A | B |
Humanism | people can progress with education. They are naturally good. |
Patronage | Supporting through payment. |
Brunelleschi | inventor of linear perspective |
Florence | Birthplace of the Renaissance |
Statue of David | Made by Michaelangelo to show the arrogance of Florence |
Savonarola | Preached against the secular influence of the Medici |
Raphael | Painter of Madonnas |
Classicism | Interest in ancient Roman and Greek subjects. |
Printing press | Reduced the cost of books |
Machiavellli | First writer of politics. Wrote The Prince. |
Secularism | Those things which are outside the church. |
Leonardo da Vinci | A "Renaissance Man" |
Lorenzo de Medici | Took chances on artists who were different, but talented. |
Renaissance painters and sculptors: | gave great attention to anatomy they learned from dissections. |
Renaissance art reflected the humanist interest in: | individual acheivement |
About 70% of all Renaissance artists: | knew each other. |
Sfumato | technique of creating smokiness, blurriness |
Chiarascuro | technique of light against dark for dramatic effect |
Giorgio Vasari | wrote "fan book" of artists and sculptors |
Botticelli's La Primavera | is full of fantasy, non religious |
For the first time in painting during the Renaissance | recognisable faces |
Medieval builders | did not have the formula for concrete |
the government of Florence was | a republic, but often operated as a dictatorship under family rule |