The Renaissance Study Guide

Villalobos 

World History 

Fall, 2008 

Study Guide: Renaissance Unit I.

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Test Format: The mini-test format will be objective (multiple choice) and identifications. For the identifications, begin with a brief identification and/or definition and include significance of item, which contains an explanation of why the item is important. Topics: a. Renaissance: Definition? Characteristics? b. Italian Renaissance: Why Italy, what were the conditions that allowed the renaissance to develop in the Italian city-states? Social, economic, and political conditions? c. Italian Renaissance Art: What distinguishes the “Italian” style? d. Northern Renaissance: Why in the North, what were the conditions that allowed to renaissance to develop in the North? Social, economic, and political conditions? Know the geographic area. e. Northern Renaissance Art: What distinguishes the “northern” style? f. Humanism: What is it, purpose, goal and main characteristics? Who are the leading Humanists? What are the differences between Italian and Northern Humanism? g. Scientific Revolution: What conditions allowed the scientific revolution? Leading scientists? Leading ideas? Leading theories? h. Renaissance Papacy and the Church: What is the role of church during the renaissance? Does the power of the church and pope’s increase or decrease during this time? i. Renaissance States: How were the monarchies changing during this time? Possible Identifications: Humanism Francesco Petrarch Lorenzo de ‘Medici & ‘Medici Family Leonardo da Vinci Raphael Michelangelo Patron Perspective Niccolo Machiavelli & “The Prince” Baldassare Castiglione & “The Book of the Courtier” City-state & Italian City-states Greco-Roman influence Humanities Erasmus Thomas More Albrecht Durer Hubert and Jan van Eyck Northern Humanists Miguel de Cervantes Johann Gutenberg William Shakespeare Vernacular Nicolaus Copernicus Galileo Galilei Francis Bacon Rene Descartes Issac Newton Heliocentric Scientific method Utopian Pico della Mirandola Francois Rabelais