Ren Art and Culture
This cultural movement revived interest in classical art, learning, and ideas.
What is the Renaissance?
This German inventor is credited with developing the printing press in Europe.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
This Protestant branch is based on the teachings of Martin Luther.
What is Lutheranism?
This Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
This German monk and theology professor became a leading Reformation figure
Who is Martin Luther?
This Renaissance idea focused on human potential and achievements.
What is Humanism?
This language was used in the Bible and was not understood by most ordinary people in Western Europe.
What is Latin?
This English king established the Church of England after breaking with the Catholic Church.
Who is King Henry VIII?
This Renaissance artist sculpted David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
These written arguments against church practices were posted by Luther in 1517
What are the 95 Theses?
This English playwright and poet wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This term means the everyday language spoken by ordinary people in a region.
What is vernacular?
This reformer in Switzerland is associated with the Protestant tradition named for him.
Who is John Calvin?
This event divided Western and Eastern Christianity in 1054
What is the Great Schism?
These payments, promoted as a means of reducing punishment for sins, became a major source of controversy
What are Indulgences?
This term describes wealthy or influential people who supported artists and paid for works of art.
Who are Patrons?
Compared with hand copying, printing made books and religious writings available to far more people. Name the invention that made this possible.
What is the Printing Press?
This Protestant tradition, associated with John Knox in Scotland, developed from Calvinist ideas
What is Presbyterianism?
Who is Jan van Eyck?
This term, referring to being expelled from the church, was the punishment for Martin Luther, levied by Pope Leo X
What is excommunication?
Look up to see Michelangelo's masterpiece on this famous ceiling
With his name often attached to this book, Gutenberg's printing press allowed for its mass production and dissemination
What is the Bible?
This Catholic Order, formed during the Counter-Reformation, worked to strengthen and spread Catholicism, notoriously through education
Who are the Jesuits?
Hu else but him? This Czech, pre-Reformation Catholic reformer, was burned at the stake for speaking against the church
Who is Jan Hus?
These meetings, at which Catholic leaders addressed church reforms, occurred following the Protestant Reformation, as a part of the Counter-Reformation
What is the Council of Trent?