Renaissance Flashcards

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What is a patron?

A

A wealthy merchant or citizen that would sponsor artists mad scholars in their work or research

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What are the three defining characteristics of humanism?

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Encouraged or question conventional wisdom
Encouraged to be curious/experimentation
Invention encouraged

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What three factors played a role of the birth of the renaissance in Italy at the time?

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Wealthy patrons
Access to Classic Roman resources
Independent governments not ruled by church

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Why was early renaissance music primarily written for vocal choirs

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The church was paying for it- composer’s only source of income

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Why did music in the later renaissance change to more instrumental?

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Patrons became a new source of income for composers

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5
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The term renaissance

A

Rebirth or revival

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6
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Renaissance spanned between what centuries?

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14th and 17th

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7
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Type of flag flown horizontally from end of a spear is called a:

A

Pennon

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8
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Renaissance started in _____ and worked its way through____

A

Florence

North and east

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9
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Flags were used as a way to _____ communicate

A

Visually

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What does the color green symbolize In a renaissance flag

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Peace and freedom

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11
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Man is center of his own universe theory

A

Humanism

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12
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Difference between flag and banner

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Flag flies horizontally a banner is hung from top

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13
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Artist and scholar who made machines and studied human anatomy

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Leonardo de Vinci

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14
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How did Leonardo DV learn about human anatomy

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He preformed autopsies

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15
Q

Layers of clothing a woman wore

A

5

16
Q

2 famous leanordo de Vinci

A

Mona Lisa

Last supper

17
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What two social groups wore brightly colored and patterned clothing

A

Royalty and wealthy

18
Q

Who built a telescope

A

Galileo

19
Q

Two common fashion trends for female head accessories

A

Head pieces/hats or intricate braiding

20
Q

What did Galileo discover by dropping different sized cannons of a ledge

A

All things drop at same rate

21
Q

Parents dressed their kids like_____

A

Little adults

22
Q

Artist who mastered linear perspective

A

Brunelleschi

23
Q

Who invented printing press

A

Johannes Gutenburg

24
Q

What renaissance spearheaded use of wood cut images

A

Printing press

25
Q

Minks and clergys were responcible for…

A

Writing books

26
Q

Artists removed ______ so a linear image would be transferred in a printed copy

A

Negative space

27
Q

How and why did hrw subject matter of woodcut art change during the renaissance

A

Depicted everyday images if life around them because the church was not the only source of income for the artists

28
Q

What popular modern desert ingredient was not available during the renaissance?

A

Chocolate

29
Q

Meat was usually cooked by:

A

Braised and boiled in water

30
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What essential piece of cooking equipment was found in every renaissance kitchen?

A

Stew pot

31
Q

Who wrote the play Bisclavet

A

Laid or Marie de France

32
Q

The story of Bisclavet includes the story of

A

Lycanthropy

33
Q

2 renaissance ideas are portrayed in the story love?

A

The power of love and betrayal

34
Q

Who did the author write this story for

A

King Henry II