themes for unit 5

Question 1

What was the Renaissance?

Answer 1

• Rebirth after Feudalism: trade, commercialism, economic growth (wealth), Classical Greek and Roman culture, learning, art, states
• Stronger States: tax revenue in currency from trade and cities, standing army
• Cultural Flourishing: art, architecture, learning, thinking

Question 2

How did trade impact Venice?

Answer 2

• Cultural blending ex. spices being used in europe/animals/clothing/dyes
• Wealth (both for individuals and for states)
• made the renaissance

Question 3

Why did Venice become such an important trade city?

Answer 3

• Location in relation to the rest of Europe and to the Eastern Mediterranean
• Monopoly on trade with Islamic World
• Cog ships, shipbuilding industry
• Tolerance, connection of -Muslim world
• City-state, Republic
• trade w Germany and the rest of Europe

Question 4

Compare the Renaissance to the Middle Ages.

Answer 4

• State development (feudalism vs. stronger states and city-states)
• Urbanization and commercialization
• Standing armies and taxation and new sources of revenue
• Trade, currency, how wealth was measured (land vs. currency)
• Art, architecture, learning, literacy, books
• Cultural and economic connectedness with the East

Question 5

What were the Causes of the Renaissance?

Answer 5

• Increased Agricultural production
• New urban middle class and growth of cities, —–Commercialization
• Contact with the Islamic World: the Crusades and opening trade
• New sources of revenue and new ways of banking
• New science and technology, the printing press
• TRADE

Question 6

Compare Renaissance Art to Medieval Art

Answer 6

• Perspective, proportion, depth, foreground/background, setting
• Colors, shading, brightness
• Realism, anatomy, realistic forms, setting/context, science/math
• Human forms, bodies, faces, emotions, expression, human experience
• Devotional, secular themes, Classical themes

Question 7

How did trade lead to the artistic and cultural Renaissance?

Answer 7

• The impact of wealth on states and patrons of art
• The impact of contact with the Islamic World on learning, availability of books
• Classical texts, Greek and Roman and Arabic learning