What does 'renaissance' mean in French?
Within one hundred years, in what range of history did the Renaisance take place?
Where did the Renaissance begin and how did it dpread throughout Europe?
Indentify at least three Renaissance values.
Explain Humanism and its importnace to the Renaissance.
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Who painted the Sistine Chapel?
Name the two sculptures I display.
Name and describe the style the artist used to paint the Sistine Chapel.
Name and explain at least five of the six characteristics of Renaissance art.
Who painted 'The Last Supper?'
Who painted 'The School of Athens?'
Name the building Michelangelo designed for the pope.
Name the characteristic of Renaissance art that is represented in architecture and describe how it shows up.
Name the book Niccolo Machiavelli wrote and describe its importance.
Describe the difference between the geocentric and heliocentric notions.
Who came up with the concept of a heliocentric universe?
Name at least three of Leonardo da Vinci's imagined (or real) inventions.
Name at least three ways that da Vinci contributed to three different scientific disciplines.
Name and explain the significance of Johannes Gutenberg's Renaissance invention.
What aspect of society was being reformed during the reformation?
What were 'indulgences?'
How did Luther inititate the first protestant religion?
Define and explain the importance of Calvin's idea of 'predestination.'
Explain in detail, using at least one specific example, why the Reformation could not have taken place without the Renaissance.
rebirth
around 1400-1600
The Renaissance begin in Italy, then developed in unique ways in more northern parts of Europe (France, Germany, and England)
Education, literature, philosophy, scholarship, artistry, classicism, and Humanism
individual
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
La Pieta, David
Fresco: using a plaster blend, tracing, and then painting over it.
Realism, Expression, Perspective, Classicism, Individuality, Geometry
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
St. Peter's Basilica
Geomterical Design (and classicism)
'The Prince' justified the concentration of power and the right of a dictator to make any decisions for his society.
In heliocentric, the sun is at the center of the solar system.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Example: tank, mitre lock, helicopter, ball bearing systems, gear systems, robotics, etc.)
Example: Biology and Anatomy (dissected and recorded the structure of the human body); Optics (light refraction, etc.); Engineering (weaponry, mechinzation)
The printing press was important because it spread the vernacular Bible and encouraged literacy.
Religion (and politics)
Payment to a religious figure for the absolution of sin.
He nailed the 95 theses to a church door in Wittenberg.
'predestination' was the idea that God determines the fate of all people. America adopted much of this philosophy as it became the country we know today.
individual
