King Henry Wives
Catherine of Aragon
True love, but no son; daughter, Mary. Older than Henry VIII. mom/dad are Spanish royalty ( King Ferdinand Queen Isabella. ) Connected to Pope so no divorce
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Vinci, Italy
Painter, inventor, scientist
Famous works: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, sketches of parachutes, flying machines, self-supporting bridges
Art style: muted colors — greens, browns, blues
Known as a Renaissance Man / Universal Geniu
Francesco Petrarch
Called the father of Renaissance humanism.
Italian poet and scholar.
Wrote in vernacular
Martin Luther
95 theses against friar Johan Tetzel for selling induldgences
Taught people could win salvation only by faith in God’s gift of forgiveness, all Church teachings should be clearly based on the words of the Bible, and all people with faith were equal.
Anne Boleyn
Had a daughter ( Elizabeth); executed
Michelangelo
Michelangelo — 1475-1564
Sculptor, painter, architect — High Renaissance master
Famous works: David, Pietà, Sistine Chapel ceiling
Style: powerful anatomy, dramatic poses, idealized human form
Giovanni Boccaccio
Italian writer, known for the Decameron.
King Henry VIII
Dipped from Catholic church so he could get a divorce; anglicanism
Jane Seymour
son Edward VI, dies from childbirth complications; buried with Henry for giving a male heir
Raphael
Raphael Sanzio (April 6, 1483 - April 6, 1520)
Famous works: The School of Athens, Marriage of the Virgin
Ideal Renaissance painter
Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince
"be strong as a lion and shrewd as a fox."
Humans are selfish fickle and corrupt
If you must choose it is better to be feared than loved
John Calvin
Influence by Lutheran teachings
Started Calvinsim
All his followers took over Geneva
Anne of Cleves
Fake painting (no wart) became an auntlike figure for Henry's children. (Ugly; Fat)
Jan Van Eyck
Jan van Eyck — born c. 1390, Maaseik, Belgium; died July 9, 1441
Painter — Northern Renaissance
Famous works: Arnolfini Portrait, Madonna of Chancellor Rolin
Style: Oil painting
Flemish
William Shakespeare
English playwright
Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello
"Listen to many speak to few"
Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr
Howard - executed, insignificant
Parr- last wife; basically a nurse, but her homie Anne Askew was anti-protestant and running her mouth