technique giving the illusion of depth
Perspective
Birthplace of the Renaissance
Italy
Home to Thomas More
England
Creation of this was an important precursor to the printing press
moveable type or paper
Societal shift that prepared the way for the Renaissance
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Usually the center of a painting where things go off into the distance
vanishing point
Family that dominated Florence
Medici
Northern artist famous for his oil paintings
Jan van Eych
England's most famous author/writer
Shakespeare
Painter & Inventor
Leonardo da Vinci
Painter famous for his "Madonnas"
Rafael
Why did city-states emerge in Italy?
the unity of noble families with merchant families
German artist famous for his woodcarvings
Dürer
Famous Renaissance author of "The Prince"
Machiavelli
The end of this war led to prosperity in Northern Europe
100 Year's War
German painter, famous for painting the English Royal Family
Holbein
Most famous patron of the arts
Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo Medici)
Erasmus' most famous book
The Praise of Folly
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Castiglione's most famous book (defined the Renaissance Man and Woman)
The Courtier
Author of "The Decameron"
Boccaccio
Michelangelo's most famous painting.
Sistine Chapel
Author of the "rule book" for Renaissance architecture
Palladio
The one of two regions in modern Netherlands famous for their art
Flanders or Holland
Sir Thomas More's famous book
Utopia
Subject sculpted by both Michelangelo (famous marble statue) and Donatello (less famous bronze statue)
David