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13 Cards in this Set
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Leonardo da Vinci |
Painter, enrolled in astronomy and geometry, great inventor. |
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Michelangelo |
Famous sculptor, David, Sistine Chapel. Engineering, painting, architecture, poet |
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Johann Gutenberg |
German. Created the movable type |
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How did the reopening of the Silk Roads affect Europe? |
Enhanced cultural diffusion. |
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What advances in art and science occured during the Renaissance? |
Cranes, perspective, writing in the vernacular. |
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How did Humanism try to strike a balance between human intellect and faith? |
Accepted people to their full potential,encouraged them to live life to the fullest. |
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What role did cities play in the spread of Renaissance ideas? |
Cultural diffusion, trade routes |
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Why did many Renaissance paintings look more realistic than earlier works? |
Perspective |
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William Shakespeare |
A towering figure of Renaissance literature who was a poet and playwright. |
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What were the effects of the printing press on European society? |
Causes larger production of books, more books written in the vernacular, people can interpret them for themselves. |
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How might the ideas of Humanism have helped lead to advances in human anatomy? |
Homosapiens have evolved from the ape- like barbaric creatures who survived on this planet by hunting down wild animals like boars. Due to advances in more and more civilized conditions, along with medical reasearch into genetics, the concept of human anatomy adapted accordingly. |
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Why might might describing Leonardo da Vinci as solely a Renaissance artist be incomplete? Example? |
Engineer, architect, inventor, naturalist, scientist |
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What effect did the printing press have on the dissemination of information? |
It meant information in the form of the printed word could be spread further and faster, particularly in vernacular languages. |
