AP World History - The Renaissance Flashcards
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| 12418508228 | the rebirth of classical learning and human potential | the Renaissance | 0 | |
| 12418508229 | •the Black Death •peasant revolts / Magna Carta •the Hundred Years War •the Crusades •status determined by skill, not birth right | 5 main factors leading to the decline of feudalism | 1 | |
| 12418508230 | tries to balance religion with power of the human mind | humanism | 2 | |
| 12418508231 | the belief that each person has potential | individualism | 3 | |
| 12418508232 | •art in the Middle Ages: flat, lacking perspective •art in the Renaissance: has dimension, detail, perspective | difference between art in the Middle Ages and art in the Renaissance | 4 | |
| 12418508233 | Ghirlandaio, Michelangelo, Ghiberti, Leonardo da Vinci | Italian artists during the Renaissance | 5 | |
| 12418508234 | Florence, Italy | home of the Renaissance | 6 | |
| 12418508235 | a person who commissions art | patron | 7 | |
| 12418508236 | patrons of the arts and rulers of Florence, Italy | Medici family | 8 | |
| 12418508237 | •fall of the Byzantine Empire •end of the Hundred Years War •invention of the printing press in Europe | 1453 | 9 | |
| 12418508238 | •interest in classical culture •curiosity about the world •belief in human potential | artists during the Renaissance displayed: | 10 | |
| 12418508239 | Flanders | first city of the Northern Renaissance to sponsor artists | 11 | |
| 12418508240 | Francis I paid Italian artists and architects to rebuild and decorate this castle; became a showcase for Renaissance art | Fontainebleau Castle | 12 | |
| 12418683107 | northern humanism is more religious than southern humanism; it is sometimes called "Christian humanism" | humanism in the Northern Renaissance vs. humanism in the Southern Renaissance | 13 | |
| 12418683108 | Albrect Durer, Hans Holben | German artists during the Renaissance | 14 | |
| 12418683109 | Jan van Eyck, Peter Bruegel | Flemish artists during the Renaissance | 15 | |
| 12418683110 | Desiderius Erasmus, Thomas More | famous humanists during the Renaissance | 16 | |
| 12418683111 | wrote in Renaissance England; considered the greatest playwright of all time | William Shakespeare | 17 | |
| 12418683112 | inventor of the printing press | John Gutenberg | 18 | |
| 12418683113 | •books were cheap enough for common people •spike in literacy •people could interpret the Bible for themselves (and criticize priests) | effects of the printing press | 19 | |
| 12418683114 | famous humanist; wrote "Praise of Folly" | Desiderius Erasmus | 20 | |
| 12418683115 | famous humanist; wrote "Utopia" | Thomas More | 21 | |
| 12418683116 | painter, sculptor, architect, inventor, and engineer; painted "Mona Lisa" and "Last Supper" | Leonardo da Vinci | 22 |