Intellectual movement that stressed an education that promoted creativity. Focused on classical studies of subjects such as grammar, history, rhetoric, poetry.
What is humanism?
100
Technique that made art more realilstic. Made distant objects smaller; made scenes look three dimensional.
What is perspective?
100
These were sold before the Reformation as a way to lessen time spent in purgatory.
What is an indulgence?
100
Religious group that breaks away from an established church.
What is a sect?
100
Theory promoted by Nicolaus Copernicus that the universe was sun-centered.
What is heliocentric?
200
Many scholars during the Renaissance began using this everyday language in their writings.
What is vernacular?
200
This artist was a true Renaissance guy; he not only painted but was proficient in botany, music, architecture, anatomy, etc. Painted the Last Supper and the Mona Lisa.
Who is da Vinci?
200
His challenge to church authority and practices was the catalyst for the Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
200
Wrote 37 plays that stressed Renaissance themes such as the complexity of the individual.
Who is Shakespeare?
200
Developed during the Renaissance; process that included proposing a hypotheses, conducting experiments, and drawing a conclusion.
What is scientific method?
300
Considered to be the Leonardo of the North; traveled to Italy and picked up Ren ideas. Took those ideas and practices back to northern Europe. Perfected engraving.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
300
Painted the Madonna (mother of Jesus) and The School of Athens ( great thinkers of Greece).
Who is Raphael?
300
Result of the Reformation. Believed in predestination and that people alone could interpret the Bible.
What is Calvinsim?
300
This innovation allowed Renaissance ideas to spread outside of Italy.
What is the printing press?
300
Theory developed by Isaac Newton; the sun was the force that kept the planets in their orbit.
What is gravity?
400
In his book Utopia, this thinker expressed his idea that men and women should be equal.
Who is Sir Thomas More?
400
Artist responsible who modeled his works after the Greeks; sculpted David and painted the Sistine Chapel in Rome.
Who is Michaelangelo?
400
Monarch who started the English Reformation by demanding a divorce from his wife Catherine.
Who is Henry VIII?
400
Created during the Catholic Reformation; list of works that were considered immoral for Catholics to read.
What is the Index of Forbidden Books?
400
Refined alchemists' view of chemicals as building blocks.
Who is Robert Boyle?
500
In his book the Prince, he wrote a guide for rulers on how to maintain power. Use whatever means necessary.
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli?
500
This dominated art during the Renaissance.
What are religious themes?
500
Would determine the direction Catholic Reformation; set strict pentalties for wordliness and corruption.
What is the Council of Trent?
500
During the persecution of the Reformation, women and Jews were often targets of discrimination. These were the confined communities called that Jews were placed in.
What are ghettos?
500
Tried before the Inquisition and placed under house arrest after his use of the astronomical telescope contradicted traditional thought.