Quiz Renaissanvce

Renaissance

"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

Humanism

A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements

Medici Family

Ruled Florence during the Renaissance, became wealthy from banking, spent a lot of money on art, controlled Florence for about 3 centuries

Donatello

(1386-1466) Sculptor. Probably exerted greatest influence of any Florentine artist before Michelangelo. His statues expressed an appreciation of the incredible variety of human nature.

Michelangelo

(1475-1564) An Italian sculptor, painter, poet, engineer, and architect. Famous works include the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the sculpture of the biblical character David.

Leonardo da Vinci

A well known Italian Renaissance artist, architect, musician, mathemetician, engineer, and scientist. Known for the Mona Lisa.

Raphael

(1483-1520) Italian Renaissance painter; he painted frescos, his most famous being The School of Athens.

Renaissance Person

A person who is well-rounded, studies humanism, athletics, arts, and business.

Florence

an Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance

Johann Gutenberg

German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)

Printing Press

A mechanical device for transferring text or graphics from a woodblock or type to paper using ink. Presses using movable type first appeared in Europe in about 1450.

perspective

(n.) a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance. Art technique used during Renaissance

Realism

artistic representation that aims for visual accuracy used during the Renaissance

Mona Lisa

A painting by Leonardo da Vinci of a woman with a mysterious smile. It is now of the most readily recognized paintings in the world.

Statue of David

Famous statue made by Michaelangelo.

Impact of the printing press

- books were cheaper and more accessible

- society was smarter

- religious reformation ideas spread faster

- Europeans were introduced to new ideas

Medici Family keys to success

maintained control of Florence by making sure that supporters were appointed to key positions in the government, so that they remained technically an ordinary citizen while living like royalty. Married into rich families. Had family members become Pope and Queen of France.

philosophy

the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

city-state

A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

Vitruvian Man

Leonardo da Vinci, 1490

Patron of the Arts

a person who provides financial or other support for artists