| A | B |
|---|
| a time of rebirth of interest in art and learning | Renaissance |
| this way of thinking emphasized a balance between faith and reason | humanism |
| an artistic technique usng light and shadows to soften edges | chiaroscuro |
| it united Asia into a vast trade network | Mongol Empire |
| an English playwright who wrote tragedies and comedies | William Shakespeare |
| he wrote The Divine Comedy | Dante Alighieri |
| an artist from Florence who painted frescoes | Sandro Botticelli |
| more interested in this world than in religion | secular |
| a great scientist and artist | Leonardo da Vinci |
| wrote Don Quixote de la Manchu | Miguel de Cervantes |
| developed a printing press with movable metal type | Johannes Gutenberg |
| first Italian city that plated an important role in the Renaissance | Florence |
| a painting done with watercolors on wet plaster | fresco |
| What innovative technique did Renaissance painters use to make the painting look 3-D? | perspective |
| the skill of making deals with other governments | diplomacy |
| canals were as common as streets here | Venice |
| Florence grew wealthy through | trade and banking |
| Urban nobles in Italy combined what groups by marriage? | wealthy merchants and the nobility |
| Who was Leonardo da Vinci? | an Italian inventor, engineer, scientist, artist, |
| How were Renaissance nobles different from medieval nobles? | medieval nobles grew rich from land and Renaissance nobles grew rich from trade |
| What were some characteristics of Renaissance art? | a. showed people as they would appear in real life b. showed people's emotions c. used perspective d. used chiaroscuro |
| How did the Mongol's protection of the Silk Road help the trade of the Italian city-states? | made it cheaper and easier for caravans to transport goods from Asia |
| What method did the artists in Flanders develop to make their paintings more realistic? | oil painting |
| Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy? | a. it had been the center of the Roman Empire b. the cities had become very wealthy and could afford to pay the artists, painters, etc c. cities competed with one another to produce works that would increase the fame of their cities |
| Which invention helped spread humanist ideas throughout Europe? | printing press |
