Renaissance Vocab

Perspective in art:

• Cubist paintings

• Strictly one dimensional art that was nonrealistic

• Black and white photographs of the Renaissance

• Development in art during the Renaissance that included realistic three-dimensional perspective

Medici Family

• Ruled Florence during the Renaissance, became wealthy from banking, spent a lot of money on art, controlled Florence for about 3 centuries

• Farming family that controlled land in North America

• Italian family that spread Christianity

• Family from Italy that wanted to ban art from the Renaissance

Florence

• A German city-state

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

• One of the poorest cities during the Renaissance

• An Italian city-state that came to power during the Reformation

He wrote a guide, The Prince, for rulers on how to gain and maintain power. He urged rulers to use whatever methods were necessary to achieve their goals.

• Galileo

• Florence

• Machiavelli

• Kepler

Blaise Pascal

• A wealthy farmer living during the Renaissance

• German astronomer

• French mathematician and scientist the believed religious faith was necessary because reason alone could not satisfy people's hopes

• An Italian baker for the Medici family

Frescoes

• Paintings made in the sand

• Modern style of painting using acrylic

• Paintings made on wet plaster walls

• Sculptures made of marble

He was considered the most versatile and genius Italian painter. Works included, The Pieta, The Last Supper and Mona Lisa.

• Michelangelo

• Machiavelli

• Kepler

• Leonardo da Vinci

Heliocentric

• The belief that the sun is the center of the universe

• The belief that Earth is round

• The belief that Earth is the center of the universe

• The belief that the universe has no center

He was an Italian painter, engineer, architect, and poet. His famous works include, The Sistine Chapel and The Statue of David.

• Isaac Newton

• Dante

• Machiavelli

• Michelangelo

Dante Alighieri

• Italian poet famous for writing Divine Comedy

• Cousin of Shakespeare

• Italian author famous for writing The Prince

• Italian painter who discovered frescoes