The Renaissance

A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.

• Renaissance
• Humanism
• arts
• patron

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 A movement in Renaissance Europe, celebrating human potential and achievement and stressing the study of subjects such as history, grammar, literature, and philosophy.

• Renaissance
• Humanism
• arts
• patron

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An Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance.

• Florence
• city-state
• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Brunelleschi

 One who excels in many different fields of study.

• Johann Gutenberg
• Elizabethan Age
• Renaissance Man
• vernacular

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed

• Rebuilt

• Remade

• Rebirth

During the Renaissance, there was a revival of interst in 

• perspective
• humanism
• Greek and Roman civilizations
• individual achievement

Humanism is a way of thought that focuses on which of the following?

• The human potential for achievement
• the needs of the group over the individual
• the works of medieval writers
• the doctrines of the Christian Church

The Renaissance came after what period of time?

• Ancient

• Middle Ages

• Modern

• Post-Modern

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Germany

• Italy

• France

• Russia

How did the Medici family become wealthy?

• patrons

• shipping

• bankers

• weavers