The Italian Renaissance: Chapter 13 / Section 2
Name the centers of Renaissance. In other name the three main cities.
1. Florence 2. Venice 3. Milan
What factors helped make Italy the birthplace of renaissance.
1. Growth of cities and trade. 2. Increase focus on learning and human achievement
Why did Florence develop as an important and influential city of Renaissance?
1. It was the center of banking and clothing production, which brought it great wealth. 2. It also had a large population 3. The ruling class actively supported artists and writers.
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
1. It was the center of the Roman Empire 2. It had a lot of cities because of all of the trade routes.
During the Renaissance period, new techniques were developed in these three areas.
1. Painting 2. Engineering 3. Literature
Who was Cervantes
A Spanish writer who wrote the novel Don Quixote. It is about a landowner who imagines he's a knight and goes on many adventures.
Who was Michelangelo?
A famous Renaissance artist who is famous for his paintings and sculptures. His most famous painting is located in the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. He painted a variety of scenes from the bible. His most famous sculpture was Moses.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci
A famous Renaissance artist who painted the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. He was born near Florence. Besides painting had interests in astronomy, geometry and anatomy.
Who was Raphael?
A famous Renaissance artist who painted using the technique of perspective to give his paintings a 3 - D quality. One of his most famous paintings was The School of Athens. He also paintedThe Marriage of the Virgin.
Who was Titian?
A famous Venice painter who used bright colors and broad strokes. His most famous painting was Crowning with Thorns.
Who was Sandro Botticelli
A famous painter from Florence who was known for using delicate colors, flowing lines, which gave his work a poetic feeling. His feelings weren't as realistic as other Renaissance artists.
What does Renaissance man mean?
A man who has achieved greatness in many areas of his life.
What is a patron?
A person who encouraged artists to create art by financially supporting them.
Who was Dante Alighieri
An Italian author who wrote many poems and nonfiction works. His greatest masterpiece was a long poem called The Divine Comedy.
Renaissance artists painted pictures by using the technique of perspective. What does perspective mean?
An art technique that gives the appearance of 3 - D to make it look more realistic.
Who was Botticelli?
An extremely famous painter, made the "Primavera" and "The Birth of Venus"
Who was Machiavelli
An influential writer who published a political book called The Prince.
Who stood out from the other artists by painting unrealistic, poetic type of paintings?
Botticelli
Besides painting, new techniques were developed in this industry.
Building
What Spanish writer was famous for writing Don Quixote?
Cervantes
What famous writer wrote The Divine Comedy?
Dante Alighieri
Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?
Famous architect who was known for designing domes for churches, such as the one found on Duomo in Florence.
What famous engineer is known for designing domes on churches?
Fillppo Brunelleschi
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Italy, but then spread through Europe
Review: who painted the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci
What famous writer wrote political books such as the Prince?
Machiavelli
Review: who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Who painted the School of Athens?
Raphael
What does Renaissance mean?
Rebirth because that's what happened. Classical Art and learning were born again during this time period.
How did Renaissance art differ from classical art of the past.
Renaissance art continued to portray religious subjects but did it in a more realistic manner. Instead of painting in 2-D, they painted in 3-D.
How did Renaissance literature differ from classical literature of the past.
Renaissance literature focused on portraying humans in realistic ways whereas classical literature focused on religion.
The Renaissance upper class consisted of these people.
The nobles and wealthy merchants whose goal in life was to achieve greatness in many areas.
Who benefited the most during the Renaissance?
The wealthy people because they had the time to study and look at humanist ideas. The middle and lower classes weren't well educated.
Who painted using bright colors and broad stokes?
Titian
Because the wealthy merchant class of Italy supported the arts, they were given this title.
patrons
