Renaissance N2K Concepts

  1. In what ways was the Renaissance a reflection of changing social and economic relationships?

  2. How did the values of the Renaissance challenge conventional thinking?

  3. How did major artistic and technological innovations impact Europe in the Renaissance?

  4. Explain the rise of Italy’s city-states and their growth in size, power and wealth.

  5. Explain the impact of cultural, technological and commodity imports on Renaissance Europe.

  6. Identify the key artists and their influences, techniques and contributions to the Renaissance period.

  7. Analyze the ways in which values shifted socially, educationally and aesthetically during the Renaissance.


  • City-states

  • Florence

  • Genoa

  • Venice

  • Milan

  • Rome

  • Filippo Brunelleschi

  • Medici family

  • Patron

  • Lorenzo de Medici

  • Commission

  • Giotto

  • Johannes Gutenberg

  • Naturalism

  • Anatomy

  • Leonardo da Vinci

  • Michaelangelo 

  • Jan van Eyck

  • El Greco

  • Humanism

  • Petrarch

  • Erasmus

  • Satire

  • Raphael

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