Renaissance Art
A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.
What is the renaissance?
The meaning of the French word, renaissance.
What is rebirth?
Classical humanist and expert in classical languages who compiled an edition of the Bible in Greek.
Who was Desiderius Erasmus?
The name of the movement set off by Martin Luther with the goal to rid the church of corruption and false doctrines
What is the Reformation?
The century in which the renaissance began
What is the 14th century?
These three artists were from the Renaissance Art Period.
A. Picasso, Pollock, and Edgar Degas
B. Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci
C. Frida Kahlo, Claude Monet, and Rembrandt
Who were Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci?
Renewed interest in these cultures was characteristic of the Renaissance?
What is Greek and Roman?
The quintessential Renaissance Man; he was a painter, sculptor, scientist, engineer, and inventor
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
Definition: Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters; opposite of religious/sacred
What is secular?
The main philosophy of the renaissance
What is classical humanism?
The artist who painted the Sistine Chapel.
Who was Michaelangelo?
This invention helped spread Renaissance and Reformation ideas.
What is the printing press?
Erasmus's friend; recipient of Praise of Folly; Wrote Utopia, about an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system.
Who was Sir Thomas More?
An intellectual movement in which thinkers focused on human potential and achievements
What is humanism?
The family who became the major patrons of the Renaissance in Italy
What was The Medici family?
The architect of the famous dome in Florence.
Who was Brunelleschi?
What is Florence, Italy?
English playwright of late Renaissance who wrote comedies, tragedies, and histories.
Who was William Shakespeare?
An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.
What is perspective?
This event in 1453 gave the Renaissance a large boost as Eastern scholars brought Greek texts to Italy.
What is the fall of Constantinople?
Raphael blended Renaissance and classical figures in this painting?
What is "The School of Athens"?
The name of the Renaissance as it spread to the rest of Europe.
What is the Northern Renaissance?
German painter and printmaker of the Renaissance who was convinced for Reformation ideas before he died.
Who was Albrecht Dürer?
A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief
What is rationalism?
Coinciding with the Renaissance, this movement was characterized by the rise in native languages over Latin, the increasing importance of monarchies/city-states over the rule of the Church, and the break-up of old feudal structures.
What is nationalism?