RENAISSANCE EUROPE

Study Guide to Ch. 28-30

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Chapter	Essential Vocabulary	Essential Questions
Chapter 28	Renaissance classical Crusades the East perspective Silk Road Marco Polo merchant commerce economy patron city-state republic Venice humanism humanities Petrarch geography political	In what ways was Renaissance art similar to classical art? In what ways was Renaissance art different from medieval art? How did the East influence Europe at this time? Give three reasons for the beginning of the Renaissance. How did the growth of trade and the politics of city-states create a boom in art and learning? What is humanism? In what ways did the humanists both revive and change classical Greek and Roman ideas? Why did conflict arise between humanists and the Catholic church?
Chapter 29	Florence cradle industry money economy banking achitecture sculpture Leonardo da Vinci Donatello Medici Brunelleschi Botticelli secular Dante The Divine Comedy Galileo humanism politics Machiavelli The Prince	What factors made Florence, Italy, the cultural center of the Renaissance? How did commerce and trade promote the growth of the Renaissance? In what ways did architects and artists draw from the ancient Greeks and Romans? How did Renaissance literature differ from Medieval literature? How did the study of science and mathematics change during the Renaissance? How is The Divine Comedy characteristic of humanistic thinking? How is The Prince characteristic of humanistic thinking?
Chapter 30	printing press Gutenberg Michelangelo Titian fresco Durer proportion engraving Copernicus revolve Vesalius anatomy Isabella Elizabeth exploration Shakespeare Cervantes Don Quixote invention discovery	How did Gutenberg's invention influence the spread of ideas? How did artists such as Michelangelo, Titian, and Durer contribute to Renaissance art? How did authors such as Cervantes and Shakespeare influence literature? What was significant about the scientific discoveries of Copernicus and Vesalius? In what ways did Leonardo da Vinci reflect the ideals of the Renaissance? How did the queens Isabella and Elizabeth embody the spirit of the Renaissance?