Famous Florentine Family
This city is where most historians say the Renaissance began
What is Florence?
This philosophy focused on physical beauty, expression, and human achievement.
What is Humanism?
This ambitious artist painted The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
Who was Leonardo Da Vinci?
What is The Globe Theatre?
The meaning of the word "Renaissance."
What is "Rebirth?"
In addition to facilitating the Renaissance, these Italian bankers also produced four popes, and two French queens.
Who were the Medici?
What was the House of Medici?
The language of the common, ordinary people. Renaissance writers changed the world by publishing books using it.
What is Vernacular Language?
This well-known painter was commissioned by Pope Julius II to decorate Catholicism's most famous chapel.
Who was Michelangelo?
These are lands controlled by the Pope.
What are Papal States?
Before the Renaissance, painters were considered as general _________, like carpenters or stonemasons.
What were Craftsmen/craftspeople?
This pontiff was only in office less the one month
Who was Pope Leo XI?
This Englishman, writing during the Elizabethan era/Northern Renaissance, is regarded by many as the greatest writer who ever lived.
Who was William Shakespeare?
This Renaissance Artist's works include Fire in the Borgo and The School of Athens
Who was Raphael?
This individual had authority over northern Italy.
Who was the Holy Roman Emperor?
Using this technique, Renaissance artists enhanced their art.
What is perspective?
This magnificent member of the Medici funded the efforts of Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo, helping Florence rise to cultural dominance.
Who was Lorenzo the Magnificent?
Who was Lorenzo Medici?
This French monk and comedian famously wrote jokes about bodily functions.
Who was Francois Rabelais?
This famous sculptor's works are demonstrated in his depictions of David and Moses
Who was Michelangelo?
Intellectuals during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.
What were "Elizabethans?"
This Renaissance artist, in addition to painting, made blueprints from flying machines, tanks, and submarines.
Who was Leonardo Da Vinci?
This elder amassed considerable power and influence as a banker; he used his wealth and influence to patronize the arts.
Who was Cosimo Medici?
Who was Cosimo the Elder?
This Italian author's most famous work is comprised of Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, collectively known as The Divine Comedy
Who was Dante Alighieri ?
This Renaissance thinker proved the universe to be Heliocentric
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
This Renaissance tinkerer invented a telescope that proved the earth was NOT the center of the universe.
Who was Galileo Galilei?
Art that was far more two-dimensional and less realistic than Renaissance art.
What was Medieval art?