Artists
This new material allowed Renaissance painters to layer colors and create greater depth.
What is oil paint?
In what city did Martin Luther nail his "95 Theses" to a church door?
What is Wittenberg, Germany?
The head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Who is the Pope?
This German man protested the sale of indulgences and is one of the most influential men in the Protestant movement.
Who is Martin Luther?
This invention allowed ideas to spread faster, and increased literacy throughout Europe.
What is the printing press.
These ancient cultures are the main influences of Renaissance art.
What are the Greek and Roman civilizations?
This work Thomas More proposed a society with 6 hour work days, public education, complete religious freedom, elected officials, freedom to choose a vocation, and laws enforced by citizens not police.
What is Utopia?
The head of the Church of England.
Who is the monarch?
This man had 6 wives. He broke from the Roman Catholic Church and started the Church of England.
Who is King Henry VIII?
This focuses on human potential and achievement
What is humanism?
He is sometimes referred to as the perfect example of a Renaissance Man.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
The inventor of modern political science
Who is Machiavelli?
The Society of Jesus that set up seminaries and universities to spread the teachings of Catholicism.
What are the Jesuits?
John Calvin believed the ideal government was this, a government controlled by religious leaders.
What is theocracy?
This doctrine stated that God has known since the beginning of time who would be saved.
What is predestination?
This artist learned from studying with Michelangelo and Leonardo di Vinci. He painted School of Athens which depicted classical and Renaissance figures together.
Who is Raphael?
The Italian writer known as the Father of Humanism.
Who is Petrarch?
This gathering occurred as a result of the Protestant movement, and served to reaffirmed the Catholic Church's ideas.
What is the Council of Trent?
Christians who belong to denominations of churches resulting from the Reformation are said to be this.
What is Protestant?
What does secular mean?
What are non-religious ideas?
Who is Pieter Brugel?
This work, written by one of the most well read authors of the Renaissance period, Desiderius Erasmus, criticized the ignorance and corruption of the clergy.
What is In Praise of Folly?
This ended a war between German princes and the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire where they agreed the religion of each German state was to be decided by its ruler.
What is the peace of Augsburg?
These are two reasons why the Renaissance started in Italy
What is Italy had urban centers, feudalism did not take hold here, it was wealthy, city-states competed for prestige, location, and cultural memory?