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Chapter 17
The European Renaissance
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9th Grade
04/16/2013

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The Italian Renaissance began in what year and ended in what year
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1300 to 1600
Term
The meaning of Renaissance
Definition
Rebirth
Term
Merchants and craftsmen formed a new group known as what?
(2 words)
Definition
Middle class
Term
During the Renaissance, Florence came under the unofficial rule of one powerful family named...
Definition
Medici
Term
What was the occupation of that family?
Definition
Banking
Term
Lorenzo de Medici was also known as...
Definition
Lorenzo the Magnificent
Term
The Renaissance scholars' study of classical Greek manuscripts or texts led to what?
Definition
Humanism
Term
Who financially supported artists during the Renaissance?
Definition
Patrons
Term
Men who excelled in many fields of learning and accomplishments were called by what two names?
Definition
Universal man or Renaissance man
Term
What is Castiglione's book, The Courtier based on?
Definition
Etiquette or manners
Term
Renaissance artists created which first European sculpture?
Definition
Free-standing nude statue of David
Term
Renaissance artist invented the technique of what, which showed an illusion of three dimensions on a flat surface?
Definition
Perspective
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What did Leonardo use to record his anatomy studies, observation of nature, and his sketches for artistic projects and interventions?
Definition
Notebooks
Term
How did Leonardo keep his observations a secret?
Definition
He wrote things in "mirror script"
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Who are the three most famous Italian High Renaissance artists?
Definition
Raphael, Michelangelo, and Leonardo
Term
Who were the most important patrons of the major Italian artists during the high renaissance?
Definition
Popes in Rome
Term
What was Raphael's favorite subject for his paintings?
Definition
The Virgin Mary
Term
What was Francisco Petrarch known as?
Definition
The father of Renaissance humanism
Term
What was the name of the book that Machiavelli wrote?
Definition
The Prince
Term
What will corrupt Christianity inevitably results in?
Definition
Corrupt politics
Term
What is the five phrase sentence that is the summary for Machiavellian politics?
Definition
The end justifies the means
Term
Which two groups of people helped spread the Renaissance ideas out of Italy northward throughout the rest of Europe?
Definition
Students who had studied in Italy and merchants who traded with Italian cities
Term
Where did many Italian artists and writers moved to in the early 1500s for a safer life?
Definition
Northern Europe
Term
German artist, Dürer, was perhaps the most famous and first European artist to do what?
Definition
Travel to Italy to study art
Term
Dürer also helped to bring about what?
(3 words)
Definition
The Northern European Renaissance
Term
Besides painting, Dürer was a master at woodcuts and engravings and what other type of art, which was more affordable for the general public?
Definition
Printmaking
Term
What did Hans Holbein specialize in?
Definition
Painting portraits
Term
Jan van Eyck was responsible for developing the first what?
Definition
Oil paints
Term
Ordinary people doing ordinary activity is called what in art?
Definition
Genre
Term
In 1516, Erasmus was responsible for publishing what?
Definition
The first printed Greek New Testament
Term
What was the name of Sir Thomas More's book?
Definition
Utopia
Term
What is another name for the English Renaissance?
Definition
Elizabethan Age
Term
Who was the most famous writer of the Elizabethan age, who has also been regarded as greatest playwright of all time?
Definition
Shakespeare
Term
What is the name of Gutenburg's invention?
(4 words)
Definition
Movable type printing press
Term
What are three meanings of the Quatrocento?
Definition
1. Early Renaissance
2. 1400s
3. 15th century
Term
What are the three meanings of the Cinquecento?
Definition
1. High Renaissance
2. 1500s
3. 16th century
Term
What is the name of the doors that Ghiberti created?
Definition
Gates of Paradise
Term
What did Brunelleschi construct during the Early Renaissance?
Definition
Dome of cathedral
Term
What are the three most outstanding physical architectural features of the city of Florence which make a view of the city very recognizable?
Definition
1. Dome of the Cathedral
2. Bell tower of the Cathedral
3. Watch tower at the town hall
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