Italy: Birthplace of the Renaissance

• 1. the term used to refer to a period of new learning, art, architecture, science, literature and a revival of classical learning

• Renaissance

• 2. “Classical” refers to the culture of __ and ___

• Greece; Rome

• 3. The Renaissance began in __ and gradually spread ___• Italy• Northward• This birthplace had 3 advantages:• (a). thriving cities (b) wealthy merchant class • and the remnants of Roman and Greek culture • 4. The economy of Europe had been severely damaged by the ___

• black plague• Higher wages were demanded by surviving workers and little

opportunity for expansion; wealthier people began to take more interest in ___

• art

• Politics was dominated by ___;

• Merchants• Among them was a powerful banking family called the

• De Medici• Who lived in the city-state of

• Florence• 6. How did Cosimo de Medici influence politics in his city-

state?

• He won control of Florence’s government by giving loans to the members of the ruling council

• 7. What allowed Renaissance scholars to be able to study the classical manuscripts of Greece and Rome?

• These manuscripts had been saved from destruction by the monastaries of the Byzantine Empire

• 8. What subjects are included in the study of the humanities?

• History, literature, and philosophy• 9. How do we know that people of the Renaissance no longer were

as concerned with offending God as they had been in the Middle Ages?

• The wealthy enjoyed material luxuries, good music, fine foods, wore expensive clothing

• 10. The word ___is used to describe a concern with the worldly and the “here and now” rather than the spiritual

• Secular• People who financially supported Renaissance artists were called __

• Patrons• How did the wealthy try to demonstrate their own importance their

own importance and wealth?

• By having their own portraits painted or by donating art to the city to place in public squares

• 11. What term is used to describe an individual who excelled in many fields and tried to master almost every area of study?

• “Renaissance man”/”universal man”• How did Isabella d’Este represent the model of a Renaissance

woman?

• She supported the arts in her husband’s court; she was skilled in politics; when her husband was taken captive in war, she defended Mantua and won his release.

Isabella d’Este