Western Civilization Unit 1 Test

Where did the Rennassaince begin?

Italy

Who wrote the Prince?

Machiavelli

What does Renaissance mean?

rebirth

individualism

Emphasis on and interest in the unique traits of each person. Focus on personal rather than religious or political interest

secularism

The process of becoming more concerned with worldly, material, temporal things and less with spiritual and religious things

Estates

The traditional tripartite division of european society based on heredity rather than wealth or economic standing

Which estate had clergy?

First Estate

Which Estate had nobility?

second estate

Which estate had peasants and inhabitants of towns and cities?

third estate

Who is Machiavelli?

a diplomant in florence

Who is Cicero?

a roman senator

Who discovered a manuscript by Cicero?

Petrarch

What is the Gutenburg Bible?

First true book in the West produced from moveable type

Humanism

intellectual movement based on the study of classical literary works of Greece and Rome

Civic Humanism

study of humanities should be put to of service of the state

Petrarch

italian writer and scholar

Who invented the printing press?

Gutenburg

Fresco

art of painting on freshly spread plaster

Tempra

egg base paint

Tempra and Fresco painting are originated from where?

Italy

Linear Perspective

the illusion of depth and three dimensional space in an image achieved by drawing the lines of the composition toward a vanishing point

Vanishing point

the point at which all the lines converge to give the allusion of depth and three dimension

Artisans

skilled craftmen

Nepotism

the appointment of family members to important political servants

Patron

a person or institution that supports or finances the arts, sciences, or other endeavors

wealthy/dictates what is done

Effort to imitate nature (real life)?

Northern Renaissance

Masters of Rendering Detail?

Northern Renaissance

Oil Paint

Northern Renaissance

Wooden panel paintings for altarpieces

Northern Renaissance

Illuminated Manuscripts

Northern Renaissance

Imitation of Nature?

Italian Renaissance

Human Individuality

Italian Renaissance

Geometry and perspective

Italian Renaissance

Movement and anatomical structure (human like)

Italian Renaissance

Fresco painting

Italian Renaissance

Linear and Vanishing point

Italian Renaissance