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The renaissance spanned between what centuries?

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14th to 17th centuries

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What does the term renaissance mean?

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Rebirth or renewal

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The renaissance started in ________________ and worked its way ______________ through Italy.

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Fist blank : Florence Italy

Second blank: north and east

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The philosophy centered around the belief that man was the center of his own universe started what movement

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Humanism

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This artist and scholar created flying machines and studied human anatomy

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Leonardo Di Vinci

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How did leanardo Di Vinci learn about human anatomy

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He performed autopsies

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Name two famous Di Vinci paintings

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Mona Lisa

The Last Supper

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What are the three defining characters of humanism encouraged to question conventional w

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encouraged to question conventional wisdom
Encouraged curiosity and experimentation
Invention encouraged

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Who built a telescope that proved the earth revolved around the sun

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Galilao

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What did Galilao discover by dropping different sized cannon balls off the side of a building

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All objects fall at the same rate

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This artist mastered the art of linear perspective

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Brunelleschi

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What important invention changed who learned how to read and write

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The moveable type printing press

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Who invented the printing press

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Johannes Gutenburg

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Before the printing press who was responsible for writing books?

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Minks and clergys

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14
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What is a patron?

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wealthy merchant citizens who sponsored artists and scholars

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What three factors played a roll of the birth of the renaissance in italy

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Wealthy patrons access to classic roman resources,independent govt. not ruled by the church

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Why was the early renaissance primarily written for vocal chiors

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It was for the church

17
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Why did music become instrumental later in the renaissance?

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Patrons were paying them now

18
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Type of flag the is flown horizontally from the end of the spear

A

Pennon

19
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Flags were used as a way to _____________ communicate

A

Visually

20
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What does the color green traditionally symbolize in a renaissance flag?

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Peace and freedom

21
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What’s the difference between a flag and a banner

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A fog flies horizontally a banner is hung vertically

22
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How many layers of clothing did women usually wear

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5 layers of clothes

23
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What two social groups wore brightly colored and patterned clothing

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Wealthy and royalty

24
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Two common fashion trends for female head accessories

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Hats and intricate braids

25
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How did parents dress children?

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As if they were adults

26
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What renaissance invention spearheaded the common use of wood cut images

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Printing press

27
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Artists removed ___________ so that a linear image would be transferred into the printed copy

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Negative space

28
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How and why did the subject matter woodcut change during the renaissance?

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Depicted everyday images of life around them because the church wasn’t paying for it.

29
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What popular dessert ingredient was not available during the renaissance

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Chocolate

30
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Meat was usually cooked by _______

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Braising and boiling to save fuel

31
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What essential piece of cooking equipment was found in every renaissance kitchen?

A

Stew pot

32
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Who wrote the play Bisclaravet?

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Lais Marie de France

33
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The story includes the subject of

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Lycanthropy

34
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What are the two renaissance subjects portrayed in the story

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Love betrayal

35
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Who did the author write this series of stories for?

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King Henry II

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