The Renaissance Flashcards
What two factors led to the growth of city states in Italy?
trade and transportation
Though their social rank was earned, who was the most powerful and influential social class?
The merchants
The Renaissance artists looked down on Middle age art and turned their interest to what?
Classic Greek and Roman styles
In what year did Constantinople fall?
1453
Humanists focused on human _______ and _______.
potential and achievements
The basic spirit of the Renaissance was _________, meaning nonreligious.
secular
Secular is concerned with what?
The here and now
Studied how muscles move, studied how veins are arranged in a leaf, and painted “Mona Lisa” & “Last Supper”
Leonardo da Vinci
Was a painter, sculptor, poet, and architect; designed dome at St. Peters Basilica, sculpted the statue “David”, painted the Sistine Chapel ceilings, and filled the Vatican
Michelangelo
To paint the Sistine Chapel, the artist had to lay on his back on ________.
Scaffold
When Renaissance writers started writing, they used the modern language, called what?
Vernacular
This writer started writing in Italian, instead of Latin; His most famous work is the book “Inferno”
Dante
Wrote political book called “The Prince”
Niccolò Machiavelli
Women writers of the Renaissance wrote about what?
personal subjects, not politics
Who worked with Michelangelo to create “Courtier”?
Vittoria Colonna
