Renaissance Study Guide

What is Humanism

A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements

What is a republic?

A form of government in which there isn't a king and certain citizens have the right to vote.

What is a monarchy?

A government ruled by a king or queen

What is a Burgher

A member of the middle class who lived in a city or town

What is perspective

A point of view

How did these states rise to power and what kind of power did they have?

By conquering territory, they could control trade and taxes.

Some Italian writers, such as ........., author of the "Divine Comedy", wrote in the vernacular, the local spoken language.

Dante, vernacular

What is a Vernacular

Everyday language of ordinary people

......................, known as the father of Italian renaissance humanism, began the emphasis on using pure classical ..........

Francesco Petrarch, Latin

What did Machiavelli think about the connection between politics and morals?

He said that political activity should not be restricted by moral code.

..........., and important intellectual movement of the renaissance, was based on the study of the ..........., which included the literature of Ancient Greece and Rome.

Humanism, classics

How did the ideas of the renaissance influence art and education?

It made education less bases on religion and more secular. The renaissance painters wanted to make their paintings more realistic, therefore changing them to be more human based.

The Flemish painter ................... was one of the first to use and perfect the technique of ..............., portrayed objects realistically by focusing on their fine details.

Jan Van Eyck, oil painting.

German printer ................ pioneered a new kind of printing that used the .............

Johannes Gutenberg, movable type

During the high renaissance, master painters such as Raphael, ...................., and ............... captured the perfection of nature and of the individual in their art.

Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo Buonarroti

What were the major territorial states?

Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, and Naples

The printing of books encouraged scholarly............... and helped stimulate the public's desire to acquire...............

Research, knowledge

Like painters, Renaissance .............. and ............ sought to portray a human-centered world.

Sculptors, architects

The increasingly............ focus of education in the humanist movement led to a core of topics called ..................

Secular, Liberal Studies

What was the role of the mother-wife in the Italian family?

She was supposed to supervise the household and raise her children.

Two major developments, an emphasis on the ............... side of painting and study of movement and human .............., helped renaissance artists achieve the realistic portrayal of the individual.

Technical, anatomy

What were the key characteristics of Italy during the renaissance?

The different social classes, the family and marriage customs, and the politics system of the republic.

Describe the lives of the upper class in renaissance society.

Their wealth came from trade, industry, and banking. They dominated their communities.

How were the lives of burghers and workers similar?

They both live miserable lives and made up most of the population?

What was expected of the nobility in the renaissance society?

They had to be well-developed individual, have character, grace, talent, education, and a interest in art.

What was the purpose of marriage?

They were supposed to strengthen business and family ties.

Humanist educators believed that the purpose of the education was to create .......... citizens, and they stressed the importance of preparing the .......... as well as the mind by emphasizing physical education.

Well-rounded, body

How did the the growth of the monarchical states in Europe affect the Italian states?

When the riches of Italy attracted the French king he attacked them and they fought for 30 yrs.

Who was Machiavelli

political philosopher that wrote "The Prince"