Humanism
Leon Batista Alberti famously said
What is "Man can do all things if he wills"?
These two artists created visual representations of David & Goliath.
Who are Michelangelo & Donatello?
He was kidnapped and brutally attacked by Philip IV's men.
Who was Boniface VIII?
This was the cause of a dramatic rise in prices in the 14th century.
What was the "Little Ice Age"?
They were the preeminent banking house of Europe during the Renaissance.
Who was the Medici family?
Machiavelli's book The Prince is groundbreaking because of this.
What is the fact that it created a new view of political behavior that is secular?
While the Church was the greatest patron of the arts in Italy, these were the patrons in Northern Europe.
Who was the middle class?
He championed the ideas of Neoplatonism.
Who was Marsilio Ficino?
This reminded people that anyone was subject to the Black Death.
What was the "Dance of Death"/ Danse Macabre?
This was the belief that the world was ending.
What was millenarianism?
This was a more specific idea that emphasized a person's participation within society.
What was civic humanism?
After a religious awakening, he burned a lot of his earlier, "pagan" artwork.
Who was Botticelli?
He was responsible for attempting to purify medieval Latin and restore Latin to its prominent position over the vernacular.
Who was Lorenzo Valla?
They strove to atone for people's sins in an attempt to win back God's favor.
Who were the Flagellants?
The conflict that played out in the Italian states between Spain and France, was part of a larger struggle between which two dynasties.
Who were the Habsburgs and Valois'?
As seen in this work, history became increasingly viewed through secular lens.
What was the History of the Florentine People by Leonardo Bruni?
These three dominated the High Renaissance art scene.
Who were Michelangelo, da Vinci and Raphael?
She learned both Latin and Greek from humanist tutors and was known for her public recitations of orations.
Who was Cassandra Fedele?
This council was unique because it was called by a secular ruler in an attempt to handle Church issues.
What was the Council of Constance?
The Renaissance altered the position of the artist in European society by viewing them now as this.
What are artistic geniuses?
As part of the Hermetic revival, human beings were viewed as this.
What are divine beings endowed with divine creative power who had freely chosen to enter the material world?
Northern Renaissance art remained extremely religious for this reason.
Underneath him, France established the taille.
Who was Charles VII?
Made famous during the 100 Years war, Joan of Arc is commonly referred to as this.
What was a mystic?
This system allowed nobles to have their own private armies.
What was the "livery and maintenance system"?