Renaissance Matching Activity
The word “renaissance” means:
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People
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Cosimo de Medici
Leonardo da Vinci
Niccolo Machiavelli
William Shakespeare
Johann Gutenberg
a) Banker who used his wealth to control Florence
b) German inventor of the printing press
c) Italian writer who advised rulers to be ruthless and cunning
d) Italian artist, inventor, scientist, the ultimate “Renaissance Man”
e) English poet and playwright
Places
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Florence (Firenze)
Rome (Roma)
London
Paris
Naples (Napoli)
a) largest city in the Italian Papal States, home of the Vatican
b) largest city in southern Italy
c) Wealthy city in northern Italy controlled by the Medici family
d) Capital of England, home of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater
e) Capital of France
Printed Word
11) Printing Press
12) The Prince
13) Utopia
14) MacBeth
15) Inferno
a) Book about an ideal Christian community which shares all property
b) Story of a journey through the circles of hell
c) Allowed rapid, cheap and mass publication of books
d) Advises rulers to act on what is effective rather than morally right
e) Tragic play about the downfall of a Scottish kingdom
Art
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Ideas
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Mona Lisa
Creation of Adam
Birth of Venus
The School of Athens
Arnolfini Portrait
Secularism
Humanism
Patronage
Vernacular
Classics
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f) Boticelli
g) Jan van Eyck
h) Da Vinci
i) Raphael
j) Michelangelo
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a) Native language of a region, as opposed to ancient Greek or Latin
b) Emphasis on life here and now; worldliness over spirituality
c) Using your wealth to sponsor a friend or talented person (i.e. artist)
d) Men & women are beautiful as they are and can achieve great things
e) Greek and Latin philosophy, history, politics, art, and architecture