Renisance Review Flashcards
(36 cards)
The Renaissance spanned between:
14th to 17th century’s
What does the term renaissance mean?
Renewal or rebirth
The resistance started where?
Florence Italy
The philosophy center around the belief that man is the center of the universe started with what movement?
Humanism
This artist and scholar created scientific studies of flying machines, invention ideas, and human anatomy:
Leonardo Da Vinci
How did Da Vinci learn about his anatomy?
He did human autopsies.
Name the 2 most famous paintings that Da Vinci made?
Mona Lisa and the last Supper
What are the three defined characteristics of humanism?
Encourage to question conventional wisdoms, encourage to be curious and encourage experimental inventions
Who build the first telescope?
Galileo
What did Galileo discover by dropping different cannon balls off a roof?
All objects fall at the same seed
What is a patron?
A wealthy merchant or citizen that would pay artists and scholars in their work and research.
What are three factors that played a role of birth of the renisance in Italy at the time.
Wealthy patrons, access to classic roman records independent government not ruled by church.
This artist masted the use of linear perspective to create the illusion of space in his paintings?
Brunelleschi
What was the important invention who changed who learned to read and write?
The movable printing press
Who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
Before the printing press, who made and wrote the books?
The monks
Why was early renaissance music primarily written for vocal choirs?
The church payed for it
Why did music in the later Renaissance change to more instrumental music?
Patron became a new source of income
Type of flags that is flown horizontally from the end of a spears called a:
Pennon
What where flags used for?
Visually communicate
What dose the color green mean in the Renaissance?
Peace and freedom.
What is the deference between flags and banners?
Banners hang from the top flags from the side
How many pieces of clothing did a wealthy woman wear?
5
What two Social groups wore brightly colored clothing?
Wealthy and royalty