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History 6
Renaissance
Quiz Information – Answer Key
 Renaissance
 Period of time after the Middle Ages in Europe
 Time of rebirth of learning and arts
 Renewed interest in classical civilizations
 Began in northern Italy
 Causes of Renaissance
 After feudalism, Black Death, wars, etc. people were ready for change
 Italian traders visited distant lands, traded goods and ideas, inspired
to try new things and learn
 Increased wealth led to increased free time; people could devote more
time to learning, art, science, etc.
 Increased interest in Humanism
 City-States
 Cities that were independently governed states
 Controlled and ruled by wealthy families
 Florence
 Italian city state
 Known for banking, making cloth, famous architecture
 Brunelleschi’s Dome on the Cathedral (aka the Duomo)
 Ruled by the Medici family
 Venice
 Italian city state
 Known for being an important port (trade, shipbuilding, defense)
 Beautiful palaces and architecture
 Ruled by a series of doges
 Milan
 Italian city state
 Northernmost city state – closest to Europe
 Known for trade, agriculture, manufacturing weapons
 Ruled by a series of dukes
 Patrons
 Wealthy people who paid for works of art/literature or financially
supported artists/scholars, so they could focus on their work
 Humanism
 A focus of study on human achievements and human nature
 Finding meaning and understanding by thinking about what makes
people good, how they behave, and what they are capable of, NOT just
thinking about God and religion.
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 Interest in everyday people and classical civilizations
Spread of Renaissance
 Renaissance ideas slowly spread north as artists, scholars, and traders
visited Italy and brought the ideas back home with them
 First spread to mainland Europe in the early 1400s, reached England
around 1450.
Renaissance Art
 Focus on secular (non-religious) art, especially regular people
(humanism)
 Artists strive for realism
 Perspective
o Vanishing Point
 Shading
 Study of anatomy
 Study of classical art
Lorenzo de Medici
 Wealthy nobleman from Florence
 Banker and government leader
 Patron of artists
Niccolò Machiavelli
 Italian scholar
 Wrote a very important book called The Prince about government
Filippo Brunelleschi
 Renaissance artist and scholar from Florence
 Rediscovered perspective for the Renaissance
 Figured out how to build the enormous done on the Florence cathedral
Albrecht Dürer
 Artist from Germany, known for very detailed drawings
 Visited Italy during the Renaissance to study
 Brought Renaissance ideas back to Germany
Leonardo da Vinci
 “Renaissance Man” – skilled in many areas
 Scholar, artist, scientist, inventor
 One of the greatest minds of the Renaissance
 Painted The Last Supper and Mona Lisa
Michelangelo
 “Renaissance Man” – skilled in many areas
 Painter, sculptor, poet
 One of the greatest minds of the Renaissance
 Painted Sistine Chapel at Vatican, Carved Pieta