Renaissance Vocabulary

Renaissance means in French

• revisit

• rewind

• rebirth

• recycle

Where is was Florence located in the 1500's?

• England, independent city state

• Papal States, independent city state

• England, independent city state

• Holy Roman Empire, independent city state

Classical art during this time refers to

• cultures of the ancient world in the middle east

• cultures of ancient religions

• cultures of ancient Greece and Rome

• cultures of ancient China and the far east

Humanism is

• philosophy that believed in the worth and potential of all human beings

• philosophy in the worth and potential of Italians and the French

• religion and philosophy about the worth and potential of people

• religion after the movement against the Church

Some characteristics of classical art depicted

• Roman leaders

• gods and goddesses of Greece and Rome

• heroes and mythical creatures

• Jesus Christ

Medieval art depicted...

• Jesus and the saints

• bible stories only

• sculptures and paintings of people in Rome

• Mary and Jesus Christ only

Renaissance art depicted

• Jesus, Mary, Plato, and Aristotle

• Bright colors in paintings, realistic sculptures of religious scenes from Christianity only

• Religious and non-religious scenes in nature, perspective, and depth in art work

• People doing everyday things but in a more beautiful way

Perspective in art is

• the artist's point of view

• the appearance of distance and depth in art

• art in the viewpoint of religious people

• shading correctly in paintings

Secular means

• sections in art paintings

• sections and divisions in religion

• non- religious

• scenes in art that is not religious

Patron is

• pays for important art to be made in Italy

• support for the arts by donating money and funding projects

• pays to show art in muesums

• pays to have an artist show them in their artwork