Renaissance 4 Flashcards
What were two new artistic techniques during the Renaissance?
During the Renaissance artists learned about perspective and proportion.
What is perspective?
Perspective is making things in the distance or background smaller.
What is proportion?
Proportion is making things the right size in relation to each other. Ie People are smaller than buildings beside them.
Who is Michelangelo?
Michelangelo is one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance.
What statue is Michelangelo famous for?
The statue of David is 5 meters tall that took him 3 years to make
What other art is Michelangelo famous for?
He painted the Sistine chapel in Rome by applying water colours to wet plaster, so the art became part of the ceiling.
who was Leonardo De Vinci?
Leonardo de Vinci was a great painter, scientist, engineer and inventor
What amazing things did Leonardo have in his journals?
Leonardo had drawings for helicopters, tanks, parachutes, and a flying machine.
How did Leonardo find out about the human body?
He dissected corpses (dead bodies) which was illegal, and drew their pictures.
What was odd about Leonardo’s writing?
He wrote back to front so it has to be read in a mirror.
How did women become artists?
Women only became artists if their families supported them, they might learn from their fathers etc. They were only noblewomen.
How were books made in the Middle ages?
Books were copied out by hand, by monks, during the Middle ages so were rare and valuable.
How did education change in the Renaissance?
More people became educated in humanist ideals
What revolutionized the spread of the new ideas and information?
the printing press spread material to read quickly and cheaply, so ideas spread more easily.
Who built the first printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg in Germany in 1450
What material were books printed on in the Renaissance?
Paper was now used instead of parchment (dried sheepskin)
Who was now able to own books?
Middle class, not just the rich, were able to own books after the printing press was invented.
How did the printing press help libraries?
Libraries could own more books now that they were cheaper
How did the language of books change?
Books used to only be in Latin (the language of the Church), but now they were written in languages of the common people.
What was this “Information Revolution?”
the information revolution was that with the printing press ideas were spread amongst the everyday middle class people, who became more educated.
Who was Durer?
Durer was a German artist who travelled to Italy, then wrote a text book on perspective and proportion.
How did Durer’s book change things?
Durer’s book popularized, made common, the ideas of the Renaissance?
What contribution did northern artists make to Renaissance art?
Northern artists developed oil paint, which gave brilliant, long lasting colour
How did northern art differ?
Northern artists tended to focus on realistic representations of nature, and peasant life.
What was the scientific revolution in the Renaissance?
the scientific revolution lasted for centuries but started in the Renaissance when scientists realized they could learn a lot by observation.
How was scientific thinking different from their past?
In the past, the bible explained all thinking, and explanations supported religious teachings.
Who invented the scientific method?
Leonardo de Vinci invented the scientific method.
what is the scientific method?
careful observation and recording of data is the scientific method.
Who was Copernicus?
Copernicus, lived in Poland, and use math to calculate orbits of planet around the sun.
What three new ways of looking at the earth and sun did Copernicus develop?
- the sun is one of many stars with their own planets, 2. the earth revolves around the sun 3. the earth revolves on its own axis.
What was Copernicus’ book called?
On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres, which he got a copy of just before he died.
What did the church think of Copernicus’ book?
The church condemned his book, but too many copies had already been printed for them to destroy them all.
Who was Galileo Galilei?
Galileo read Copernicus’ book, and eyeglass maker Lippershey’s work to build a telescope with a 30x magnification
What did Galileo confirm?
Galileo confirmed Copernicus’ ideas about the earth and sun
What did the church do to Galileo?
He was called before the Inquisition and forced to recant (deny) his research, which he did, but spent the rest of his life under house arrest.
What is Galileo called?
Galileo is called the father of modern physics.
