Renaissance And The Reformation Flashcards
What does Renaissance mean and in what language?
Renaissance means rebirth in French
The Renaissance was a time when people started to _____________ existing ideas
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Where was the Renaissance considered to have started?
Florence
The Renaissance marks the end of what period in history?
Middle Ages
Renaissance thinkers studied the writing and works of Greeks and ————–
Romans
What was the name for the new way of thinking - that people should be educated
Humanism
At the start of the Renaissance Italy was divided up into many of these….
City States
What is the name of one of the most important, major coastal Italian city state?
Venice
Italian city states _______________ with each other to be the best
Competed
Renaissance art was more______________ than that of the Middle Ages
Realistic
Who was a leading Renaissance polymath
Leonardo Da Vinci
What is a polymath?
A person who has knowledge and learning of many subjects
Who was the sculptor and painter who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome?
Michaelangelo
When did the Renaissance start?
1350-1400
What did people start thinking in the Renaissance?
In the Renaissance people started thinking that life didn’t need to be hard
They started to think that art, science and music could make people’s lives better - this was a major change of thinking
What were three of the main city states?
Venice
Milan
Florence
What had happened to Florence in the late 1300s?
It became wealthy
What was encouraged by Florence’s new wealth?
Wealthy businessmen and merchants hired artists and craftspeople. Art began to flourish.
Who was the first Renaissance painter?
Giotto di Bondone
How did paintings change during the Renaissance?
Previously they had been abstract during the Middle Ages, now (in the Renaissance) people painted objects as realistically as they could.
Name three Renaissance artists
Giotto
Michaelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
What were people starting to complain about in the 16th century?
The Catholic Church being too wealthy, out of touch and corrupt
Which group had led complaints about the Catholic Church before Martin Luther ?
The Lollards
Why were followers of Martin Luther’s criticism of the Catholic Church called Protestants?
Because they protested against the Catholic Church