Unit 7 - The Renaissance

The intellectual and artistic movement that took place during the Renaissance.

What does the term Renaissance mean?

An economic system based on using capital (money).

English writer who created play writes about everyday emotion, situations and life.

A change from a feudal economy to a money (market) economy is known as

Trading merchants from cities located in Northern Europe (Northern Europe-Baltic Sea).

Center of the Renaissance artistic world.

Invention that increased the collective knowledge of Europe by making books more available.

Renaissance sculptor and painter; sculpted The Statue of David and painted the Sistine Chapel

How did trade products, wealth, and new ideas spread through Europe during The Renaissance?

This type of economic system is based on supply and demand of products. 

Who created the Printing Press?

Bankers from Florence, Italy who used their wealth to control politics and sponsor artists.

Technique used to make images look more realistic.

After Feudalism ended, what time period began?

The local everyday language of the people.

They dominated trade between Asia and Europe (Southern Europe-Mediterranean Sea).

Known as the Renaissance Man; painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

Italian writer who created The Divine Comedy.

Business organizations created to promote and protect a certain trade/craft in a community.