The Renaissance (Term 1) Flashcards
What new ideas did the spread of the Renaissance bring?
It brought ideas such as perspective in paintings, the use of domes, columns and arches in architecture, it spread the invention of printing all the way from China…
What does the word Renaissance mean? Why was it named like that?
Rebirth. The Renaissance was a rebirth in ideas (eg. Based their buildings on Greek and Roman architecture (brought back ideas from the past))
How did the Renaissance spread?
The Renaissance spread mainly due to merchants and travellers, that brought and took ideas from one place to another.
Religion
People during the Renaissance were very religious.
People would often spend money on painting a religious painting, or even build a church to get on god’s good side (to make sure that they went to heaven)
The power of the church
The church was a very powerful society, and controlled what students learned at universities
Explain the changes in art that took place in the Renaissance.
Changes in art include: the use of perspective, 3D surfaces, more detailed and realistic paintings…
Topic of painting: mainly religion, science and new inventions.
Examples: Mona Lisa, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, The last supper…
Changes in architecture
Used Greek, Roman and gothic ideas in their buildings.
Main centre of trade in Italy?
Venice
Printing (Block Printing)
- invented by the Chinese
- one block of wood with a carved shape that determined what the paper would look like
- could not change what would be printed BY each block
Printing (moveable type)
- also invented by the Chinese
- a block of wood with small slots in it and other, smaller blocks that would fit into it.
What was the main reason why the Renaissance spread?
PRINTING IS THE MAIN
REASON WHY THE RENAISSANCE
SPREAD
Who was Alexander VI?
He was a pope that lived during the Renaissance. He is known for not following the ‘Pope law’. (Eg. He had a girlfriend, he had kids, used the church’s money for his own purposes, and at one point, he taught his son how to build and rule his own city state)
Who was Niccolò Machiaveli?
Machiavelli wrote the book ‘The Prince’. It was written about how a prince should stay in power. In this book, he states ‘make yourself respected’, ‘reward those who improve the city’, ‘don’t be too generous’…
Who was Savanorola?
Savonarola was a monk who accused the pope (Alexander) of not acting like a man of God.
He was popular among the poorer people as he strongly believed that there should be fairer taxes.
He organised fires in the centre of Florence, where his supporters took and burned other people’s luxuries (mirrors, playing cards and dice, musical instruments…)
Who were the Medici?
The Medici were a very rich and powerful family.
They patronised many famous works of art.
They owned a bank.
