Renaissance Matching ActivityThe word “renaissance” means:

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1) Cosimo de Medici a) Banker who used his wealth to control Florence2) Leonardo da Vinci b) German inventor of the printing press3) Niccolo Machiavelli c) Italian writer who advised rulers to be ruthless and cunning4) William Shakespeare d) Italian artist, inventor, scientist, the ultimate “Renaissance Man”5) Johann Gutenberg e) English poet and playwright

Places6) Florence (Firenze) a) largest city in the Italian Papal States, home of the Vatican7) Rome (Roma) b) largest city in southern Italy8) London c) Wealthy city in northern Italy controlled by the Medici family9) Paris d) Capital of England, home of Shakespeare’s Globe Theater10) Naples (Napoli) e) Capital of France

Printed Word11) Printing Press a) Book about an ideal Christian community which shares all property12) The Prince b) Story of a journey through the circles of hell13) Utopia c) Allowed rapid, cheap and mass publication of books14) MacBeth d) Advises rulers to act on what is effective rather than morally right15) Inferno e) Tragic play about the downfall of a Scottish kingdom

Art

a) b) c) d) e) 16) Mona Lisa f) Boticelli17) Creation of Adam g) Jan van Eyck18) Birth of Venus h) Da Vinci19) The School of Athens i) Raphael20) Arnolfini Portrait j) Michelangelo

Ideas21) Secularism a) Native language of a region, as opposed to ancient Greek or Latin22) Humanism b) Emphasis on life here and now; worldliness over spirituality23) Patronage c) Using your wealth to sponsor a friend or talented person (i.e. artist)24) Vernacular d) Men & women are beautiful as they are and can achieve great things25) Classics e) Greek and Latin philosophy, history, politics, art, and architecture