The Renaissance in Italy

Front

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

Back

Rebirth

Front

An intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and classical ideas of the Greeks and Romans

Back

humanism

Front

Early Renaissance humanist who gathered classical Greek and Roman texts that had been saved in the Islamic world. He brought together classical ideas with Christianity.

Back

Petrarch

Front

A city in the Tuscany region of Italy that was the center of the Italian Renaissance

Back

Florence

Front

A person who provides financial support for the arts

Back

patron

Front

Italian Renaissance painter; he painted frescos, his most famous being The School of Athens.

Back

Raphael

Front

Why was Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance?

Back

Italy's trade connections with the Ottoman Empire enabled it to grow wealth AND it provided access to some of the older Greek and Roman texts that had been thought lost.

Front

What does it mean that people (largely the wealthy class in Italy) became more secular during the Renaissance?

Back

They focused their ideas and art on the everyday experiences of being human.

Front

Who created the Mona Lisa?

Back

Leonardo da Vinci

Front

Which Renaissance artist is known for the Sistine Chapel painting in Saint Peter's Cathedral?

Back

Michelangelo