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Flashcards by lauren coloe, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by lauren coloe
over 4 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 City states Patrons Fall of Constantinople |
| Two developments in painting during the Renaissance | Oil Perspective Sfumato Landscape Study of anatomy showed realism (3D) |
| Fresco | A painting done on wet plaster |
| Patron to da Vinci during his Milan years | Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan |
| Shading or smokiness effect | Sfumato |
| Two paintings by Da Vinci | The Last Supper Virgin of the Rocks Mona Lisa |
| Two statues by Michelangelo | David The Pieta |
| Patron who commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel | Pope Julius II |
| Inventor of the moveable-type printing press | Johannes Gutenberg |
| Two effects of the invention of the printing press | Books became cheaper More people learned to read and write Spread of books printed in the vernacular Quick spread of alternative ideas |
| 14 line poem | Sonnet |
| Two plays written by Shakespeare | Hamlet King Lear Romeo & Juliet Macbeth Merchant of Venice |
| The name of Shakespeare's theatre company and where they performed | The King's Men - performed at the Globe theatre, London |
| 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 |
| Discovered that the Sun is the centre of the Solar System | Galileo |
| The Court which convicted Galileo of heresy | The Inquisition |
| Renaissance artist from outside Italy | Albrecht Durer |
| Two reasons why the Renaissance was historically significant | Painting improved Spread of new ideas Birth of the modern world |
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