Renaissance Flashcards
Increased demand for _______ _________ products
Middle Eastern
Encouraged the use of ______ and ______
Credit and banking
Letters of credit ________ supply of _______ and sped up trade
Expanded, money
New _______ and _________ practices used Arabic numerals
Accounting and bookkeeping
Italian ______-______ became rich from trade
- ________
- ________
- ________
City states
- Florence
- Venice
- Genoa
Independent city states governed as ________ by wealthy _______
Republics, merchants
Who wrote “The Prince”? What was it about?
Niccolo Machiavelli. Guidelines for the how to get power by absolute rule.
Medical art and literature focused on the _______ and _______
Church, salvation
Renaissance art and literature focused on ________ and _______ matters along with __________
Individuals, worldly, Christianity
Who painted the “ Mona Lisa and The Last Supper?”
Leonardo da Vinci
Who painted to ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted David?
Michaelangelo
Who was considered the “father of humanism?” Also wrote Sonnets
Petrarch
Who painted the school of Athens?
Raphael
Celebrated the individual
Humanism
Who were humanists supported by?
Patrons
Who wrote The Praise of Folly?
Erasmus
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenburg
Why was the printing press important?
- 1st way to print large amounts
- GUTENBURG BIBLE
- more education and learning
Who wrote Utopia? What was it about?
Sir Thomas Moore. A world with perfect social, legal and political system. (Leading humanist scholar)
Who wrote Decameron?
Boccaccio
Who was the greatest play write in all time?
William Shakespeare
Who made a fortune in trade and banking and won control of Florence’s government?
Medici family
Renaissance
Means________
Rebirth of ____ and ________
Began in northern _________
Rebirth, art and learning, Italy
