Renaissance vocab quiz 7th grade history

is the method of showing 3-d on a flat surface like a painting or drawing. Medieval art lacks this feature.

• Renaissance

• Dante

• Perspective

The study of the subjects that emphasize the actions and abilities of humans.

• Renaissance

• Humanism

• Petrarch

is a politician and poet who wrote "The Divine Comedy" first person to write in Italian instead of Latin.

• Renaissance

• Miguel Cervantes

• Dante

Is the period that followed the middle ages that is defined by the love of art and education. "Rebirth"

• Renaissance

• Humanism

• Petrarch

• Perspective

Writer who wrote "The Prince" for advice to rulers. Better to be feared than loved. Also said, "the end justify the means." Meaning you can do whatever you want as long as you win.(not a good idea today)

• Dante

• Machiavelli

• Miguel Cervantes

wrote the famous book, Don Quixote, in which he pokes fun at the middle ages. First writer in Spanish. First modern novel.

• Michelangelo

• Marco Polo

• Miguel Cervantes

He described the importance of studying history or you will be bound to repeat it. He is often considered the Father of Humanism as he rediscovered many ancient texts and had them translated for all.

• Dante

• Machiavelli

• Petrarch

A German man that invented the printing press in the mid 1400s that used moveable type.

• William Shakespeare

• Cosmo d Medici

• Johann Gutenberg

Architect, painter, sculptor, painted the entire ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

• Michelangelo

• Johann gutenberg

• Leonardo da Vinci

A German painter that studied anatomy...painted nature in such detail we can determine plant species by his paintings.

• Albrecht durer

• Leonardo da Vinci

• William Shakespeare