Renaissance Flashcards
The renaissance, it’s meaning, and how it was compared to Medieval ideas.
Renaissance means rebirth. Renaissance was the time when creativity and spirit of the classical Ages were reborn in the Arts and philosophy during the Renaissance people began to believe man was the center of the world instead of God. They began emphasizing the importance of life in this world and focused less on the life of the world to come.
Why Italy?
Italy had been the center of the Roman empire, and so it had more reminders of classical civilization than any other country in western Europe. The first great center of the Italian Renaissance was the city of Dante Florence in central Italy. Florence had become an important Trade Center. People trading usually passed through Florence This means products that were headed towards Venice passed through Florence resulting in Florence seeing more artwork from different areas.
The printing press and it’s impact
Gutenberg’s printing press made the Bible and other books and pamphlets affordable to Ordinary People rather than only the wealthiest and greatest churches.
Humanism and its philosophy
Humanism was the philosophy of the Renaissance that tended to see man, not God, as the center of the world and held that human ideas and ideals, not the church, should guide the life of people and human society
The author of The Prince a work that claims rulers should make decisions based only on what benefits themselves.
Niccolo Machiavelli of Florence
Famous Florentine family that patronizes Renaissance artists, writers, and thinkers…
The Medici family
Renaissance artistic device and painting in which figures are made to appear further away than other figures…
Perspective
Inventor of the printing press…
Johannes Gutenberg
King and queen that sent Columbus on his voyage…
Queen Isabel and King Fernando
The Muslim Turk that conquers Constantinople
Mahomet II
What year does Constantinople fall to the Turks
1453
Portuguese Captain who found a trade route to India by sailing around the southern tip of Africa…
Vasco de Gama
