World History Renaissance Vocab

Humanism Renaissance movement that focused on choice, individualism, achievement, wordly issues, and humanist subjects like art and literature Classical Antiquity Having to do with ancient Rome and Greece- Renaissance art and literature was greatly influenced by classical antiquity Secularism Worldly rather than spiritual, concerned with here and now- major part of humanism Patron Member of the merchant class who paid for artists, scholars, etc. to pursue and study their craft Perspective A new idea in Renaissance art, having to do with depth Vernacular Language of the common people- the printing press allowed the Bible to be printed in vernacular so...

One of the dominant features of the Renaissance thought was The study of Ancient Greek and Roman culture Renaissance humanists are best described as Advocate of a liberal arts program of study The dominant family of Renaissance Florence was the Medici Renaissance thought was primarily concerned with all of the following -State building and political participation -artistic expression -education Petrarch, Dante, and Boccaccio were Humanist literary figures Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo personified the Renaissance ideal or Renaissance man meaning someone who Practiced and excelled in a variety of activists or crafts Renaissance art borrowed characteristics of greco-roman art, including...

Humanism A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements Sentence: I once drew a picture with humanism, and it turn out great. secularism A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations Sentence: A secularism could be refereed as a atheist. classicism A movement in literature and art during the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe that favored rationality and restraint and strict forms Sentence: Many styles in classicism took place during the renaissance era. Anatomy the branch of science concerned with the bodily structure of humans, animals, and other living organisms,...

Renaissance A time of creativity and great change in many areas -political, social, economic, and cultural. It marked a slow shift from an agricultural to an urban society, in which trade assumed greater importance than in the past. Reformation The action or process of reforming an institution or practice of the Church. Humanism Intellectual movement Humanities Subject such grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history. Francisco Petrarch Assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts in monasteries and churches. What were the main characteristics of the Renaissance? Creative minds set out to transform their own age. How did the Catholic Church affect...

Renaissance The cultural rebirth that occurred in Europe from roughly the fourteenth through the middle of the seventeenth centuries. Sentence - The Renaissance was a time of great art. Humanism An outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Sentence- Humanism is a different view to mine. Secular denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis. Sentence- Im a very secular person. Patrons a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity. Sentence- Many kings have lots of Patrons. Perspective the...

Renaissance - From the 14th century to the middle of 17th century - Rebirth of Europe from the Dark Ages - Efflorescence of arts and ideas in Europe that coincided with the rediscovery of Roman and Greek culture Renaissance Art Tends to focus on the human form, somewhat idealized, as Roman and especially Greek art Renaissance Architecture - Greek columns - Triangular pediments - Roman Arches and Domes The Renaissance also saw the rediscovery of Greek and Roman - Writings and their ideas Secularism A doctrine that rejects religion and religious considerations Rationality The state of having good sense and...

Renaissance 'rebirth'; a time in European history where the people rediscovered information lost during the middle ages humanism focus on individual, study of things that interested people, not religion. The study of things like: art, history, culture, ect. secular means NOT religious Patron someone who supports the arts vernacular the everyday speech of the people Shakespeare English poet who wrote a lot of famous plays. Also, he invented a lot of words, like alligator Leonardo da Vinci Italian painter, sculptor, engineer and inventor considered the ideal Renaissance man Renaissance Man a person who loved to learn art, poetry, history, all...

Renaissance rebirth of art and learning Medici famous and wealthy family that used their wealth to fund art and scholarship secular worldly concerned with the here and now patrons financially supporting something indulgence a pardon into heaven Protestant Christians who belonged to non-Catholic churches annul setting a illegitimate marriage aside The 95 Theses 95 examples that need to be reformed in the Catholic Church (started Lutheranism) "Renaissance Man" a man who excelled in many fields (praised as a "universal man") Vernacular instead of writing in Latin, most writers wrote in this language excommunication cutting a person off from a religious...

How does John Green define the Renaissance? It was an effloresce of arts. 3. Where do we commonly see the classical influences visually expressed in the Renaissance? The renaissance saw the rebirth of European culture after the dark ages and rushed in the modern are of secularism, rationality, and individualism. 4. Why are the scholars who worked with ancient Greek and Roman texts called humanists? What misconception has this name led to, and how is that misconception debunked by John Green? Because it implied that they were concerned with humans ether than the religious world. This led to the assumption...

all citizens had the right to equal what under the law? treatment a person was considered innocent until what? proven guilty the burden of proof rested with whom rather than the accused? the accuser what law if any kind could be set aside? unreasonable or grossly unfair the system of laws that were created and applied to whom? all nationalities what is the difference between the Ten Commandments and laws of other groups? the Ten Commandments talk about how you should treat God and other people while laws of other groups only take about the rights people have what did...