Intro to Renaissance

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Paris, France

• Rome, Italy

• Wittenberg, Germany

• Florence, Italy

What does the term Renaissance mean?

• rebirth

• redo

• remake

• resemble

What was the Renaissance a rebirth of?

• good health after the plague

• chivalry and tournaments

• Christian devotion

• art, culture and learning

A person who produces work in the vernacular is one who

• relies on realism

• uses only natural light

• uses verses from the Bible

• writes in the native everyday language

What ancient civilizations influenced the Renaissance?

• Egyptian & Mesopotamia

• Egyptian & Roman

• Roman & Greek

• Greek & Mesopotamia

Term used to define things that are worldly or well rounded?

• perfect

• secular

• nirvana

• perspective

This invention helped mass produce books in the vernacular and helped increase education and spread new ideas.

• encyclopedia

• printing press

• dicitonary

• telescope

Famous for his sonnets. comedies, tragedies and histories such as Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth.

• Medici

• Erasmus

• Shakespeare

• Machiavelli

Known as the "Father of Humanism"

• Erasmus

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Francesco Petrarch

• William Shakespeare

Wrote The Prince which gave advice on how to govern

• William Shakespeare

• Francesco Petrarch

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Johannes Gutenberg