6680166190 | Renaissance | a period of European history from 1300-1600 rebirth of classical Greek & Roman Knowledge changes in Art & literature, becomes more secular | ![]() | 0 |
6680166192 | Secular | worldly, non-religious | ![]() | 1 |
6680166194 | Humanism | Renaissance philosophy in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements | ![]() | 2 |
6680166201 | Erasmus | Wrote Praise of Folly Father of Humanism (Northern Renaissance) | ![]() | 3 |
6680166202 | Michaelangelo | Renaissance artist who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling and sculpted the David (From Italy) | ![]() | 4 |
6680166203 | Leonardo Da Vinci | Renaissance artists, inventor & thinker Painted the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa (From Italy) | ![]() | 5 |
6680166204 | Shakespeare | Wrote plays and sonnets (From England) | 6 | |
6680166209 | Gutenberg | created a moveable type printing press | ![]() | 7 |
6680166211 | Location where the Renaissance began | Italy | ![]() | 8 |
6680166212 | Location where the Renaissance spread | Northern Europe | 9 | |
6680166214 | contributions of the Printing Press | - increased literacy - made books less expensive - spread the ideas of the Ren & Ref | ![]() | 10 |
6680166215 | Usury | charging heavy interest on a loan | ![]() | 11 |
6680179596 | Sir Thomas Moore | wrote Utopia | ![]() | 12 |
6680184586 | Petrarch | wrote sonnets, was a humanist scholar | ![]() | 13 |
6680189287 | city-states where the Renaissance began | Florence, Genoa, Venice | ![]() | 14 |
6680193108 | Why the Renaissance began in Italian city-states | Had access to trade routes connecting Europe with Middle Eastern markets; Served as trading centers for the distribution of goods to northern Europe; Were initially independent city-states governed as republics | 15 | |
6680197323 | Machiavelli | wrote The Prince | ![]() | 16 |
6680201510 | key ideas in The Prince | An early modern treatise on government • Supports absolute power of the ruler • Maintains that the end justifies the means • Advises that one should not only do good if possible, but do evil when necessary | 17 | |
6680204668 | Characteristics of Renaissance art | art and literature focused on individuals and worldly matters, along with Christianity. more dimensional and accurate perspective | ![]() | 18 |
6680204669 | Characteristics of Medieval art | art and literature focused on the Church and salvation flat; lacked perspective & dimension | ![]() | 19 |
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