Chapter 3 Flashcards
(32 cards)
Who is the most skilled sculpture in 1504, and what did he create?
Michelangelo created a biblical hero David
What did Michelangelo want his work to do to the people of Florence?
He wanted to encourage the people of Florence in their struggle to be free of their enemies and the powerful Medici family who had controlled the city for so long
Where did the new way of thinking start?
It started in the northern Italian city-states
What are humanists and what did they do?
They are scholars who looked back to the ancient classical civilizations of Greece and Rome
What did Humanists study and what did they add them to?
Greek and Roman writings and art and applied classical ideas in their own lives and work
What did Humanists admire in the Renaissance?
The eloquent writing styles of ancient writers and became interested in their ideas about SOCIETY, POLITICS, HISTORY, AND THE ARTS
What are the Greek and Roman civilizations called?
“Classical Civilization”
What did the Islamic civilization do for the “Classical Civilization”?
They preserved the knowledge and further developed it in the sciences, math, and medicine the great civilizations of India and the far East
Where did Humanists ideas spread to?
Mainly among the wealthy people in society
What was the fad in the new merchant and business class?
Reading and discussing ancient writers
What did Humanists believe to have on the Mind and Body?
To have a good mind and a good body
What did humanists believed to have on History?
To have knowledge of the celebrated men to be considered a adult
What did humanists believe to have on Education
If you don’t have an education you are living the way you should be
Why did Humanists believe to develop ones talents was to serve God?
Because God had provided you with those talents
The First thing Humanists believed was?
Human beings can use the power of reason, that is, thinking to find the truth for themselves
What was the second thing the Humanists believed in?
It is important for a person to have an open, curious, and questioning mind
What was the third thing the Humanists believed in?
People can achieve great things through learning
What was the fourth thing the Humanists believed in?
Individuals should be skilled in many different area, They should develop not just their minds but also their bodies and spirits
What did the Greeks develop?
The jury system and the Olympic Games
What did Roman writers produce?
Great poetry, drama, and history
What did Philosophers do?
Taught people how they could improve themselves and their society
What did greeks master in?
Drama, sculpting, architecture, mathematics, and historians
What did Petrarch see the Classical past as?
A glorious time
What happened to the Greek and Roman manuscripts?
They have been preserved in the libraries in the Muslim world and in the Monasteries
