The Renaissance Flashcards
What is a patron
Someone who pays an artist to produce a work of art.
Why were patrons so important
They were rich, so they could pay for the best architects, painters and sculptors to make their cities beautiful.
What does Renaissance mean
A time when people began to take a new interest in the world of Ancient Greece and Rome.
What does humanism mean
The renewed interest in ancient learning/ The Renaissance way of looking at the world.
What city did the Renaissance start in
Florence
Cosmio de Medici
➖The medici’s were the richest bankers in Florence.
➖He was a great business man and Renaissance patron.
➖(1389-1464)
➖He ruled Florence for 30 years.
➖He paid for many buildings such as a parish church.
➖Lorenzo was his grandson.
Renaissance painting
➖Artists began to make pictures more lifelike during the Renaissance. ➖They started to use perspective(size of object against background), sfumato(blending), they added linseed oil to their paint to make it dry slowly.
➖Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci near Florence.
. ➖His father wanted him to be a layer but he was interested in painting
. ➖He painted the last supper and the Mona Lisa in Milan
. ➖If he saw an interesting face on the street he would draw it.
➖He cut up dead bodies to study the human form.
➖When he wrote in his note books he used mirror writing.
➖The king of France invited Leonardo to France to work for him.
➖He died 3 years later.
Secondary source
Evidence based on a later date.
3 Effects of the Renaissance
➖people started to learn more things.
➖there was more books and they were cheaper.
➖people began to think for themselves
Why did the Renaissance start in Italy
➖The old Roman Empire ➖The influence of Greek Scholars ➖Wealthy Italian merchants ➖The influence of new ideas ➖Independent city states
Anatomy during the Renaissance
➖Andreas Vesaliusmade great breakthroughs in anatomy
➖He was born in Brussels
➖He became a professor of anatomy at Padua University , in Italy at 23
➖He held public dissections at the university
➖He even stole bodies from graveyards to dissect them
➖William Harvey (1578-1657) showed the heart pumped blood around the body
