Renaissance

Question 1

What was the Renaissance?

Answer 1

The rebirth of interest in the learning of ancient Greece and Rome

Question 2

Where did the Renaissance begin?

Answer 2

Florence

Question 3

What’s a patron?

Answer 3

A person who paid an artist to work for them.

Question 4

What is perspective?

Answer 4

It gave illusion of depth to a painting

Question 5

What are frescoes?

Answer 5

Painting done on wet or damp plaster

Question 6

Name a Renaissance artist and write about them

Answer 6

Michelangelo
~ a native of Florence
~ master ghirlandaio
~ Pieta
~ David
~ Sistine Chapel
~ Last Judgement

Question 7

Name a Renaisance scientist and write about them

Answer 7

Galileo
~ used a telescope to prove Copernicus’ theory
~ Catholic Church angry, believed holy land was at the centre of the universe

Question 8

Explain an advancement in medicine during the Renaissance

Answer 8

Andreas Vesalius, Belgium
~disected bodies of executed criminals to find out about how the human body worked (anatomy)
~published a book fabrica- on the fabric of the human body in 1543

Question 9

Technology advancements in the Renaissance.

Answer 9

Johann Gutenburg was a goldsmithfrom Germany. He invented the printing press and moveable type. He made letters and covered them with ink. Then pressed a sheet of paper on top. The first book he printed was the Bible.