Renaissance - Overview and Art

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What do you already know about the Dark Ages, the Middle Ages, and/or the Black Death?

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Match the terms with their definitions.

• a thought system that places prime importance on the individual instead of a divine being

• Called the “Father of Humanism”

• intellectual movement that focused on a rebirth of classical Roman and Greek art, architecture, and literature.

• city on the Adriatic that attracted trade from all over the world

• city controlled by very wealthy De Medici family who became great patrons of the arts

humanism

Petrarch

Renaissance

Venice

Florence

• humanism

• Petrarch

• Renaissance

• Venice

• Florence

Multiple Choice

Renaissance art focuses on ...

• the church and salvation (salvation = saving the soul from sin)

• individuals and worldly matters

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Match the following

• blurring of lines (gradual blending) to create illusion of depth

• added depth to an image

• shortening of lines to create depth

sfumato

linear perspective

foreshortening

• sfumato

• linear perspective

• foreshortening

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Match the following

La Pieta 1499 Marble Sculpture

Sistine Chapel Painting

Statue of David

• La Pieta 1499 Marble Sculpture

• Sistine Chapel Painting

• Statue of David

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Mona Lisa

Last Supper

Da Vinci's Notebook

Da Vinci's prototype inventions

• Mona Lisa

• Last Supper

• Da Vinci's Notebook

• Da Vinci's prototype inventions

Open Ended

Based on what you learned today, how did Europe change during the Renaissance?