Renaissance Ch 11 – Flashcards
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What positive outcome came out of the black death
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Fewer people still had machinery. Let to growth and trade
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What was the famous road that helped trade between Europe and Asia
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Silk Road- Re-opened by the Mongol empire in the 1200s.
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Who was a famous traveler who explored Asia
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Marco Polo.
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What were 4 top trading cities in Italy?
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Milan, Genoa, Florence, Venice
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What business did the medici's make all the money in?
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Banking
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What cultural trends did they grow in Florence?
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Art, Architecture, Education.
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Signori
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Form of government where one strong family runs each town.
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How did signoria's lead to an increase in trade?
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They competed with other cities to see whose city could grow richest from trade.
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What city stands out as an example of trade and wealth.
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Florence
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What are humanities
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Subjects that emphasized the abilities and actions of humans. History, literature, public speaking, and art
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Why did people in the renaissance become interested in ancient writings
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They discovered ancient writings that Europeans had thought to be lost
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What is classical
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referring to the cultures of ancient Greece or Rome
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What does the Renaissance mean
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"Rebirth"
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What were 2 famous Renaissance authors?
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Dante- The Divine Comedy Niccolo Machiavelli- The Prince
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What does Machiavellian mean
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Practical almost mean
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Perspective
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a method of showing a three dimensional scene on a flat surface so it looks real
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Renaissance Art
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Mostly on people and their personalities
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Michelangelo
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One of the greatest Italian artists- painted the ceiling of the sistine chapel
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Leonardo da' Vinci
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He was a true genius of the Renaissance- studied anatomy to understand how the body worked Painted the Mona Lisa- famous painting. Her eyes seem to be following you
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What three areas of science grew during the renaissance
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Math, Engineering, Astonomy
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What was different about how people thought about astronomy in the middle ages vs. the Renaissance
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In the middle ages, they thought the sun and stars revolved around the earth. In the renaissance, scientists learned that the earth moves around the sun.
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What made Dante different from early Italian writers
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He wrote in Italian rather than Latin.
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How did subjects change in education during the Renaissance
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During the Middle ages, students had concentrated on religious subjects. During the Renaissance, students learned about the humanities
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How did Renaissance ideas spread from Italy to the rest of Europe?
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1)Travelers and artists helped spread the Renaissance throughout Europe. 2)Students in Italian colleges became professors in their homelands and told their students all about the Renaissance. 3) Invention of printing press also meant that ideas could be spread in print.
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What was the first book printed by a printing press?
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A bible printed in the Latin language in about 1455.
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How did Universities spread the Renaissance ideas?
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By early 1500s most teachers who taught in Universities were humanists. Students from northern Europe who studied with these teachers took ideas back with them to their home countries.
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How did women help spread the Renaissance ideas?
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Some educated women became powerful political figures. They married nobles from around Europe and encouraged the spread of Renaissance ideas in their husbands' lands.
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What type of history were scholars in Northern Italy interested in?
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They focused on the history of Christianity.
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What is Christian Humanism?
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The resulting combination of humanist and religious ideas.
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What made Northern Europe's art unique?
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Paintings were very realistic. Humans in paintings don't look like Greek gods. They are realistic with physical flaws.
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Who was Albrecht Durer and what was he most famous for?
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A famous northern artist from Germany. Durer created religious paintings for churches. He is most famous for his prints (copies of his art).
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Prints
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A work of art reproduced from its original.
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Who were the 3 famous authors of the Renaissance period (outside of Italy?)
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William Shakespeare- England Rebelais- France Miguel de Cervantes- Spain
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How did Renaissance authors feel about middle ages?
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They poked fun at the Middle Ages.
