the artistic technique of allowing tones or colours to gradually shade into one another is called sfumato

the use of light and shade in drawing and painting is called chiaroscuro

a basilica is a church considered highly important by the Catholic Church

The Italian Renaissance: art and architecture

History

The background to the Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance: humanism

The Italian Renaissance: science and anatomy

The Northern Renaissance

Understanding the artefacts of the Renaissance

In this unit, pupils studied the emergence and impact of new ideas which occurred during the Renaissance. In 'Henry VIII and the Reformation: how unusual was the English Reformation?', pupils will continue to interrogate the significance of new ideas but in the context of religious diversification in Europe.

In 'The Christian Church: how completely did the Great Schism transform Christendom?', pupils saw how dominant Christianity was in medieval culture. In this unit, pupils will be able to understand how the Renaissance led to some challenges against the teachings of the Church but did not completely overcome the Church's dominant influence.

In this unit, pupils learn about the Renaissance by examining its material culture. They study various artefacts of the Renaissance and compare the Northern and Italian Renaissances. Throughout, pupils reflect on what evidence about the Renaissance can be taken from these sources.

The Renaissance: what do the artefacts of the Renaissance tell us about it?

Renaissance artists were inspired by the {{ }} world.

Which Renaissance painting technique focused on a soft change between colours?

Renaissance painters used a range of dark to light tones in their paintings, a technique known as...

Da Vinci used {{ }} principles to make his paintings more realistic.

Roughly how old was the old basilica of St Peter's before it was rebuilt?

The new St Peter's took inspiration from classical buildings like the Pantheon and the...

Who controlled most book copying before the Renaissance?

Erasmus worked hard studying classical texts.

Holbein's portrait of Erasmus compared his work to the tasks of Hercules because...

During the Renaissance, the number of universities...

During the Renaissance, humanist ideas were spread in...

became centres of humanist teaching and learning

allowed the books that humanists studied to be copied quickly

travelled between universities, spreading humanist ideas

Match the factor to the role it played in spreading humanism during the Renaissance.

Starter Quiz

Who controlled most book copying before the Renaissance?