He wrote about the social and political circumstances of the time.
100
He is best known for discovering and translating ancient classical Greek and Roman texts and promoting their studies.
Petrarch
100
____________ created the printing press
Gutenberg
200
A piece of land under a persons control
Fiefdom
200
Donatello
David
200
He died for his beliefs... who was it?
Sir Thomas More
200
He was a strong defender of the Roman catholic Church, although he argued against its involvement in worldly concerns.
Erasmus
200
ideas were slow to spread because _________.
feudalism, war, religion
300
A system of thought that centers on humans potential worth, concerned with the needs and welfare of others.
Humanism
300
Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes.
300
What did Francois Rabelais want people to be when they read his books?
He wanted them to be entertained but also be educated.
300
He questioned the interpretations of medieval commentators, he believed lawyers should study the texts in the original Latin and ignore the interpretations.
Bude
300
____ did the Mona Lisa
Da vinci
400
Putting to death by fastening to a cross
Crucifixtion
400
van eyck
Ghent Altarpiece
400
What style of writing did Pleiade do?
Poetry
400
He was a french philosopher who believed that people should behave Honorable, respecting both themselves and others.
Michael de Montaigne
400
_____ designed the octagonal dome in Florence.
Fillippo Brunelleschi
500
The science of reasoning and proving arguments
Logic
500
Pieter Brueghel
Hunters in the snow
500
He was the most famous Renaissance poetry writer... who was it?
William Shakespeare
500
What did Scholars do?
They traveled from one university to another to study and teach.
500
_______ first did linear and aerial perspective paintings