History test ch 4 Flashcards
the major causes of the Renaissance.
crussaders returning to erope brought back many documents that had been preserved by the byzantines and muslims.
what humanism is and how it changed over time
an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. humanism became ever more independent of religion and sometimes affiliated with deism, religious indifference, and unbelief.
differences between the Italian Renaissance and the Northern European
Renaissance.
italian was taught that those who lived by the bibical and classical virtues maight not be able to gain or keep power
but northen was taught christian rather than classical sources.
writers and artists of the Renaissance and what they were known for.
Leonardo da Vinci: know for painting the mona lisa.
Michelangelo:painted the ceiling of the sistine chaple in rome.
how the Renaissance impacted the arts and architecture.
The renasisance reflected a new culture
Italian renassaince artist who is know for painting the mona lisa.
Leonardo da Vinci
a Dutch Renaissance linguist and scholar who published a Greek New Testament and advocated
church reform
Erasmus
a pioneer of renaissance humanism, a central figure in itallian litearature and the father of humanism
Petrarch
Itallian renassaince artist who painted the ceiling of the sistine chaple in rome.
Michelangelo
a building in rome whose ceiling was painted by michelangelo during the italian reanaissance
Sistine Chapel
an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.
Humanism
philosophy that wanted to return christianinity to the simple values of its early days.
Christan humanism
a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
City-states
the teqnique renaissance artist used to give depth into paintings by adjusting the size of objects in relation to the observers view point
Perspective
a teqnique used by renaissance artist to give dimensions to their painters
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