Renaissance Basics
The name of the region where the Northern Renaissance began
What is Flanders
Albrecht Durer
Where is Germany?
nicknamed “Peasant Bruegel”
Who is Pieter Bruegel
This person wrote the satire entitled, The Praise of Folly.
Who is Erasmus?
This term has come to describe any ideal society.
What is Utopian?
These 3 countries make up the region known as Flanders.
What are France, Belgium and the Netherlands
Sir Thomas More
Where is England?
This person invented the Printing Press.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
This artist wrote 37 plays that are still performed around the world today.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This was one of the first books printed on the Printing Press.
What is the Bible?
This term means the language of the common ordinary people.
What is vernacular?
Francois Rabelais
Where is France?
This Flemish artists used vibrant colors and portrayed peasant life in his paintings.
Who is Pieter Bruegel?
This humanist writer wrote the novel Gargantua and Pantagruel
Who is Francois Rebelais?
This term refers to the use of humor or sarcasm in order to be critical of a person, idea or organization.
What is satire?
All of the Renaissance artists were influenced and inspired by artists specifically from this place.
Where is Italy?
William Shakespeare
Where is England?
This artist developed new techniques for using oil paint.
Who is Jan Van Eyck?
This humanist writer wrote about an ideal society in which men and women live in peace and harmony.
Who is Sir Thomas More?
This Humanist writer translated the entire Bible into the Latin language.
Who is Erasmus?
3 Characteristics of Ancient Roman Art.
What is Realism. What are humans and landscapes. What is Perspective?
Desiderius Erasmus
Where is the Netherlands? (Dutch/Holland)
This artist was known as "the German Leonardo"?
Who is Albrecht Durer?
This artist produce art such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth and Richard III.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This is the name of the theatre that was built by Shakespeare's company in London.
What is the Globe Theatre?