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Flashcards by Christian O'Connor, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Christian O'Connor
almost 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Where and when the Renaissance began | Italy in the 14th century |
| Two reasons why the Renaissance began in Italy | Ruins of Ancient Rome reminded Italians of their glorious past. Wealthy city states competed against each other. |
| Two developments in painting during the Renaissance | Use of oil based paints. Paintings showed perspective. |
| Painting done on wet plaster | Fresco |
| Verrocchio asked his student, Leanardo da Vinci to help paint ... | The Baptism of Christ |
| Patron to Leonardo da Vinci during his years in Milan | Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan |
| Shading the border between colours | Sfumato |
| Two paintings by Leonardo da Vinci | The Last Supper / The Mona Lisa |
| Two statues by Michelangelo | David / The Pieta |
| Patron who commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel | Pope Julius II |
| Subject of The Last Judgement by Michelangelo | Depicts Jesus sending people either to hell or heaven |
| Artist from the Northern Renaissance and one of his works | Albrecht Durer - Knight, Death and Devil |
| Inventor of the moveable-type printing press | Johann Gutenberg |
| Two effects of the invention of the printing press | Books became cheaper. More people learned to read and write. |
| 14 line poem | Sonnet |
| Two plays written by William Shakespeare | Macbeth / Romeo and Juliet |
| The name of Shakespeare's theatre company and where they performed | The King's Men. They performed at the Globe Theatre in London. |
| Author of The Prince (1513) which explained ways rulers could get and keep power | Niccolo Machiavelli |
| Book about anatomy written by Andreas Vesalius | On the Fabric of the Human Body |
| Discovered that the heart pumps blood around the body | William Harvey |
| Book written by Copernicus stating that the earth revolves around the sun | On the Revolution of Heavenly Bodies |
| What did Jan Lippershey invent in 1608? | The telescope |
| Put under house arrest by the Court of Inquisition for writing a book that supported Copernicus' belief that the earth revolves around the sun. | Galileo |
| One reason why the Renaissance was historically significant. | Painting improved as a result of developments such as the use of oil based paints and showing perspective. |
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