Renaissance Flashcards
Humanism
believes that “life should be lived to the fullest”
Humanist
values life and think we should live, live life to the fullest
Devout Humanist
believes that it is achieved by serving God
Secular Humanist
believes that service to self and others this can be done
Civic Humanist
Believe that through building public buildings, parks, and through community service that it is achieved
Renaissance man
one who is versed in many subjects
Who is a great example of a renaissance man?
leonardo
Why is leanoardo a great renaissance man
he was an inventor, artist, scientist, engineer, writer, musician
What did Baldassare Castilione write
Book of Courtier
Book of courtier
extols the virtues of the renaissance man, sets out rules to follow in social gatherings
Niccolo Machiavelli
wrote the prince,
What is the prince
handbook for rulers,
What was the best way to rule according to the prince
put fear into their hearts
Giotto
first of the renaissance artists,
What is Giotto the father of?
perspepective drawing
What his Giotto famous for
depictions of st francis of assisi
Raphael
perfected the art of painting
The Medici’s
patrons of the arts during the renaissance
What did the medicis do to arts through their patronage?
inspire them
leonardo da vinci
renaissance man
what are leonardo da vincis works?
mona lise, last supper, notebooks, flying machines, tank, automobile
Michaelangelo Buonarroti
sistine chapel ceiling, last judgement, david, moses, pieta
Northern REnaissance
renaissance spread from italy into the rest of europe as well
Johannes Gutenberg
invented printing press
Printing press did what?
allowed books to be mass produced
The english Renaissance
Elizabethan age queen elzabeth on the throne during Tudor England
William Shakespeare
wrote sonnets and plays including, MAcbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet
in the 13th century of farming in europe what was happening
farms were reaching limits of production, soil was losing fertility
