Alex Smith Western Civil

- What factors led to the beginning of the renaissance in northern Europe? Urban merchants became wealthy enough to sponsor artists, and people lived close together in towns, allowing for the spread of ideas. - How did the invention of the printing press help spread learning and Renaissance ideas? It made it possible to produce books cheaper so that more people could afford them. This made reading more common and also spread new information. - Albert Durer- Produced woodcuts and engravings, portrayed religious subjects, classical myths, realistic landscapes. - Jan Van Eyck- used recently developed oil paints to develop techniques, realistic details, and personality of his subjects. - Han Holbein- Painted King Henry VIII - Pieter Bruegel- interested in realistic details and individual people, captured scenes from everyday life - Thomas Moore- tried to show a better model of society, he wrote the book Utopia to show an ideal society - Erasmus- wrote the book The Praise of ...

I couldn't open up the study Guide questions - Renaissance- Rebirth or reborn a period of time that changed history  • humanism- An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements.  • secular- Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters  • patron- Supports artists especially financially  • perspective- Artistic technique creates 3-D appearances  • vernacular- Everyday language of people in a region or country 2. Discuss which of Italy’s advantages was most important for creating the Renaissance. Why?- I think a wealthy merchant class because people who had a lot of money, such as the Medici family (patrons) were able to support people financially, especially Renaissance artists. MAIN IDEAS 3. What are some of the characteristics of the “Renaissance man” and “Renaissance woman”?- Renaissance men who excelled in many fields were praised as universal men. A young man should be charming, witty, well educated, know h...

Cyprian Plague 1. Pandemic- an outbreak of a pandemic disease across a whole country.  epidemic- a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. 2.  Named after the first known victim, the Christian bishop of Carthage, the Cyprian plague entailed diarrhea, vomiting, throat ulcers, fever, and gangrenous hands and feet. 3. Possibly starting in Ethiopia, it passed through Northern Africa, into Rome, then onto Egypt and northward. 4. Diarrhea, vomiting, throat ulcers, fever, and gangrenous hands and feet. It is spread by the people living in the area of the origin of the disease.  5. Every time the disease infected it infected about 5,000 people a day.  6. Couldn't find the overall number of people killed by these people but 5,000 people a day would have been a lot of people.