Mrs. Spray's Ch. 1 Sec. 1 and 2 The Renaissance

One characteristic that both the Italian and the Northern Renaissance paintings had in common:

Famous figures in the Renaissance were primarily in the areas of

Italian merchants gained control of society by organizing banks. One famous banking family was

Why was the printing press important to the Renaissance?

Italian sculptor who painted the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the famous "David"

A French author who wrote about female equality

English artist who wrote about human emotions and real people in his many sonnets and plays

What role did the Crusades play in encouraging the Renaissance?

German artist who was famous for introducing oil painting techniques

"Renaissance" means

The Renaissance spread to Northern Europe by ALL of the following EXCEPT:

Late Italian Renaissance paintings often featured

The Renaissance then spread to

Italian who wrote a book about how to be the perfect "Renaissance Man" or woman

The Renaissance first started in

Flemish artist who painted realistic everyday scenes with peasant farmers

What was one place in Italy where the Renaissance began?

Italian Renaissance painters introduced the method of "perspective" painting. This means

What are the ideals or spirit of the Renaissance?

Scholars fled from the Ottoman Empire and brought with them knowledge of art and writing from

The Renaissance saw an increased focus on the individual, or...

This philosopher wrote about the ideal society, or "utopia". He was beheaded by King Henry 8th.

Italian who was the perfect "Renaissance Man" in that he was an artist, science and engineering

The era before the Renaissance was called

Humanistic studies, or studies in the "humanities," included subjects such as

Where is Belgium?

One cause of the Renaissance was ....

In the Middle Ages, scholars focused on religion. In the Renaissance they focused on...

During the Renaissance, there was new interest in

Thomas More and Erasmus (Northern Renaissance writers) often