The Renaissance in Italy
What is the definition of the Renaissance?
A rebirth of culture
This Renaissance artist sculpted the Statue of David:
Michelangelo
This invention lead to the spread of ideas during the Renaissance:
The Printing Press
He led the movement to reform the Catholic Church:
Martin Luther
He "discovered" America in 1492
Christopher Columbus
This city-state was the epicenter of the Italian Renaissance:
Florence
This Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa:
Leonardo DaVinci
Referred to as the “Father of the Italian language”. Wrote “The Divine Comedy”.
Dante
Pope Leo X threatened Martin Luther with ____________ if he didn’t take back his statements:
Excommunication
Writers wrote in their native language rather than Greek or Latin:
Vernacular
An intellectual movement that focused more on human potential and achievements:
Humanism
This Renaissance artist learned from studying other Renaissance artist. Painted the "School of Athens":
Raphael
Wrote sonnets (14 line poems) about a mysterious woman named Laura:
Petrarch
The princes in Germany that supported Luther banded together to protest against those who were against Luther’s ideas, they became known as:
Lutherans
This Renaissance astronomer pointed the telescope toward the sky:
Galileo
This family were major Patrons during the Renaissance:
The Medici’s
This Renaissance artist made sculpture more realistic by carving natural postures and expression that revealed personality:
Donatello
Wrote the Decameron. A story told in Italy during the Black Death:
Boccaccio
A series of papers written by Martin Luther in protest of the Catholic Church:
95 Thesis
This king started his own church in order to divorce his wife:
King Henry VIII
Strove to be a master in every area of study:
Renaissance Man
Renaissance painters used __________, which showed three dimensions on a flat surface with a vanishing point in the middle.
Perspective
Wrote The Prince. Explains how a ruler can gain power and keep it in spite of his enemies:
Machiavelli
Martin Luther was considered a _________ for going against the Church:
Heretic
He claimed that the Earth was round and the sun was at the center of the solar system:
Copernicus