chapter 9

Question 1

renaissance

Answer 1

the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.

Question 2

milan

Answer 2

an industrial city in central Lombardy, in N Italy: cathedral.

Question 3

venice

Answer 3

Italian Venezia. a seaport in NE Italy, built on numerous small islands in the Lagoon of Venice.

Question 4

florence

Answer 4

Italian Firenze. a city in central Italy, on the Arno River: capital of the former grand duchy of Tuscany.

Question 5

rome

Answer 5

Italian Roma. a city in and the capital of Italy, in the central part, on the Tiber: ancient capital of the Roman Empire; site of Vatican City, seat of authority of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 6

medici family

Answer 6

Medici. Italian noble family that produced three popes (Leo X, Clement VII, and Leo XI) and two queens of France (Catherine de Médicis and Marie de Médicis). Cosimo “the Elder” (1389–1464) was the first of the family to rule Florence.

Question 7

humanism

Answer 7

any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate

Question 8

machiavelli

Answer 8

1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author

Question 9

perspective

Answer 9

a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface.

Question 10

gutenberg

Answer 10

German printer: credited with invention of printing from movable type.

Question 11

erasmus

Answer 11

Dutch humanist, scholar, theologian, and writer.

Question 12

william shakespere

Answer 12

An English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, generally considered the greatest writer in English.

Question 13

sir thomas more

Answer 13

venerated by Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532.

Question 14

flemish

Answer 14

of or relating to Flanders, its people, or their language.

Question 15

michealangelo

Answer 15

Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.

Question 16

john van eyck

Answer 16

was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges and one of the most significant Northern Renaissance artists of the 15th century.

Question 17

albert durer

Answer 17

was a painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance.

Question 18

fresco

Answer 18

is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly-laid, or wet lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall.