Chapter 5 Section 1
Towns remained in close contact with the ____ empire, where scholars preserved the learning of Ancient Greece
Byzantine
People who lived in Italy believed that they had witnessed a rebirth of the ancient ____ and _____ worlds/art
Greek and Roman
____ was an intellectual movement that focused on secular, or worldly, themes rather than religious ideas that concerned medieval thinkers
Humanism
___ accepted classical beliefs and wanted to use them to renew their own society
Humanists
Italy avoided the economic crisis of the ___
Middle Ages
Did ALL of Italy have the three characteristics?
No.
What does Renaissance mean?
Rebirth
Churches, wealthy homes, and public buildings were decorated with art that celebrated ____ themes
Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance included two important elements during the period (Humanism and _____ Arts)
Renaissance
Renaissance Italy was a large ___, society
Urban
Recovery went hand in hand with a rebirth of interest in ___ culture
ancient
The Renaissance began in the ___-states of Italy
city
Italians were attatched to ____ traditions
classical
Another belief was the idea of human ____ (that people should develop their talents through many activities: politics, sports and the arts)
improvement
Among these important beliefs was _____, an emphasis on the dignity and worth of the individual person.
individualism
New view of human beings emerged as people in the Italian Renaissance began to emphasize ______
individuality
Wealthy people weren't the only people the Renaissance affected. Indirectly, the Italian Renaissance had an impact on ____ people
ordinary
The Renaissance was an age of ____ from the disasters of the fourteenth century (i.e. the plague, political instability, and a decline of Church power)
recovery
As Middle Ages progressed, powerful city-___ became centers of Italian political, economic, and social life
state
The wealthy ___-class more actively embraced the new ideas/art
upper`
In cities, intellectual and artistic achievement of the period were highly ____ and hard to ____.
visible/ignore.
Italian towns had good trade because of their location on the ___
water
When powerful city-states became centers of Italian political, economic, and social life, a secular/worldly point emerged as increasing ____ created new possiblitites for enjoyment of material things
wealth