Chapter 7 Flashcards
What does Renaissance mean
Rebirth
Where did the Renaissance begin
In Italy
Give 4 reasons why it began in Italy
- 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.
Name a powerful patron at the time of the Renaissance
Lorenzo de Medici
Name 2 famous artists that Lorenzo de Medici sponsored.
Michelangelo
Leonardo de Vinci
Name a famous Italian architect
Andrea Palladio.
What did Andrea Palladio design (3)
Large pillars
Domed roofs
Front pourch (porticoes)
Where was Andreas style used
Greece and Rome
What was the first example of Andrea Palladio’s style
The dome in the cathedral in Florence.
Who built the dome in the cathedral in Florence
Filippo Brunelleschi
What technique is used to make a dome
Corbelling
What is the name of the cathedral in Florence
Santa Maria del fiore
What did artists do to get a good understanding of how the body works
Dissected bodies
What was egg yolk used for before the Renaissance
To bind paints
What was the problem with using egg yolk to bind paint
The paint dried very fast and the it gave to artists less time to perfect the masterpiece
During the Renaissance what was used instead of egg yolk to bind the paint.
Linseed oil.
What was the technique called that made people look more lifelike
Perspective painting
What was the name of the technique that made people’s faces more life like
Sfumato
What does sfumato mean and what did it do to make the people look more lifelike
Means = smokey
painted the face different shades.
What was a fresco
It was a painting used to decorate walls and ceilings
Was a fresco painted directly on a wall
No it was painted on wet plaster so that it can absorb the paint
Name the three greatest artists if the Renaissance
Raphael
Michelangelo
Leonardo de Vinci
Was Michelangelo
Raphael
Leonardo de Vinci friends ?
No they were in great competition with each other
Was Leonardo de Vinci only an artist?
No he was a
inventor
architect
musician
mathematician
sportsmanWhen did the Renaissance begin
In 1350
Outside of Italy what other country became very famous for art
The Netherlands.
Name one of the great artists of the Northern Europe Renaissance
Jan van eyck
What jan van eyck’s paintings stand out
There great use of detail.
Name one of Eyck’s paintings
The arnolfini marraige
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
Who was the great German artist during the Renaissance
Albrecht dürer
Where was dürer Brecht born
Nuremberg
What was he well known for
His paintings and engravings
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
How was printing first carried out
By block print
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
Who created moving type
Johann Gutenberg a German goldsmith
What was movable type
When metal blocks with letters on them were held in a frame
What was his printing press designed from
Presses of crushed grapes for wine
When was the first bible ( and book ) printed
In 1455
How many pages could be printed in one day in his workshop
300
What was the first print used
Thick gothic style
What was the smaller type called and why was it better
Italics and it made books smaller and cheaper
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
Name 2 humans writers
Thomas Moore and Erasmus
When did Thomas Moore writ his most famous book and what was it
In 1516 utopia
What was utopia about
An island where there was no war or crime and everybody loved and cared for each othe
Erasmus from
Holland
Besides a writer what was Erasmus
He was an Augustinian priest
What did Erasmus hope to teach people through his writings
That he could convince the church to better lives
What language did writers write in before the Renaissance
Latin
What is the vernacular language
The language that the people in a certain country speak
What did many doctors believe could cure diseases
Bloodletting
What is blood clotting
When they release a little bit of blood by cutting a vein
Who carried out the blood letting
By the local barber
What does the red and white stripes on a barber pole stand for
Red=blood
White= bandage
What are used to suck blood
Leeches
Name a Renaissance doctor
Andreas Vesalius
What was the name of Andreas Vesalius book
On the fabric of the human body
Who was the English doctor that found out that the heart pumped blood
William Harvey
What astronomer though that the sun revolved around the earth
Ptolement
Where was Nicolous Copernicus from
Poland
What did Nicolous do
Questioned Ptolement
Where was Galileo born and where
1564
Pisa
What was galileos first discovery
That all objects fall at the same speed
When did Galileo find out about the double lense microscope
1609
What book did galileo publish to support Copernicus
Dialogue on the two chief world system
What was the name given to the prison for people who questioned the church
Inquisition
What happened when the book was published
He was sentenced to go to inquistion
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.
When did he die
1642
