Renaissance Art & Artists
This Italian artist painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This author wrote The Prince, a guide for political rulers.
Who is Niccolò Machiavelli
The Renaissance began in this Italian city-state known for trade and banking
What is Florence
This field of study focused on human potential and achievements.
What is humanism
This German monk began the Reformation by posting his 95 Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
Known for the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, this sculptor also created the statue of David.
Who is Michelangelo
Known as the “Father of Humanism,” this poet collected Greek and Roman texts.
Who is Petrarch?
This family supported Renaissance art through their wealth and influence in Florence.
Who are the Medici
Renaissance thinkers began to challenge these traditional teachings that dominated medieval thought.
What is Church doctrine?
One of the main abuses Luther criticized was the selling of these.
What are indulgences?
This school of painting technique gives depth to a flat surface.
What is perspective?
this English writer's plays reflected Renaissance ideals of the individual.
Who is William Shakespeare
This invention helped spread Renaissance ideas across Europe
What is the printing press?
Renaissance scientists laid the groundwork for this later intellectual movement.
What is the Scientific Revolution?
This was the Church's meeting to respond to Protestant criticisms and reaffirm Catholic beliefs.
What is the Council of Trent?
This female Renaissance painter was known for her strong and heroic female subjects.
Who is Artemisia Gentileschi?
This book by Thomas More described an ideal society.
What is Utopia
The printing press was invented by this German craftsman.
Who is Johann Gutenberg
This Polish astronomer proposed a heliocentric model of the universe.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
This reformer in Geneva promoted a strict theocracy and the idea of predestination.
Who is John Calvin?
This artist’s School of Athens represents Renaissance humanism and includes images of Plato and Aristotle.
Who is Raphael?
This Dutch humanist criticized church corruption in The Praise of Folly.
Who is Desiderius Erasmus
This region north of the Alps adopted Renaissance ideas later, blending them with local traditions.
What is Northern Europe?
This Renaissance artist used dissection and careful observation to enhance his scientific and anatomical sketches.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
This movement aimed to reform the Catholic Church from within.
What is the Catholic Reformation (or Counter-Reformation)?