Renaissance Flashcards
(43 cards)
Topography
Surface features of a region.
Hinterland
Area surrounding a city.
Mercenary soldiers
Soldiers for hire
Oligarchy
Government by a few powerful people
Florin/ducat
Gold coins weighing about 3.5 grams
Pile
A heavy beam driven upright into the earth to support a structure
Republic
A state in which citizens elect representatives to form a government
To patronize
To support
Renaissance man
A term traditionally used to describe a person skilled in many areas
Proportion
A correct relation among parts
Perspective
Giving the appearance of distance on a flat surface
Human anotomy
The science of the structure of the human body
Essentric
Odd, peculiar person
Blasphemous
Showing contempt for sacred things
Fresco
Painted with water colour on fresh plaster
Renaissance
The French word that means reborn
City-states
Consists of a city and the rural area immediately surrounding it
Condotierri
A leader of mercenary soldiers in Renaissance Italy
Doge
Supreme ruler
Giotto do bondone
A florentine artist who developed the rule of proportion in paintings so that paintings are “in scale”.
Filippo Brunelleschi
A florentine artist who discovered the laws of perspective, which allows artists to add depth in their pictures
Leonardo da Vinci
A man who painted and sculpted sculptures. Lived from 1452-1519. He is most famous for the painting of “Mona Lisa”.
Michelangelo
Thought himself as a sculptor but also painted, like the fresco painting he did on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. But he is most famous for the sculpture that he carved called “David”
Artimesia Gentileschi
A renaissance artist born in Naples, 1593. Daughter of the famous painter Orazio Gentileschi. She got fame and independence through art, she painted “Judith slaying Holofernes”