Flashcards
the renaissance
Cards in this deck (22)
- 1THE WORD RENAISSANCE MEANSRENEWAL OR REBIRTH
- 2THE RENAISSANCE BEGAN IN WHICH COUNTRY?ITALY
- 3WHY DID THE RENAISSANCE BEGIN IN THIS COUNTRY?ITALY WAS THE CENTER OF THE MAIN TRADE ROUTES, IT HAD MANY WEALTHY PATRONS, IT ALSO HAD A RICH HERITAGE OF GREEK AND ROMAN ART, ARCHITECTURE AND WRITINGS,
- 4NAME A FAMOUS PATRONLORENZO DA MEDICI
- 5HOW WAS THIS PATRON SO WEALTHY?HE WAS FROM A WEALTHY MERCHANT BANKING FAMILY
- 6WHO PAINTED THE CEILING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL IN ROME?MICHAELANGELO
- 7DESCRIBE 3 CHARACTERISTICS OF PRE- RENAISSANCE PAINTINGS.THEY WERE USUALLY RELIGIOUS IN THEME,
THEY WERE 2 DIMENSIONAL,
THEY WERE UNREALISTIC,
THEY WERE PAINTED ON WOOD
THEY USED EGG BASE PAINTS - 8WHAT IS PERSPECTIVE?PAINTINGS WERE 3 DIMENSIONAL
- 9WHAT TYPE OF PAINT DID THEY USE?OIL BASED
- 10WHAT IS A FRESCO?A PAINTING ON WET PLASTER
- 11WHAT IS SFUMATO?SHADING A PAINTING TO MAKE IT MORE LIFELIKE
- 12NAME ONE FAMOUS DA VINCI PAINTINGTHE LAST SUPPER
- 13WHERE IS THIS PAINTING?ON A MONASTERY WALL
- 14WHY ARE THE NOTEBOOKS OF DA VINCI SO IMPORTANTTHEY CONTAIN DRAWINGS OF MANY INVENTIONS AND THEY ALSO SHOW THE HEART AS A PUMP, THEY ALSO SHOW DETAIL DRAWINGS OF THE HUMAN ANATOMY AS DA VINCI DISSECTED MANY CORPSES.
- 15NAME A RENAISSANCE ARTIST FROM OUTSIDE ITALYAlbrecht Dürer
- 16NAME ONE OF HIS PAINTINGSTHE HARE
- 17WHO WAS GALILEO AND WHY WAS HE IMPORTANT?He was born in Pisa and was a professor of maths. He became a famous astronomer and invented the telescope. He was a supporter of the theories of Copernicus that the planets, including the earth travelled around the sun. The Catholic Church condemned him and a church court tried to force him to renounce his views which he refused. He was kept under house arrest for the rest of his life.
- 18WHO INVENTED PRINTING?Johann Gutenberg
- 19WHERE WAS HE FROM?GERMANY
- 20WHAT WAS THE FIRST BOOK HE PRINTEDTHE BIBLE
- 21NAME A FAMOUS RENAISSANCE WRITERWILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
- 22NAME ONE OF HIS WORKSROMEO AND JULIET