Vocab
The Rebirth of Art, Literature, and the Church in Europe and the “discovery” of the Americas
What is the Renaissance.
Painted the Vitruvian Man and the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci.
2 reasons why the Renaissance began in Italy.
What is Urbanization and Commerce.
Considered to be the "Father of the Renaissance."
Who is Petrarch.
The term that highlights Arts and Values of ancient Greece and Rome.
What is Classical Antiquity.
a person who supported an artist financially.
What is a Patron of Art.
Painted the School of Athens.
Who is Raphael.
The qualities of this time period were agriculture and church-dominated beliefs.
What is Medieval Europe.
The qualities of this time period were urbanization, secularism, and commerce.
What is Renaissance Europe.
This quintessential "Renaissance Man" was a painter, sculptor, scientist, architect, military engineer, inventor and philosopher. He's famous for the Mona Lisa and the helicopter.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This one invention challenged the institutional powers of universities and the Catholic Church. It helped education shift from theology to a focus on classical texts and also led to more widespread literacy and scientific inquiry. It also helped promote the Protestant Reformation.
What is the printing press?
Painted the Sculpture of David and Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo.
The Catholic Church and these people were the major patrons of the Renaissance.
Who are noble elites and ruling families like the Medici family?
T/F
After 1450, divided feudal monarchies became unified national monarchies.
True.
an Italian diplomat/advisor. He wrote the Prince, expressing how to rule a society. "A ruler must be feared but not hated."
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli.
doing what is best for the state and your society. (View it as using your intellect to serve)
What is Civic Humanism.
Donatello and Michelangelo both sculpted him.
Who is David?
these people were more interested than Italians in religious reform & educating laity. (Educating ordinary people from the church)
Who are Northern Humanists. (from Northern Renaissance)
The Court of Star Chamber was used by this monarch to control the judicial system.
Who is Henry VII
His painting, The Birth of Venus, depicts the goddess Venus arriving at the shore after her birth, when she had emerged from the sea fully grown. This exemplifies the Renaissance fascination with Ancient Greek culture. The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.
Who is Sandro Botticelli?
an intellectual movement embodied by a revived interest in the classical world and studies which focused not on religion but on what it is to be human.
What is Humanism.
A painter who painted heroic, murderous, and powerful women.
Who is Artemisia Gentileschi.
most famous northern humanist; Catholic educator & religious reformer from within.
Who is Erasmus.
best-known English humanist; wrote Utopia (1516) - A perfect place inhabited by peace loving people where greed, corruption, war, and crime no longer exists, and money is unnecessary.
Who is Thomas More.
This agreement allowed the French King to have more sway over the national church and allow the Pope to increase his wealth.
What is the Concordat of Bologna?