This is a type of artwork where the picture is carved from a piece of metal or wood, and then is printed using the same motions as a printing press.
What is engraving.
100
The Church sold these documents which were supposed to reduce a person's suffering in purgatory. Martin Luther protested.
What were indulgences ?
100
This Florentine artist created the first free-standing nude sculpture of the Renaissance.
Who is Donatello?
100
He originated the terms "Dark Ages" & "Renaissance"
Who was Francesco Petrarch
200
Name the two northern Italian city-states most influential during the early Renaissance.
What are Florence (Firenze)
and Venice ( Venezia)
200
Sometimes called "the German Leonardo", this artist often portrayed the religious upheaval of his a era and he helped bring the Renaissance,its ideas, and focus to his homeland.
Who was Albrecht Durer?
200
The Pope ordered this council to meet and discuss ways to direct reforms within the Catholic Church such as abuses of power, wordliness, corruption, and to reaffirm some teaching of the Church.
What was the Council of Trent, 1545-63
200
One of the core ideas of the Renaissance, this intellectual movement emphasized the abilities and achievements of Man in this world instead of focusing on rigid themes of Faith prevalent in the Dark ages
What is humanism?
200
the everyday, language spoken by people in their homes and on the streets
What is "vernacular"?
300
This multi-talented "Renaissance man" was an artist, a scientist, an inventor, a medical researcher. . . he did it ALL
Who was Leonardo Da Vinci ?
300
This region making up modern-day Netherlands & Belgium. was the center of the Northern Renaissance.
What is Flanders?
300
Martin Luther's criticisms of the Catholic Church which he posted on the door of the All Saints Church in Wittenberg.
What are the 95 Thesis
300
This family of wealthy merchants in Florence, Italy became politically powerful as well as great patrons of the Arts
Who were the Medici?
300
This monarch converted to Protestantism after the Catholic church would not annul his "unfruitful" marriage.
Who is King Henry VIII?
400
His work in architecture allowed for the creation of Renaissance buildings with Domes that even surpassed the Roman Pantheon.
Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?
400
This man perfected the use of movable type, bringing about the "invention" of the printing press.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
400
These two men were responsible for translating the Bible into English and making it available common people
Who were John Wycliffe and William Tyndall ?
400
This famous artist is responsible for painting the Sistine Chapel, but is better known for his sculpture, such as the Pieta.
Who is Michelangelo?
400
What was the enormous cathedral in Rome that the Catholic church was trying to pay for by selling indulgences?
What is St. Peter's?
500
This chapel was referred to as "a big, ugly barn" by the Pope who asked Michelangelo to paint its walls ans ceilings. Michelangelo's breathtaking accomplishment here is still considered one of the greatest works of art ever.
What is the Sistine Chapel?
500
This English humanist is well known for his famous work, "Utopia."
Who is Thomas More?
500
This English Monarch, toward the end of the 16th
Century, skillfully pursued a policy of Compromise between Catholic and Protestant and promoted unity and progress.
Who was Queen Elizabeth I?
500
This author was famous for writing "Don Quixote," one of the first major works written in the Spanish vernacular.
Who Miguel Cervantes?
500
Which act placed the English monarch at the head of the Church of England?