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What does Renaissance mean

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Rebirth

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Where did the Renaissance begin

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In Italy

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Give 4 reasons why it began in Italy

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  • Italy had a lot of ruins that inspired artists and architects to rebuild their city.
  • Greeks fled to Rome when the Turks captured their city of constanyinopole and they took many manuscripts and scholars and that brought a lot of interest to Greek culture.
  • Italy was a very rich place and rich merchants and princes payed artists for beautiful pieces of art, these people were known as patrons.
  • Italy became one of the crossroads of the world.
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Name a powerful patron at the time of the Renaissance

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Lorenzo de Medici

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Name 2 famous artists that Lorenzo de Medici sponsored.

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Michelangelo

Leonardo de Vinci

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Name a famous Italian architect

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Andrea Palladio.

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What did Andrea Palladio design (3)

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Large pillars
Domed roofs
Front pourch (porticoes)

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Where was Andreas style used

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Greece and Rome

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What was the first example of Andrea Palladio’s style

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The dome in the cathedral in Florence.

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Who built the dome in the cathedral in Florence

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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What technique is used to make a dome

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Corbelling

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What is the name of the cathedral in Florence

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Santa Maria del fiore

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What did artists do to get a good understanding of how the body works

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Dissected bodies

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What was egg yolk used for before the Renaissance

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To bind paints

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What was the problem with using egg yolk to bind paint

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The paint dried very fast and the it gave to artists less time to perfect the masterpiece

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During the Renaissance what was used instead of egg yolk to bind the paint.

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Linseed oil.

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What was the technique called that made people look more lifelike

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Perspective painting

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What was the name of the technique that made people’s faces more life like

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Sfumato

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What does sfumato mean and what did it do to make the people look more lifelike

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Means = smokey

painted the face different shades.

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What was a fresco

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It was a painting used to decorate walls and ceilings

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Was a fresco painted directly on a wall

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No it was painted on wet plaster so that it can absorb the paint

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Name the three greatest artists if the Renaissance

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Raphael
Michelangelo
Leonardo de Vinci

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Was Michelangelo
Raphael
Leonardo de Vinci friends ?

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No they were in great competition with each other

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Was Leonardo de Vinci only an artist?

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No he was a 
                    inventor 
                    architect
                    musician
                    mathematician
                    sportsman
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When did the Renaissance begin
In 1350
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Outside of Italy what other country became very famous for art
The Netherlands.
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Name one of the great artists of the Northern Europe Renaissance
Jan van eyck
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What jan van eyck's paintings stand out
There great use of detail.
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Name one of Eyck's paintings
The arnolfini marraige
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What aspect of him is in the painting
The mirror may be a self portrait and above it its says Jan van eyck was present
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Who was the great German artist during the Renaissance
Albrecht dürer
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Where was dürer Brecht born
Nuremberg
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What was he well known for
His paintings and engravings
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What is engraving
It was when sharp objects were cut into wood or metal and covered in ink and then pressed or stamped on to paper so that things could be printed or copied
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How was printing first carried out
By block print
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What was block print
It was dipping a piece of wood with a letter cut out of it in ink and then pressed down on a piece of paper
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Who created moving type
Johann Gutenberg a German goldsmith
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What was movable type
When metal blocks with letters on them were held in a frame
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What was his printing press designed from
Presses of crushed grapes for wine
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When was the first bible ( and book ) printed
In 1455
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How many pages could be printed in one day in his workshop
300
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What was the first print used
Thick gothic style
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What was the smaller type called and why was it better
Italics and it made books smaller and cheaper
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What benefits came from the printing press
Writers could could reach to a much larger audience Renaissance writers showed a great interest in the lives of people. Spread of language
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Name 2 humans writers
Thomas Moore and Erasmus
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When did Thomas Moore writ his most famous book and what was it
In 1516 utopia
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What was utopia about
An island where there was no war or crime and everybody loved and cared for each othe
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Erasmus from
Holland
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Besides a writer what was Erasmus
He was an Augustinian priest
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What did Erasmus hope to teach people through his writings
That he could convince the church to better lives
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What language did writers write in before the Renaissance
Latin
52
What is the vernacular language
The language that the people in a certain country speak
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What did many doctors believe could cure diseases
Bloodletting
54
What is blood clotting
When they release a little bit of blood by cutting a vein
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Who carried out the blood letting
By the local barber
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What does the red and white stripes on a barber pole stand for
Red=blood | White= bandage
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What are used to suck blood
Leeches
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Name a Renaissance doctor
Andreas Vesalius
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What was the name of Andreas Vesalius book
On the fabric of the human body
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Who was the English doctor that found out that the heart pumped blood
William Harvey
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What astronomer though that the sun revolved around the earth
Ptolement
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Where was Nicolous Copernicus from
Poland
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What did Nicolous do
Questioned Ptolement
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Where was Galileo born and where
1564 | Pisa
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What was galileos first discovery
That all objects fall at the same speed
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When did Galileo find out about the double lense microscope
1609
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What book did galileo publish to support Copernicus
Dialogue on the two chief world system
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What was the name given to the prison for people who questioned the church
Inquisition
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What happened when the book was published
He was sentenced to go to inquistion
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What did he have to do to in order to save his life
He had to withdraw his claim that the earth revolves around the sun.
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When did he die
1642

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