Renaissance
Comes from a French word meaning "rebirth".
What is the Renaissance?
A technique used in art to represent depth and three dimensions.
What is Perspective?
The head of the Catholic Church
Who is the Pope?
This intellectual movement that emphasized reason and took place AFTER the Renaissance.
What is the Enlightenment?
This term refers to Europe, Asia, and Africa before the discovery of the New World.
A worldview that is focused on the importance of humanity and human nature and potential.
What is Humanism?
This famous painter was also a sculptor and created "The Pieta" and "David", his most famous sculptors.
Who is Michelangelo?
The German Monk who started the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
This physicist and mathematician formulated the three laws of motion and the law of gravity.
Who is Isaac Newton?
The Western Hemisphere of the Americas, which were "discovered" after Columbus landed there in 1492.
What is "The New World"?
This group of people owned most of the land and held high government positions.
What are Nobles?
Paintings portrayed more realistic looking people and celebrated the human body because of this renaissance idea.
What is Humanism?
The list of arguments which Luther nailed to the church door in 1517.
What are the 95 Theses?
FIRST developed the theory that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun.
Copernicus
An instrument to measure the angle of the sun in order to determine latitude.
What is an Astrolabe?
At the beginning of the Renaissance, most Europeans were part of this church.
What is Catholic?
"The Creation of Adam" was painted here.
What is the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel?
Certificates that were sold in exchange for forgiveness of sin or release from Purgatory into Heaven.
What are indulgences?
The term used to describe that the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun.
What is Heliocentric?
The global exchange of goods, ideas, and resources between the Old World and New World.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This rich and powerful family controlled the city of Florence and were patrons of many artists.
The use of classical pillars and arches in Renaissance paintings emphasize this part of humanistic thought.
What is Classicism?
People who wanted the Catholic Church to reform and change.
What are Protestants?
This man believed that each person is naturally free and equal under the law of nature and God.
Who is John Locke?
Although he was killed en route, he is credited as leading the first group to circumnavigate the globe.
Who is Magellan?