Renaissance
rebirth from the middle ages and a revival of arts/learning
cities, wealthy merchant, Greece, Rome
Italy had three advantages that made the renaissance spread: thriving ______, a ________ _______ class, and the classical heritage of _______ and ______
Bubonic plague
What brought economic changes in Italy because survivors could demand higher wages?
False
Merchants inherit social rank (true/false) to succeed in business.
Merchants
Who believed that deserved power and wealth because of their individual merit?
Medici
Florence came under what powerful banking family?
Cosimo de Medici
The dictator of Florence for 30 years
humanism
an intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements
Secular
worldly rather than spiritual and concerned with the here and now
Patrons
church leaders who financially supported artists
Renaissance Man
charming, witty, well-educated in the classics, dance, sing, play music, write poetry, skilled ride, wrestler, and swordman
Renaissance Woman
charming, well-educated in the classics, not expected to seek fame, inspire art but don't create it
Perspective
a technique which shows three dimensions on a flat surface
Leonardo Davinci
a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist (Studied how a muscle moves and how veins are arranged in a leaf). Best known for Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
Raphael Sanzio
a painter. His favorite subjects was the Madonna and child. Best known for School of Athens.
Sofonisba Anguissola
noble painters who was the first woman artist to gain an international reputation. Best known for portraits of her sisters and King Philip II
Artemisia Gentileschi
accomplished woman artist. Best known for her portraits of strong heroic women
Vernacular
native language, instead of latin
Francesco Petrarch
earliest and most influential humanists (Father of the Renaissance) and a great poet who wrote in vernacular.
Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian writer best known for Decameron (unrealistic off-color stories)
Niccolo Machiavelli
Best known for The Prince, which examines how a ruler can gain power (strong and shrewd) and keep it in sprite of his enemies
Vittoria Colonna
women write who gained fame in the renaissance when she helped Castiglione publish "The Courtier