Renisance Review Flashcards

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The Renaissance spanned between:

A

14th to 17th century’s

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What does the term renaissance mean?

A

Renewal or rebirth

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2
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The resistance started where?

A

Florence Italy

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3
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The philosophy center around the belief that man is the center of the universe started with what movement?

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Humanism

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This artist and scholar created scientific studies of flying machines, invention ideas, and human anatomy:

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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How did Da Vinci learn about his anatomy?

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He did human autopsies.

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Name the 2 most famous paintings that Da Vinci made?

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Mona Lisa and the last Supper

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What are the three defined characteristics of humanism?

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Encourage to question conventional wisdoms, encourage to be curious and encourage experimental inventions

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8
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Who build the first telescope?

A

Galileo

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9
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What did Galileo discover by dropping different cannon balls off a roof?

A

All objects fall at the same seed

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10
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What is a patron?

A

A wealthy merchant or citizen that would pay artists and scholars in their work and research.

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What are three factors that played a role of birth of the renisance in Italy at the time.

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Wealthy patrons, access to classic roman records independent government not ruled by church.

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This artist masted the use of linear perspective to create the illusion of space in his paintings?

A

Brunelleschi

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13
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What was the important invention who changed who learned to read and write?

A

The movable printing press

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14
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Who invented the printing press?

A

Johannes Gutenberg

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15
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Before the printing press, who made and wrote the books?

16
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Why was early renaissance music primarily written for vocal choirs?

A

The church payed for it

17
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Why did music in the later Renaissance change to more instrumental music?

A

Patron became a new source of income

18
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Type of flags that is flown horizontally from the end of a spears called a:

19
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What where flags used for?

A

Visually communicate

20
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What dose the color green mean in the Renaissance?

A

Peace and freedom.

21
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What is the deference between flags and banners?

A

Banners hang from the top flags from the side

22
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How many pieces of clothing did a wealthy woman wear?

23
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What two Social groups wore brightly colored clothing?

A

Wealthy and royalty

24
Two common fashion trends for female head accessories:
Braided or hats
25
How did people dress kids?
Little adults
26
What invention spearheaded the common use of wood cuts?
The printing press
27
Artists removed what from the linear image?
Negative space
28
How did wood cut change the Renaissance?
Depicted every day images of life.
29
What popular modern dessert did not exist?
Chocolate
30
Meat was cooked what way?
Braising or boiling
31
What cooking utensil was found in every house hold?
Stew pot
32
Who wrote the play Bisclavet?
Lais of Marie de France
33
The story of Bisclavet includes the subject of what?
Lycanthropy
34
What two ideas are portrayed in the play?
Love and betrayal
35
Who did the author of the play "Bisclavet" write this to?
King Henry II