The Renaissance

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  1. 2. he created the printing press allowing commoners to have access to books for the first time in almost 1000 years
  2. 4. translations of the __ texts into Latin by Byzantine scholars allowed the explosion of learning and art during the Renaissance
  3. 8. English humanist whose Utopia depicted an imaginary place without war and corruption
  4. 10. sculptor, poet, architect, and painter who made Saint Peter's Basilica, the State of David, and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Particularly good at showing the human body as it really was.
  5. 12. known for pioneering oil-based painting, developing new techniques to add subtlety to colors
  6. 14. The Italian ___ and the church sponsored great works of art.
  7. 16. the development of __ which came to Europe from Asia made writing books and printing in larger quantities possible
  8. 17. writer whose Decameron described realistic characters through tragic and comedic stories
  9. 18. painter known for his use of perspective; often used the Madonna and child as a subject; painted the School of Athens
  10. 19. known for woodcuts and engravings portraying religious subjects, classical myths, and realistic landscapes
  11. 20. __ returned to much of the continent after centuries of war allowing trade and ideas to flow freely
  12. 21. questioning everything, because you trust nothing to be fully credible
  13. 24. the "rebirth" of classical, Greek and Roman, knowledge and culture
  14. 26. woman poet who exchanged sonnets with Michelangelo and helped Castiglione publish The Courtier
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  1. 1. a way of showing three dimensions on a flat surface
  2. 3. an intellectual movement, based on the study of Greek and Roman texts, that emphasized individualism and human achievement
  3. 5. English playwright who drew upon the classics for stories and inspiration; writings showed humanity in its glory and flaws
  4. 6. painter, scientist, inventor, and sculptor who was known as a true "Renaissance Man", made the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
  5. 7. first woman to achieve an international reputation; known for her portraits of royalty
  6. 9. writer whose The Prince offered realistic, but not moral, advice to rulers on how to get and keep political power
  7. 11. written language in your native language (what is spoken locally); allowed more people to have access to knowledge
  8. 13. worldly rather than spiritual, and concerned with the here and now
  9. 15. increased __ with the Middle East allowed Italian Merchants to become wealthy enough to pay for great works of art
  10. 22. Bankers and other merchants like the Medici family paid for artists to make secular works of art
  11. 23. Artists used perspective, oil based paints, and other techniques to make their subjects look ___, unlike Middle Ages artists which were more symbolic
  12. 25. early and influential humanist who wrote sonnets, poems, in Italian vernacular and Latin