Architecture and Sculpture
Writers and Thinkers
How it Began
People
Science
100
Who designed and built THE DUOMO? (the Cuppolo of Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence, Italy)
Who is Brunelleshi
100
I wrote Hamlet
Who is William Shakespeare
100
It means "rebirth" in French
What is Renaissance
100
I wrote plays, many for Queen Elizabeth. Today, students in high school still learn about my plays and poems in their english class.
Who is Shakespeare
100
My heliocentric hypothesis proposed that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun, not around Earth
Who is Copernicus
200
Name Michelangelo's famous sculpture of Mary holding the broken body of her son, Jesus.
What is The Pieta
200
I am the "Father of Humanism"
Who is Petrarch
200
Intellectual movement that led to the study of worldly subjects such as math, sciences, and arts.
What is Humanism
200
I didn't like the protestants, so I killed a lot of them after my brother tried giving the crown to his cousin instead of his own sister!
Who is Bloody Mary
200
I discovered and explained the theory of gravity (falling apple), along with creating calculus
Who is Isaac Newton
300
Who sculpted the "bronze" David (with a hat)?
Who is Donatello
300
I wrote the Hymn to the Renaissance and many anti-clerical satires and dialogues.
Who is Erasmus
300
These battles in the middle ages against the Muslims led to Europe gaining new technologies and allowed them to move out of the middle ages into the Renaissance.
What are the Crusades
300
I was upset that divided up Italy was getting picked on by neighboring countries so I wrote a book on how to get into power and how to keep it.
Who is Machiavelli
300
My work challenged long-held church teachings. I am called the "father of modern observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of science", and "the Father of Modern Science".
Who is Galileo Galilei
400
The sculpture that became the symbol of Florence
What is Michelangelo's David
400
I spread Humanism to French courts and helped to incorporate women more importantly into courts
Who is Pisan
400
This is why Italy was able to aquire different cultures and technologies during the Renaissance? The location of Italy helped them do this.
What is trade routes
400
Because of me, people could finally own their own bibles! I created metal plates that could copy books!
Who is Gutenberg
400
I proved that blood circulates through the body and is pumped by the heart.
Who is William Harvey
500
The chief designer and engineer of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome
Who is Michelangelo
500
My book "The Prince" is one of the most influential works on political power in the Western world. I believe that people are basically selfish and self-centered.
Who is Machiavelli
500
The discovery of Chinese gunpowder led to the develoment of this, which helped armies penetrate castles
What is cannons
500
I took the throne at nine years old and died when I was sixteen. I tried giving the crown to my cousin, Lady Jane Grey.
Who is Edward VI
500
My work marked the beginning of modern science. I did a lot of autopsies.
Who is Andreas Vesalius
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