| Term | Definition |
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| What groups made up the social classes in Italy? | Upper Class, Lower Class, Labors. |
| Why did Shakespeare try to keep his plays unpublished? | He didn't want other theaters performing his plays |
| Where did the Rennaissances begin and how long did it last | Italy 300 years |
| Name two great Flemish Artists | Jan Van Eyck/ Pieter Bruegel |
| What was the Elizabethean Age | The time when Shakespeare wrote his plays |
| What Renaissance Writer was the most famous? Name three of his works? | Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer Nights Dream |
| Who was John Gutenburg | He was a jurnolist man and he invented and used the Printing press |
| What are the advantages of the circular theater | Everyone can see the stage |
| Where did the wealthy members sit during the play | The room above the stage |
| Who played the role of women in the play | Younger or inexperienced actors |
| How were the members of the lower class able to attend plays | Stood in the yard |
| How did the northern and Italian Renaissance Differ? | Norther European scholars did not stress the clasics as much as the Italians Norther artists created works that were much more detailed in their presentation of every day life |
| Before the Renaissance what did art and literature mainly deal with? How did it change during the Renaissance | Before the Renaissance the stressed more of church teachings And during the Renaissance the stressed more realistic ideas |
| What was the most influential during the Renaissance? | Florence |
| Define the word renaissance | Rebirth |
| How did Gutenburg's invention affect book production? | They were able to produce a lot more books in a shorter period of time. |
| Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy | Lots of artists/Italy had been the ctr. of the Roman Emp./lots of cities/many trade routes/rich families/large population/sev. large ctrs. developed in the region |
| Who was William Shakespeare | Famous northern playwrite/born in London in 1564/wrote plays such as; Midsummer's Nights Eve/Romeo & Juliet/Hamlet |
| What was it like during the Eliz. Age | Shakespeare was alive/populance was well educated/Q. Elizabeth promoted the Renaissance |
| What ways did the Ren. break away from the past | Humanist beliefs were stressed and artists & sculptures were hired to do art |
| 4 Horsemen of the Apoc. - what expression on faces of downtrodden | They are confused & scared of the unknown visitors |
| What proves the pop. of Shakespeare's plays even today | They are still performed all over the world |
| What is a wood cut | A painted image produced from a wooden carving |
| Who was considered the best German artist? Why? | Albrecht Durer for his most famous wood cut "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" |
| What were the advantages & disadvantages for women during the Ren | They were able to watch their kids progress through life, dev. apprec. for art & get an education/they had few social rights |
| What is perspective | The appearance of three dimensions in works of art |
| How many books faster could be produced with the printing press | 500 |
| During the Ren what advances were made in Math & Science | Math: studying the use letters of algebraic exp./Science understanding of minerals & medal |
| What was the biggest technological advcmt of the Ren | Invention of the printing press, built on early wood block printing |
| Who was Raphael | "The school of Athens" studied works of great artists |
| Who was Dante | Writer - poems, "The Divine Comedy" |
| Who was Titan | Painter "Crowning with Thorns" |
| Who was Botticelli | Painter |
| Who was Cervantes | Writer - "Don Quixote" |
| Who was Machiavelli | Writer - "The Prince" |
| Who was Brunelleschi | Designer - "Duomo" in Florence, designed domes |
| Define vernacular | Native language |
| How did the use of vern. change the reading of the Bible | Different lang. speaking people could interpret the Bible for themselves |
| What is cartography | Map making |
| Who was Pieter Bruegel | Painter - Flemish, painted detailed pictures of every day life |
| Who was Jan Van Eyck | Painter - worked for wealthy patrons, Flemish artist |
| Who was Albrecht Durer | Artist - German, famous work; "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" |
| What is a wood cut | A Painted image on a piece of wood |
| Who was Johann Gutenburg & why is he important | Inventor of the printing press, journalist in mid-1400s |
| What is a printing press | A machine that pressed paper against a full tray of inked movable type |
| How did the growth of cities help spread the Ren | Word of the Ren was spread faster because of the large population |
| What role did the monarchs have in helping to spread the Ren | The monarchs (queens/kings) were interested in the arts & bought art from the painters/sculptors/etc. |
| How did cultural interactions help spread the Ren | A war broke out & artists fled to N. Europe & took with them the new styles & techniques & shared them with artists there |
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