Unit 1 Renaissance

Question 1

Renaissance

Answer 1

Mean rebirth. A movement centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

Question 2

Humanism

Answer 2

An intelectual movement during the renaissance that focused on the study of worldly subjects such as poetry and philosophy and on human potential and achievements. ( stop relying on the church and use your god given abilities)

Question 3

Baldassare castiglione

Answer 3

Italian diplomat and writer/ wrote the courtier, which was a book with behaviors and rules to gain the favor of a ruler.

Question 4

Niccolo machiavelli

Answer 4

Italian political philosopher/statesman who wrote The Prince, which tells rulers to do anything necessary to achieve success ( the ends justify the means )

Question 5

Lorenzo medici

Answer 5

Florentine ruler, will known patron of the arts

Question 6

Patron

Answer 6

Someone who supports or protects someone or something, like a sponsor

Question 7

Leonardo da Vinci

Answer 7

Italian sculptor, architect painter musican engineer and scientist who created the Mona Lisa. He was the ideal Renaissance man

Question 8

Michelangelo buonarroti

Answer 8

Italian artist he painted the walls and ceiling of the Sistine chapel and sculpted the pieta and David

Question 9

Raphael

Answer 9

Italian artist who painted the school of Athens, he painted frescoes