is the difference between pictographs and petroglyphs?
Petroglyphs are carved into stone and pictographs are drawn.
What did Michelangelo do with his famous sculpture Pieta?
He carved his name in because someone else claimed it.
