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The Renaissance Flashcards

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Why did the renaissance start?

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Italian Artists and scholars became interested in Roman and Greek art, architecture and writings
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??Why did the Renaissance start in Italy???

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??The forum and the colosseum inspired the Italians to rebuild.
??Greeks fled to Italy and brought their ancient manuscripts and culture.
??Italy was a wealthy place full of patrons.
??At the time Italy was the trading crossroads of the world.

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Name a renaissance architect

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??Andrea Palladio??

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Name some features of Renaissance architecture

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Large pillars, round arches, domed roofs and large front porches called porticoes with a triangle shape on top

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What was one of the first examples of classical architecture in the Renaissance?

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⛪️A cathedral in in Florence. The main aspect being the dome.⛪️

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Who designed the dome?

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??Filippo Brunelleschi??

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What method did he use to build the dome?

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Corbelling

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Name some features of Renaissance art

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▫️Nature
▫️Perspective
▫️Feeling

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Before the Renaissance how was paint made.

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?Egg yolk to make it bind?

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How did Renaissance artists make paint?

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?Linseed oil. Slow to dry?

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How did they make painting look more realistic?

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Sfumato which gave the skin shading

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What was a fresco?

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It was painted on wet plaster on walls and ceilings

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When was Leonardo born?

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??1452??

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What ages did he attend school between?

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??5-12??

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Who took Leonardo on as an apprentice?

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??Andrea del Verocchio??

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What did Verocchio help Leonardo paint?

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The baptism of Christ

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When was Leonardo accepted as a member of the artists guild in Florence?

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1472

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When did Leonardo move to Milan?

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?1482?

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Who did he work for in Milan?

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??Duke Ludovico Sfodza ??

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What two paintings did he paint in Milan?

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?The last supper

?the Virgin on the rocks.

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What inventions did Leonardo design?

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?Machine gun
?armoured tank
✈️hand glider
?parachute
?helicopter
?cannon
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How did Leonardo keep his notebooks secret?

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?He used mirror writing?

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How many bodies did he dissect?

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??30??

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What did he discover about the heart?

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❤️It had valves and was a pump❤️

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What year did Leonardo move back to Florence?
1499
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What did he paint in Florence
?The Mona Lisa?
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Who did he paint the mona Lisa for?
??The wife of Francesco deal Giocondo??
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When did Leonardo move to Rome?
?1513?
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Who offered Leonardo and invitation for work in 1516?
??King Francis 1??
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When did Leonardo die?
??1519??
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How many notebooks did he leave behind?
?120?
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What is a Madonna painting?
A painting with the Virgin Mary holding an infant Jesus
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Name a great artist of the Northern Europe Renaissance?
Jan Van Eyck.
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Name a painting of Jan Van Eyck's?
The Arnolfini Marriage
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What words are written in the Arnolfini marriage?
Jan Van Eyck was present
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Name a German Renaissance artist?
Albreacht Dürer
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What was albreacht Dürer famous for?
Engraving and painting
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Name a Dutch Renaissance painter?
Rembrandt van Rijn
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Where was Rembrandt born?
Leiden
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When did Rembrandt leave Leiden?
At the age of 25
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Who was Rembrandt influenced by?
Caravaggio
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When was Rembrandt born?
1606
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When did Rembrandt die?
1669
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In what year did Rembrandt move to Amsterdam?
1631
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Where did Rembrandt live in Amsterdam?
The Jewish Quarter
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How did Rembrandt make a lot of money?
Painting portraits
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How many self portraits did Rembrandt make?
60
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When did Rembrandt's wife die?
1642
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What happens to Rembrandt's self portraits as time goes on?
He gets old and tired and sorrowful
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Name three of Rembrandt's most famous paintings?
The Night Watch St Paul In Prison The Anatomy Lesson
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When was "the night watch" painted?
1642
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Why was the Night Watch so famous?
The guards aren't in a line. They are in a natural position
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What happened to the night watch in 1715
Part of it was cut off to fit in Amsterdam's town hall
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What else is the night watch famous for?
The contrasting of light and dark
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How was printing originally done?
Using a printing block
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Who invented the moveable type?
Johann Gutenberg
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When was the moveable type invented?
1450
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How many sheets a day could Gutenberg print?
300
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What was the first book printed using the moveable type?
The bible
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How many pages does the bible have?
1200
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What writing did the Germans use in the moveable type?
Gothic
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Name two famous humanism writers?
Thomas Moore and Erasmus
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Who and in what year was Utopia printed?
Thomas Moore and in 1516
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What did Erasmus dedicate his life to?
Criticising the corruption of the church
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When was Shakespeare born?
1564
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When did Shakespeare die?
1616
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What is 'vernacular language'?
The common language of a certain country
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Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-on-Avon
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Who did Shakespeare marry?
Anne Hathaway
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Where did Shakespeare move to when he wanted to become an actor?
London
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What were actors at the time expected to do?
Act and write plays
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In what year did Shakespeare become a famous writer?
1595
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How many plays did Shakespeare write?
37
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Name two comedies that Shakespeare wrote?
A midsummers night's dream | Much ado about nothing
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Name three plays Shakespeare wrote as tragedies?
Macbeth King Lear Romeo and Juliet
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What was Shakespeare's theatre called?
the globe
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How many people could the globe hold?
2,000
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What would happen if the audience was bored during a play?
They would heckle and throw things at the actors
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When did Shakespeare return to Stratford?
1610
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What was bloodletting?
It was cutting a vein and letting some blood come out
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Name two famous Renaissance doctors?
Andreas Vesalius | William Harvey
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Why is Andreas Vesalius famous?
In 1543 he published a book called ON THE FABRIC OF THE HUMAN BODY
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Why is William Harvey famous?
He discovered that the heart is a pump that sends blood through the body
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What book did Galileo publish?
Dialogue of the two chief world system
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What did Galileo improve?
The telescope | ?
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What was one of Galileo's great discoveries.
That objects fall at the same speed no matter what they weigh
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Where was Galileo born?
Pisa
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Who's theory is about the planets revolving around the earth?
Ptolemy
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What did Copernicus discover?
That the world revolved around the sun

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