LEONARDO DA VINCI
notary
Vinci
Medici
Florence
bankers
guilds
Renaissance
armor
Andre de Varocchio
Constantinople
Tuscany
poor
Humanism
apprentice
arts
Florence
1) 1453 ___________________ is the capital of the Byzantine Empire. It stood as the symbol for Roman glory for almost
1000 years.
2)____________________is the capital of the region Tuscany. It is known for its history and its importance in the Middle
Ages and in the Renaissance, especially for its art and architecture and, more generally, for its cultural heritage.
3) ___________________ focuses on human values and concerns. The term "humanist" derives from the 15th-century
Italian term ‘umanista’, meaning a teacher or scholar of Classical Greek and Latin literature and the ethical philosophy
behind it.
4) Humanism ignites a new age known as the ___________________ of new ideas, new inventions, and discoveries.
5) In 1458 Vinci, Italy was a small rural town in ________________
6) Leonardo had no real place in the world and no future because he is the bastard child of a respected
_____________and a _____________farmer’s daughter.
7) Leonardo lived in his father’s house, while his mother married a man of her own class.
8) Leonardo could not take his father’s name and therefore is known as Leonardo from _____________
9) In his teens, Leonardo moves with his father to _________________, Italy during the 1460’s.
10) The _____________ was a rich and very powerful family whose importance to Leonardo will grow as he matures.
11) The Medici was in charge of Florence because they were ________________
12) The Medici were the most important patrons of the _____________ in Florence
13) Many of the men during the Renaissance would wear cloth covered ________________.
14) Leonardo needed to break free of his bastard status and earn a respectable position in society because he lived in a
time and place where life is cheap, particularly in the lower classes.
15) The ______________ are professional trade unions.
16) Leonardo had no formal schooling because he was an illegitimate child.
17) In 1468, with the help of his father’s friend, ______________________, a highly regarded Florentine artist, agrees to
take Leonardo as an __________________.
P.S. The word bastard means a child whose birth lacks legal legitimacy. Legal legitimacy is, one born to a woman and a
man who are not legally married.
Questions to think about:
1) Why would many of men during the Renaissance wear clothing of armor?
2) In which century did the Renaissance take place?
3) The Late Middle Ages occurred during the Renaissance, but during which century?
4) Why was Leonardo not able to take his father’s name?
5) What was so unique and important about the Renaissance?
6) In 1476, Leonardo had many people envy and resent him. He was betrayed in 1476. What was
Leonardo falsely accused for?