Beginning
Where the Renaissance begin?
Italy
Which famous artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
The practice of lending money at a very high interest rate.
What is usury?
A person who supports artists, writers, or creative institutions with money, gifts, or social or political influence.
What is a patron?
What types of literature did Shakespeare write? (3)
Comedies, tragedies and histories
This is related to worldly things; not connected with religion
What is secularism?
What artist sculpted the statue of David?
Michelangelo
Pertaining to monasteries, or the way of life of monks and nuns
What is Monastic?
Who was the powerful family that dominated Florence, Italy as wealthy and powerful merchants?
Medici Family
Who was the Roman Catholic priest who wanted to study and understand Christianity?
Erasmus
The Renaissance is also called the what?
The Rebirth
Who sculpted the Saint George?
Donatello
A style of architecture used to Western Europe from roughly the 1200s through the 1400s and characterized by pointed arches and vaulting and the use of detailed woodwork and stonework
What is Gothic?
Who was one of the 1st great humanists that was also a poet who wrote sonnets about the love of nature?
Francesco Petrarca or Petrarch
Before Martin Luther, Erasmus wrote In Praise of Folly which was about what?
mocking church practices
Name a painting (other than Mona Lisa) by Leonardo da Vinci.
The Last Supper
A system of thought that focuses on humans rather than divine matters.
What is humanism?
Famous English poet and playwright
Who was William Shakespeare?
Where is the Sistine Chapel located?
Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
This is where powerful port cities had become city-states independent of the control of a king or even the church.
Michelangelo
A type of poem that originated in Italy, consisting of 14 lines that rhyme according to a pattern.
What is a sonnet?
What did Johannes Gutenberg invent?
The Printing Press
This famous architect studies the buildings of classical Rome and designed churches with classical columns and rounded arches.
Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?