Social Renaissance 3

Question 1

Clergy

Answer 1

Priests, nuns, & monks

Question 2

Vernacular

Answer 2

Language commonly spoken by people in that region

Question 3

Humanism(scholars)

Answer 3

Each person has dignity, potential, and value
- Individualism is important to thinkers & artists
-Encourages using reason, have open & curious mind
-Skilled in mind, body, soul
-Scholars collected classical writings, interpret and spread their ideas

Question 4

Civic Humanism

Answer 4

Believed being responsible citizens meant educating yourself about history and political issues to improve society

Question 5

Rebirth of Literature

Answer 5

-Classical writing(Greek, Roman, & Islamic) were re-introduces
-Increase in wealth resulted in people becoming more educated and literate
-Humanist ideas spread along wealthy people
-Books were status symbols

Question 6

Education

Answer 6

-Emphasis on education by humanists
-Humanists ran their own schools & hired as tutors for wealthy
-Educating whole child

Question 7

Renaissance Art

Answer 7

-Pre-Renaissance art lacked depth
-With humanist worldview with rise in wealth & education meant people had wealth & desire to commission artists

Question 8

Architecture

Answer 8

-Based on classical ideas
-Domes, arches, columns
-High form of art

Question 9

Paintings

Answer 9

-Most had religious themes in Renaissance & Middle Ages
-Humanity & nature were new art subjects

Question 10

Literature

Answer 10

-Writers focused on translating works of Greek & Roman writers
-Books/texts written in vernacular

Question 11

Christine de Pizan

Answer 11

-Humanist writer with modern & non typical ideas
-Made living of writing
-Europe’s 1st professional women writer
-Protested way women were treated in medieval literature