Renaissance Flashcards
What does Renaissance mean
Rebirth/revival
What is humanism
Putting human beings at the centre of everything
Did Italy have a sustained King
No
What was a patron
Someone who invested in art ex. Cosmo DeMidici
Who was the richest family in Florence
Medici Family
When was Cosmo born and died
1389-1464
Why did the Renaissance start in Italy
Influence of Greek and Roman history
Old Roman Empire in Italy
Independent city states
Wealthy merchants
Name forms of art
Sculptures-murals-drawing-paintings-architecture
Name things to do with art that started during Renaissance
Oil paint Canvas~wood Frescos (wet plaster) Light and shadows Sfumato (smoky) Realism Linear perspective Realistic details
What was printing like
Metal letters were put into boxes Letters made words into pages Ink spread onto each 'page' Face down on vellum and pressed by large screw Hung to dry Made into books
Who was Johannesburg Gutenberg
Invented the new printing-goldsmith by trade
Who was first to spread printing
William Caxton
Renaissance style architecture
Domes, symmetry, round arches, pediments & columns
Name a famous women during this time
Judith Leyster(painter) & Anna Maria(scholar)
People
Questioned the church
Why was Vesalius called father of the anatomy
He proved this theory
What did William Harvey discover
That the blood circulated from the heart around the body
Who was Copernicus
First worked out that the earth revolved around other planets
What was Galileos theory ‘law of falling bodies’
All objects when dropped at same height fall at Same speed
Who were against Copernicus and Galileos theories
Church
Why were examinations of dead bodies not common before Renaissance
Church didn’t believe In this
What was oil paint
Linseed oil
What was frescos
Painting done directly onto wet plaster
What was sfumato
Italian for smoky used by Leonardo Davinci in móna Lisa
