Renaissance Flashcards
1
Q
Humanism
A
Humanism means to put humans at the centre of everything
2
Q
Republic
A
Means that people could elect the government
3
Q
Patron
A
Is a person who commissions an artist to produce a work of art.
4
Q
Anatomy
A
Artists dissected the human body to see how the muscles worked and where the bones were.
5
Q
Perspective
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Artists began to paint people and objects at the back of the picture smaller than those at the front.
6
Q
Sfumato
A
Artists used tiny brush strokes to blend areas in together. This meant there were no hard outlines.
7
Q
Fresco
A
Fresco is a painting done directly onto wet plaster.
8
Q
Canvas
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Is what Renaissance people used to paint on
9
Q
Renaissance
A
Renaissance is the french word for rebirth.
