Renissances Flashcards
The rennisance spanned between
14th and 17th. Century
What does the term renaissance mean
The terms means rebirth
The rennisance started in ______ and worked its way _____ thought Europe
Florence Italy and moved north and east
The philosophy centered around the belief that man is the center of his own universe started what movement
HUMANISM
The artist and scholar created scientific studies of flying machines, invention ideas, and the human anatomy
Leonardo de Vinci
How did he learn about the human anatomy
Human autopsies
Name two famous da Vinci painting
Mona Lisa
The last supper
Type of flag that is flown horizontally from the end of a spear
Pennon
Flags were used as a way _____ commutative
Visually
What does the color green traditionally symbolize on a rennisance flag
Peace freedom
How many layers of clothing did a woman usually wear
5
What two social groups wore brightly colored patterned clothing
Wealthy and royalty
Two common fashion trends for female head accessories
Intricate braiding or head pieces/Hats
Like
Little adults
What are the three defining charecteristics of humanism
Encourage to question conventional wisdom
Encourage to be curious/ experimentation
Invention encourage
Who built a telescope that proved the earth and other planets revolved around the sun
Galileo
What did Galileo discover by dropping different sized cannon ball off the side of a building
That all objects fall at the same rate of speed
What is a patron
A wealthy merchant
What three factors played a role of the birth of the renaissance in Italy at the time
Wealthy patrons, access to classic roman resources, independent governments not ruled by church
This artist mastered the use of linear perspective to create the illusion of space in his painting
Brunelleschi
What important invention changed who learned to read In the renaissance
The movable type printing press
Who invented the printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
Before the printing press who was responsible for writing books
Monks, clergy of the church
Why was early renaissance music primarily written for vocal choris
The church was paying for it a composers only source of income
Why did music in the later renaissance change to more instrumental music
Patrons became a new source of income for composers
