humanism
what is humanism?
The Renaissance movement based on studying ancient Greek and Roman works
Who is Petrarch?
The man known as the “father of Italian Renaissance humanism”
What is vernacular?
Writing in the everyday language people spoke
Who is Jan van Eyck?
Flemish painter who used oil paint for fine detail
What are Greece and Rome?
The ancient civilizations whose writings humanists studied
What are ancient manuscripts?
Petrarch searched for these in libraries across Europe
Who is Dante?
Italian author of The Divine Comedy
Who is Masaccio?
Artist whose frescoes in Florence were early Renaissance masterpieces
What are the humanities?
Subjects studied by humanists such as grammar, rhetoric, and history
Who is Cicero?
Roman writer whose works humanists used as a model for prose
what are Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven?
The three sections of The Divine Comedy
What is a fresco?
A painting done on wet plaster
What is civic humanism?
The idea that intellectuals should serve the state through active civic life
Who is Virgil?
Roman poet whose works were models for poetry
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
English author who wrote The Canterbury Tales
What is the High Renaissance?
Final stage of Renaissance art from 1490–1520
What is perspective
Northern artists focused on realistic details instead of this Italian technique
What is pure classical Latin?
The type of Latin Petrarch promoted using classical models
Who are pilgrims?
The Canterbury Tales is about this group traveling together
Who are Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Michelangelo?
Three giants of the High Renaissance