Renaissance Artists
This artist was a true Renaissance man because he
What was an artist, scientist, inventor, and engineer?
Who was the person who invented the printing press
Who was Johann Gutenberg
The word Renaissance means?
What is "rebirth"
This historical event in Italy (starting in 1494) caused many Italian artists and scholars to flee north for safety, helping spread Renaissance styles.
What are the Italian Wars? (France)
Credited with inventing the movable-type printing press around 1440, this German goldsmith revolutionized the spread of ideas.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
Michelangelo is famous for painting this chapel.
What is the Sistine Chapel?
This person was important to Queen Elizabeth I
Who was William Shakespeare
What word means worldly rather than spiritual?
What is secular
This German artist was the foremost master of the Northern Renaissance and is famous for his detailed woodcuts and self-portraits.
Who is Albrecht Dürer?
Because of the printing press, books became cheaper and more people learned to read in their own spoken language, also known by this linguistic term.
What is the vernacular?
Raphael is known for painting...
What is the School of Athens?
Which two artists created a statue of David?
Who were Michelangelo and Donatello
This means to question everything
What is skepticism
Unlike Italian artists who painted grand mythological scenes, Northern painters like Pieter Bruegel the Elder often portrayed this aspect of daily existence.
What is peasant life?
The first full-sized book mass-produced using movable metal type on Gutenberg's press was this sacred text.
What is the Bible?
DeVinci is known for this famous smile.
What is the Mona Lisa
This English statesman and humanist wrote Utopia, a book about an ideal, imaginary island society free of greed and corruption.
Who is Sir Thomas More?
What was an intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievement?
What is humanism
This Northern technique and medium allowed artists to achieve brilliant, glowing colors and fine microscopic detail in their oil paintings.
What is oil painting on wood panel?
This major 16th-century religious movement was directly accelerated by the Northern printing press, which allowed reformers to rapidly spread critiques of the Catholic Church.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This artist also created a statue of David, but his was made of bronze.
What is Donatello?
This region—comprising parts of modern-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands—served as the economic and artistic trading heart where the Northern Renaissance began.
What is Flanders?
What is the Greek word for "no place" or ideal place
What is utopia
Widely considered the towering literary figure of the English Renaissance, he wrote approximately 37 plays.
Who is William Shakespeare?
While Italian artists favored frescos on plaster, Northern Europeans pioneered the use of this sturdy, stretched material to paint on, making art highly portable and easier to trade.
What is canvas?