Renaissance

Question 1

Causes

Answer 1

Ruins of the Roman Empire
Fall of Constantinople
Wealth + new from trade
Competition between Italian cities
Patrons (e.g. de Medici family)
Humanism - people at the centre

Question 2

Changes in art

Answer 2

Studied anatomy (more accurate)
Used perspective
More precise
Used sfumato
Themes of ancient myths + religion

Question 3

Painter

Answer 3

Di Vinci e.g. Mona Lisa

Question 4

Sculptor

Answer 4

Michelangelo e.g. David

Question 5

Printing press

Answer 5

Johannes Gutenberg
Books are cheaper + more available
Increasing literacy
Fiction became popular
Control of the church declined
Latin declined

Question 6

Science

Answer 6

Galileo Galilei discovered the moon has craters, Saturn has rings + the sun has spots
Convicted of heresy for supporting Copernicus’s discovery that the earth revolves around the sun, he was a sleeveen +,said he was wrong. was put under house arrest until death + his books were banned

Question 7

Medicine

Answer 7

Heart pumps blood (William Harvey)
Detailed. correct diagrams of the body (Vesalius)