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Chapter 7 Flashcards

1
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What does Renaissance mean

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Rebirth

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2
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Where did the Renaissance begin

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In Italy

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Give 4 reasons why it began in Italy

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  • Italy had a lot of ruins that inspired artists and architects to rebuild their city.
  • Greeks fled to Rome when the Turks captured their city of constanyinopole and they took many manuscripts and scholars and that brought a lot of interest to Greek culture.
  • Italy was a very rich place and rich merchants and princes payed artists for beautiful pieces of art, these people were known as patrons.
  • Italy became one of the crossroads of the world.
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4
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Name a powerful patron at the time of the Renaissance

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Lorenzo de Medici

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5
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Name 2 famous artists that Lorenzo de Medici sponsored.

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Michelangelo

Leonardo de Vinci

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6
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Name a famous Italian architect

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Andrea Palladio.

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7
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What did Andrea Palladio design (3)

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Large pillars
Domed roofs
Front pourch (porticoes)

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8
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Where was Andreas style used

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Greece and Rome

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9
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What was the first example of Andrea Palladio’s style

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The dome in the cathedral in Florence.

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10
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Who built the dome in the cathedral in Florence

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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11
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What technique is used to make a dome

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Corbelling

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12
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What is the name of the cathedral in Florence

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Santa Maria del fiore

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13
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What did artists do to get a good understanding of how the body works

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Dissected bodies

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14
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What was egg yolk used for before the Renaissance

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To bind paints

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15
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What was the problem with using egg yolk to bind paint

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The paint dried very fast and the it gave to artists less time to perfect the masterpiece

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During the Renaissance what was used instead of egg yolk to bind the paint.

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Linseed oil.

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17
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What was the technique called that made people look more lifelike

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Perspective painting

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18
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What was the name of the technique that made people’s faces more life like

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Sfumato

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19
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What does sfumato mean and what did it do to make the people look more lifelike

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Means = smokey

painted the face different shades.

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20
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What was a fresco

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It was a painting used to decorate walls and ceilings

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21
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Was a fresco painted directly on a wall

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No it was painted on wet plaster so that it can absorb the paint

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22
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Name the three greatest artists if the Renaissance

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Raphael
Michelangelo
Leonardo de Vinci

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23
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Was Michelangelo
Raphael
Leonardo de Vinci friends ?

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No they were in great competition with each other

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24
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Was Leonardo de Vinci only an artist?

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No he was a 
                    inventor 
                    architect
                    musician
                    mathematician
                    sportsman
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25
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When did the Renaissance begin

A

In 1350

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26
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Outside of Italy what other country became very famous for art

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The Netherlands.

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27
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Name one of the great artists of the Northern Europe Renaissance

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Jan van eyck

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28
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What jan van eyck’s paintings stand out

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There great use of detail.

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29
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Name one of Eyck’s paintings

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The arnolfini marraige

30
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What aspect of him is in the painting

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The mirror may be a self portrait and above it its says Jan van eyck was present

31
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Who was the great German artist during the Renaissance

A

Albrecht dürer

32
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Where was dürer Brecht born

A

Nuremberg

33
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What was he well known for

A

His paintings and engravings

34
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What is engraving

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It was when sharp objects were cut into wood or metal and covered in ink and then pressed or stamped on to paper so that things could be printed or copied

35
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How was printing first carried out

A

By block print

36
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What was block print

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It was dipping a piece of wood with a letter cut out of it in ink and then pressed down on a piece of paper

37
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Who created moving type

A

Johann Gutenberg a German goldsmith

38
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What was movable type

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When metal blocks with letters on them were held in a frame

39
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What was his printing press designed from

A

Presses of crushed grapes for wine

40
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When was the first bible ( and book ) printed

A

In 1455

41
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How many pages could be printed in one day in his workshop

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300

42
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What was the first print used

A

Thick gothic style

43
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What was the smaller type called and why was it better

A

Italics and it made books smaller and cheaper

44
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What benefits came from the printing press

A

Writers could could reach to a much larger audience
Renaissance writers showed a great interest in the lives of people.
Spread of language

45
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Name 2 humans writers

A

Thomas Moore and Erasmus

46
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When did Thomas Moore writ his most famous book and what was it

A

In 1516 utopia

47
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What was utopia about

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An island where there was no war or crime and everybody loved and cared for each othe

48
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Erasmus from

A

Holland

49
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Besides a writer what was Erasmus

A

He was an Augustinian priest

50
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What did Erasmus hope to teach people through his writings

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That he could convince the church to better lives

51
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What language did writers write in before the Renaissance

A

Latin

52
Q

What is the vernacular language

A

The language that the people in a certain country speak

53
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What did many doctors believe could cure diseases

A

Bloodletting

54
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What is blood clotting

A

When they release a little bit of blood by cutting a vein

55
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Who carried out the blood letting

A

By the local barber

56
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What does the red and white stripes on a barber pole stand for

A

Red=blood

White= bandage

57
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What are used to suck blood

A

Leeches

58
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Name a Renaissance doctor

A

Andreas Vesalius

59
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What was the name of Andreas Vesalius book

A

On the fabric of the human body

60
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Who was the English doctor that found out that the heart pumped blood

A

William Harvey

61
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What astronomer though that the sun revolved around the earth

A

Ptolement

62
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Where was Nicolous Copernicus from

A

Poland

63
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What did Nicolous do

A

Questioned Ptolement

64
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Where was Galileo born and where

A

1564

Pisa

65
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What was galileos first discovery

A

That all objects fall at the same speed

66
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When did Galileo find out about the double lense microscope

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1609

67
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What book did galileo publish to support Copernicus

A

Dialogue on the two chief world system

68
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What was the name given to the prison for people who questioned the church

A

Inquisition

69
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What happened when the book was published

A

He was sentenced to go to inquistion

70
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What did he have to do to in order to save his life

A

He had to withdraw his claim that the earth revolves around the sun.

71
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When did he die

A

1642

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