Renaissance Vocabulary 2023

A great flowering of culture, based on classical Greek and Roman ideas and art, that began in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and spread throughout Europe

• Humanism

• City-State

• Republic

• Renaissance

An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory

• republic

• humanism

• city-state

• Renaissance

Influenced by the styles and techniques of ancient Greece and Rome

• Humanism

• Classical Art

• Renaissance

• City-State

A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to rule for them

• republic

• city- state

• humanism

• Classical art

A philosophy that tries to balance religious faith with an emphasis on individual dignity and an interest in nature and human society

• Classical Art

• humanism

• Renaissance

• republic

A Renaissance artist, renowned for his painting and sculpture- specifically the Sistine chapel

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Johannes

  Gutenberg

• William Shakespeare

A famous Renaissance artist, scientist, and inventor best known for the Mona Lisa.

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Johannes

  Gutenberg

• William Shakespeare

A German inventor who, in about 1450, developed the first printing press with movable type in Europe

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Johannes

  Gutenberg

• William Shakespeare

An English Renaissance poet and playwright whose plays show a deep understanding of human behavior

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Johannes

  Gutenberg

• William Shakespeare

A wealthy Italian city-state during the Renaissance.

• Florence

• Italy

• Greece

• Egypt