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25 Cards in this Set
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The period in history from approximately 1400 to 1600 is known as the ____________ .
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Renaissance
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Renaissance means ________________ .
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rebirth
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People studied ancient ________ and ______ art, architecture, engineering, writing and science.
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Greek, Roman
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At this time Italy was made up of many _______ - ______.
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city-states
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Name two important city-states
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Milan, Venice, Florence, Genoa, Naples
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What goods did Italian merchants trade in?
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spices, silks, other exotic godds
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Wealthy bankers and merchants paid artists, writers and architects to produce pieces of art. They were known as _________.
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patrons
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Where did Italians find inspiration for Renaissance art?
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ruins from ancient Rome, Colosseum, Forum, aqueducts, theatres
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Rome was then centre of the ________ _____________.
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Christian Church
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The city-state of ____________ was the centre of the Renaissance.
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Florence
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The ______________ family was a wealthy and powerful family in Florence.
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Medici
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Name two important members of the Medic family who were patrons of Rernaissance art.
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Cosimo de Medici, lorenzo the Magnificent
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Renaissance artists and sculptors began to use subjects from Greek and Roman _________ and ________.
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myths and legends
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Renaissance artists wanted to show human beings as they really were. This idea is known as _______.
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realism
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Renaissance artists used ________ to give depth to pictures.
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perspective
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Which new materials did artists use?
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canvas, oils
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Artists began to paint images on wet plaster. These were known as __________.
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frescoes
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Name two features of Renaissance architecture.
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columns, domes, pediments
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The Duke of Milan, ___________ _________, employed Leonardo da Vinci.
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Ludovice Sforza
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leonardo painted ___ ____ _____ on the wall of a church wall.
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The Last Supper
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His most famous painting is the ____ ______, a portrait of the wife of a ______ _____.
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Mona Lisa, florentine merchant
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Michelangelo studied sculpture at _____ __ _______ private sculpture school.
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Lorenzo de Medici
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he sculpted a statue of Mary and Jesus. It is called ___ _____.
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The Pieta
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He sculpted _____ from a block of white marble.
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David
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Pope Julius 11 asked Michelangelo to paint frescoes on the ceiling of the _________ ________.
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Sistine Chapel
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