Renaissance Vocabulary Flashcards
Renaissance
Period of European jistory lasting from about 1300-1600. Increased interest in art, learning and worldly views
City-state
A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independant political unit
Patron
A person who supports artists, especially financially
Secular
Concerned with worldly rather than religious leaders
Vernacular
The everyday language of people in a region
Utopia
An ideal living place
Humanism
An intellectual movement where thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential/achievements
Realism
19th Century artistic movement where writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than how it shoud be.
Perspective
An artistic technique that creates the appearence of three dimensions on a flat surface.
Michelangelo
A sculptor, poet, architect and painter who depicted the human body realistically
Donatello
A sculptor who made statues that convey personality
Raphael
A young painter who learned from the works of Davinci and Michelangelo
Davinci
A painter, sculptor, inventor and scientist who incorperated his observations into his work
Renaissance Man
A person who excelled in art & education
Medici Family
A wealthy family who controlled Florence and gained money through banking branches throughout Italy
