Pre-AP World History: Italian Renaissance Vocabulary Terms Flashcards
6-6.1: Summarize the contributions of the Italian Renaissance, including the importance of Florence, the influence of humanism and the accomplishments of the Italians in art, music, literature, and architecture.
6-6.2: Identify key figures of the Renaissance and the Reformation and their contributions (e.g.,Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Johannes Gutenberg, John Calvin, and Martin Luther).
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| 8158943809 | Renaissance | An era after the Middle Ages that which focussed on education, art and critical thinking. | 0 | |
| 8158943810 | city-state | a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state. | 1 | |
| 8158943811 | Florence | Italian city-state, the birthplace of the Renaissance. | 2 | |
| 8158943812 | Medici Family | Rich banking family in Florence, in gov't and the Church. | 3 | |
| 8158943813 | Humanism | a way of thinking and learning that stresses the importance of people's abilities and actions. | 4 | |
| 8158943814 | perspective | Technique that creates the appearance of 3D on a flat surface. | 5 | |
| 8158943815 | Leonardo da Vinci | Renaissance Man - engineer, architect, sculptor. painted The Last Supper & Mona Lisa. | 6 | |
| 8158943816 | Michelangelo | Italian Reniassance sculptor, painter, architect; Produced mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Pieta, David | 7 | |
| 8158943817 | Johannes Gutenberg | Inventor of the printing press, first printed Bible and movable type. | 8 | |
| 8158943818 | printing press | increased literacy in the vernacular, spread religious & scientific ideas like Protestantism & Heliocentrism | 9 | |
| 8158943819 | Machiavelli | Italian Renaissance writer; wrote "The Prince" advising rulers that it is better to be fears than loved by subjects. | 10 | |
| 8158943820 | architecture | The art and science of building | 11 | |
| 8158943821 | Copernicus | Renaissance astronomer; first person to affirm Heliocentrism (Earth & other planets travel around the sun). | 12 | |
| 8158943822 | Galileo | Renaissance astronomer; provided evidence that the sun is the center of the solar system; conflicted with the Church, placed under house arrest. | 13 | |
| 8158943823 | Newton | Renaissance astronomer and physicist, showed how gravity controls the motion of the planets around the sun as well as the motion of the Moon. | 14 | |
| 8158943824 | anatomy | Study of the structure of the human body | 15 | |
| 8158943825 | realism | To paint and sculpt subjects realistically. Techniques make the subjects and background look like they would in real life. | 16 |