Vocab- Renaissance Flashcards
Giotto di bondon
Developed the rules of proportion
Fillippo brunelleschi
Developed the laws of prospective
Leonardo da Vinci
A painter and sculptor who is known for painting of the Mona Lisa, 1452-1519
Blasphemous
Showing contempt for sacred things
Michelangelo
A painter and sculptor who is known for his sculptur David. 1475-1564
Fresco
Painted with water colour on fresh wet plaster
Artemisia gentileschi
Daughter of orazio gentileschi who was very famous, she achieved fame and painted Judith slaying Holofernes
Renissance
Meaning revival or rebirth
City states
Consists of a city and rural area immidiatly surrounding it
Hinterland
Area surrounding a city
Mercenary soldiers
Soldiers for hire
Ducat/florin
Gold coins weighing 3.5 grams
Condoterri
A leader of mercenaires in Italy, a leader of soldiers in the Renaissance
Topography
A surface features of religion
Oligarchy
Government by few power of people
Republic
A type of government where you elect a president
Doge
Supreme ruler in Venice, he was elected for life
Patronize
Treated with kindness/to support
Reason
The ability to think and draw conclusions
Renaissance man
A term traditionally used to describe a person skilled in many areas
Pile
A heavenly beam driven up right into the earth to support the structure
Johann Gutenberg
A German who invented the printing press with a movable type ( middle of the 15 century)
Parchment
Lamb skin they use for scrolls and paper to write on before paper.
Inquisition
A church court that tried heretics, people who disfigured with the churches teachings