The Renaissance

Question 1

City states

Answer 1

Crusades spur trade
More in north Italy
Bubonic plague disrupts economy

Question 2

Medici family

Answer 2

Bankers = money, influence, power
Lorenzo survived assassination
Giuliano died
Merchants emphasize individual achievement

Question 3

Greece and Rome

Answer 3

Scholars studied the classical ruins and manuscripts

Scholars move to Rome after fall of Constantinople

Question 4

reasons for Renaissance

Answer 4

1. City states = independent gov., Hundred Years’ War ends
2. Money- Medici family and bankers support the arts
3. Classical influence of Greek and Rome
4. England/Francs have strong monarchs that support the arts

Question 5

Humanism

Answer 5

Intellectual movement focusing on human achievements
- studied classical texts, history, literature, philosophy
Classics lead to humanism

Question 6

Secular

Answer 6

Worldly, focused on worldly pleasures

Question 7

Patron

Answer 7

Supporter of the arts

- merchants and church leaders

Question 8

Renaissance man

Answer 8

Excels in different fields: Art, classics, politics, combat

-Leonardo da Vinci

Question 9

Baldassare Castiglione

Answer 9

The Courtier (1528)
"Universal" person

Question 10

Sofonisba Anguissola

Answer 10

1st woman artist to gain world renown

Painting the Madonna (1556)

Question 11

Renaissance Woman

Answer 11

Upper class, educated in classics, charming, inspire art only

Question 12

Isabella d’este

Answer 12

Patron of arts

Wields power in Mantua

Question 13

Renaissance art

Answer 13

1. Perspective
2. Realism
3. Humanism
4. Secularism

Question 14

Raphael Sanzio

Answer 14

Madonna and the Child
School of Athens
- used perspective

Question 15

Renaissance

Answer 15

an explosion of creativity, in writing, art, and thought
Northern Italy
1300-1600

Question 16

Artemisia Gentileschi

Answer 16

Paints strong, heroic women

Question 17

Petrarch

Answer 17

Humanist, poet

Laura is muse

Question 18

Boccaccio

Answer 18

Decameron- series of stories

Question 19

Machiavelli

Answer 19

“The Prince”

Advises rulers to gain and keep power

Question 20

Vittoria Colona

Answer 20

Female writer with great influence

Poems express emotions

Question 21

Humanists

Answer 21

Criticize Catholic Church
Jude’s Christian values
Reform society
Promote education

Question 22

Albrecht Dürer

Answer 22

German

Woodcuts/engravings=realism

Question 23

Hans Holbien

Answer 23

Painted English royalty

Question 24

Jan van Eyck

Answer 24

Flemish oil painter

Realism, personality

Question 25

Pieter Bruegel

Answer 25

Flemish painter

Realistic landscape scenes

Question 26

Deciderius Erasmus

Answer 26

From Holland
Christian Humanist
“Praise of Folly”- pokes fun at merchants/priests

Question 27

Thomas Moore

Answer 27

“Utopia” models perfect society

Christian humanist

Question 28

Queen Elizabeth I

Answer 28

(1558-1603)

Elizabethan age- focus on the arts

Question 29

William Shakespeare

Answer 29

Greatest playwright
Born in Stratford upon Avon 1564
Performed at london’s globe theatre

Question 30

Bi Sheng

Answer 30

Invents movable type 1045

Separate piece for each character

Question 31

Johann Gutenberg

Answer 31

Invented printing press 1440

Gutenberg Bible is first book to be printed with movable type 1445

Question 32

Vernacular

Answer 32

Dialect of a certain region

Question 33

Illegitimate

Answer 33

Person born with parents that were not married

ie. Leonardo da Vinci

Question 34

La Sua Santita

Answer 34

His Holiness

Question 35

Utopia

Answer 35

“No place” in Greek

Question 36

Madonna

Answer 36

“Madam”

Question 37

1st Modern Mind

Answer 37

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 38

1st Modern Politician

Answer 38

Machiavelli