Renaissance

Question 1

Patron

Answer 1

A person who supports artists, especially financially.

Question 2

Da Vinci

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An exemplar “Renaissance Man” by being a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist. Painted works such as the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper”.

Question 3

Boccaccio

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An Italian writer who is best known for “Decameran”, a series of realistic, almost crude, stories that illustrate the human condition.

Question 4

Gutenberg Bible

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Using the printing press that he invented, Johann Gutenberg invented this complete bible in 1455. It was the first full-sized book printed with movable type.

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Medici

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The powerful banking family that Florence was under the rule of. The family bank had branches all across Italy and Europe.
Notable Medici rulers:
-Cosimo de Medici (dictator of Florence)
-Lorenzo de Medici (ruled as a dictator, but kept the appearance of having an elected gov’t)

Question 6

Castiglione

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Wrote “The Courtier”, which taught people how to become a “Renaissance Man”.

Question 7

Raphael

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An artist who was famous for his use of perspective. His greatest achievement was painting the walls of Pope Julius II’s library.

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Machiavelli

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Wrote “The Prince”, which examined the imperfect conduct of human beings. It’s a political guidebook on how a ruler can gain power in spite of their enemies.

Question 9

Printing press

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An invention of German craftsman, Johann Gutenberg. It made it possible to produce books quickly and cheaply.

Question 10

Humanism

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A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements.

Question 11

Isabella d’Este

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One of the few women of the time period to exercise their power:
Married ruler of a city-state, Mantua. She brought many Renaissance artists to her court and built famous art collection. She was skilled in politics. When her husband was taken captive, she defended Mantua and won his release.

Question 12

Perspective

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An artistic technique that creates the appearance of 3 dimensions on a flat surface.

Question 13

Thomas More

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Wrote book, “Utopia”, to show better model of society. In the book, greed, corruption, and war were emitted.

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Classics

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The art of Ancient Greece and Rome, in which harmony, order, and proportion were emphasized.

Question 15

Michelangelo

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• Sculptor, poet, architect, painter

- used realistic style when depicting human body

Question 16

Vernacular

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Everyday language of people in a region or country

Question 17

Utopia

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An imaginary land described by Thomas More in his book “Utopia”, an ideal place

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Secular

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Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

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Donatello

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• Artist who made sculpture more realistic by carving natural postures/expressions.
• Made first-free standing nude since ancient times.

Question 20

Petrarch

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• One of the earliest/most influential humanist

- Called “father of Renaissance humanism”

Question 21

Shakespeare

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• Most famous writer of Elizabeth Age
• revived classics and drew from them for inspiration and plots
• many of his plays examine human flaws

Question 22

Renaissance

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A period of European history, lasting from about 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, new views of the world.