1. CHAPTER 11 The Renaissance

3. Renaissance 1. What were the 4 great city-states of Italy in the 1300s? 1. Milan, Genoa, Venice, and FLORENCE

4. Renaissance 2. Who was the greatest banking family in Florence? 2. The Medici Family

5. Renaissance 3. What were some characteristics of Florence? 3. Italian art, literature, and culture

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7. Renaissance 4. The city of Florence’s love of art and education helped begin what? 4. The Renaissance

8. Renaissance 5. What was the Renaissance? 5. Period of “rebirth” and creativity that followed the Middle Ages

9. Renaissance 6. During the Renaissance, what was being “reborn”? 6. Learning and Art  Greek and Roman ideas

10. Renaissance- Artists 7. Who was Michelangelo? 7. Renaissance artist  Artist and Sculptor  Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

11. Renaissance- Artists 8. Who was Leonardo da Vinci? 8. THE Renaissance Man  Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Engineer, Inventor  Mona Lisa, Last Supper

13. Renaissance- Writers 9. Who was Dante Alighieri? 9. First to write in the vernacular (common language-Italian)  Wrote The Divine Comedy  Dante’s Inferno

14. Renaissance- Writers 10. Who was Niccolo Machiavelli? 10. Wrote The Prince  Gave leaders advice on how to rule  Better to be feared than loved

16. Renaissance- Writers 11. Who was William Shakespeare? 11. Wrote many poems and over 30 plays  Romeo and Juliet  Hamlet  Julius Caesar

17. Renaissance 12. Who was Johann Gutenberg? 12. Created the Printing Press  Movable Type Increased Literacy Spread Ideas