Why did the renaissance start in Italy? - answer They had money
How did the renaissance intellectuals view the medieval past? - answer It was a very
dark bad time
How was Italian society organized different than the rest of Europe? - answer Into city
states
Five dominant city states - answer Florence, Milan, Venice, The Papal States, Naples
The Italian city states were ruled by a signori or a: - answer Oligarchy
Florence made its money through banking and: - answer Trade
What family controlled Florence? - answer DE Medici
What was the purpose of the Italian balance of power? - answerSo one city didn't
overpower another
What was the result of no common foreign policy? - answerIt became a battleground for
foreign armies
What two nations fought a war in the Italian peninsula? - answerFrance and Spain
What are the three characteristics of the Italian renaissance? - answerIndividualism,
Humanism, Secular Society
Define Humanism: - answerInterest in the study of Latin classics to learn about human
nature
In secular societies people wanted to aquire: - answerMaterial items
In individualism people wanted: - answerCredit for their own individual achievements
Who is the father of humanism? - answerFrancesco Patrarch
Humanist scholars were different from medieval scholars because they read: -
answerThe original manuscript
In civic humanism individuals: - answerLived to serve the state
, What did humanists like about cicero? - answerThey liked his writing style
What did Machiavelli think about human nature? - answerThat humans were evil and
selfish
According to Machiavelli is it better for a ruler to be feared or loved? - answerFeared
What was the purpose of Machiavelli's book "the prince" - answerTo unify Italy
Castigliones's "the courtier" described: - answerThe ideal man of the age
What is Lorenzo Valla most known for doing? - answerProving that the donation of
Constantine was a forgery
How did Valla prove that the donation was a forgery? - answerThe word Fief was used
and hadn't been invented yet
What did Christine de Pisan write about? - answerWomens rights
Why did people sponsor the arts? - answerTo glorify themselves and their families
How did the church feel about the renaissance? - answerThey embraced it
What art characteristic did the Renaissance artists reject? - answerHierarchical Scaling
What were some of the new art styles? - answerSingle point perspective, nudity,
shading
How were renaissance sculptures different from medieval sculptures? - answerThey
were free standing
List the four main artists of the time: - answerLeonardo, Michaelangelo, Donatello,
Raphiel
In which city did the renaissance start? - answerFlorence
What was the center of the high renaissance? - answerRome
What ended the high renaissance? - answerThe sacking of Rome
How was the northern renaissance different from the Italian? - answerThe northern was
way more religious
Christian humanists wanted to study the Latin classics and the: - answerBible
The Christian humanists believed human nature was: - answerMostly good
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