Renaissance A
This man wrote and posted the 95 Theses.
Who is Martin Luther?
This man is the very famous poet of England, who built the Globe Theater.
Who is William Shakespeare?
These are people who pay and support artist to create
What is a patron?
These are the two cultures people looked to for inspiration during the Renaissance.
What are Greek and Roman?
A massive war in Bohemia, involving many different Catholic and Protestant nations.
What is the Thirty Years' War?
This is a way of thought that focuses on human beings and their potential for achievement
What is humanism?
What is 'in Praise of Folly?'
The name of the upper-class Protestant religion of France.
Who are the Huguenots?
A generic name for the branches of Christianity that left the Catholic Church during the reformation. Includes the Lutheran Church, Calvinists, Anglicans, Huguenots, and many others.
what is Protestant/Protestantism?
The nation ruled over by both the Pope and an Emperor.
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
The Renaissance started here.
What is Italy?
He created the printing press.
Who is Johann Gutenberg?
This is creating the appearance of distance on a flat surface
What is perspective?
This man created the Anglican Church in order to divorce his wife.
Who is King Henry VIII?
This is what actually defeated the Spanish Armada.
What is a storm?
Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?
-Italy the center of the Roman empire
-located where important trade routes were
This man was known for writing "The Prince" and believing that most humans were "wretched creatures"
Who is Machiavelli?
This Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michaelangelo?
This artistic technique used light and dark to create depth through shading.
What is Chiaroscuro?
This is the law declaring Catholicism the official religion of France.
What is the Edict of Nantes?
Luther and other reformists were upset with the Church for selling these.
What are indulgences
He made life like sculptures like "La Pieta", featuring great emotion.
Who is Donatello?
A famous Renaissance artist, sculpture, engineer, painter, inventor, mathematician, and author
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
This is what the word "Renaissance" means.
What is rebirth?
A word for anything that has no religious or spiritual basis.
What is secular?