Chapter 6 - The Rennaisance Flashcards
What does Renaissance mean and how long did it last?
Renaissance means Rebirth and it lasted from the 1400-1500s.
What was the Renaissance?
The Renaissance was a period which saw the rebirth of interest in the ideas of Ancient Rome and Greece.
What was Humanism?
Humanism is a mindset which focuses more on human knowledge rather than god and religion.
What did Humanism inspire artists too do?
Humanism inspired artists to show the real world, real people and nature in their art.
Give 3 reasons why the Renaissance started in Italy.
Fall of Constantinople, wealth from trade, and new ideas from trade.
What was important about the De Medici family?
The De Medici family were very wealthy patrons (people who payed artists to make art for them) and they sponsored artists and architects and opened a sculpture academy.
What was the difference between Medieval paintings and Renaissance paintings.
Medieval paintings were usually more religious and out of proportion and Renaissance paintings used sfumato (blurring or smudging lines to give them a “smoky” effect) and used perspective (the creation of depth and distance in a painting)
What paintings did Leonardo Da Vinci paint?
Mona Lisa (1503-1506) and The Last Supper (1495-1498).
What was the difference between Medieval and Renaissance sculptures
Medieval sculptures were usually attached to walls and the body’s were covered up by long clothing whereas Renaissance paintings were free standing and naked a lot of the time.
What famous sculpture did Michelangelo Buonarroti sculpt during the Renaissance?
Michelangelo sculpted David and it took him from 1501-1504 to finish it.
Who created the moveable type printing press and in what year?
Johannes Gutenberg created the moveable type printing press in 1440 but versions of it had already been made in China a few centuries before him.
What impact did the Printing Press have in Europe.
Books became much cheaper, more people learned to read and write and fiction became more popular.
What did Andrea’s Vesalius do?
Andreas Vesalius became one of the first people to accurately record and illustrate human anatomy based on his findings from dissections.
What did William Harvey do?
William discovered that the heart pumped blood around the body.
What did Nicolaus Copernicus discover?
He discovered that the Earth resolved around the Sun but had no way to prove it.
