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Miscellaneous
100
Italian Sculptor who created the Pieta, David, and the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo
100
Young Italian artist who focused on Mary and Jesus as well as painting "The School of Athens"
Who is Raphael
100
English poet and playwright who wrote numerous plays under the reign of Elizabeth I
Who is Shakespeare
100
The rebirth of art, culture, and literature in Western Europe
What is Renaissance
100
This man was a great patron of the arts, known as il magnifico
Who is Lorenzo Di Medici
200
Italian artist who created the Mona Lisa, the Last Supper, and a version of the helicopter
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci
200
His paintings were incredibly realistic. Popular in the court of Henry VIII
Who is Hans Holbein the Younger
200
Author of the Prince. A political guide book for rulers
Who is Niccolo Machiavelli
200
A study of the human body and its potential
What is humanism
200
Man who introduced the movable type printing press to Europe
Who is Johann Gutenberg
300
Worked primarily in Bronze. Sculpted David, the Medicis, and himself among other works
Who is Donatello
300
Son of a goldsmith, did woodcarvings and engravings of religious or mythological creatures.
Who is Albrecht Durer
300
Encouraged women to learn to read, wrote Utopia
Who is Sir Thomas More
300
A person who supported an artist financially
What is a Patron
300
Author of the Decameron
Who is Boccaccio
400
Used newly developed oil paints. The Arnolfini Marriage one of his famous works
Who is Jan Van Eyck
400
Female court painter for Philip II of Spain
Who is Sofonisba Anguissola
400
Spanish author of Don Quixote.
Who is Cervantes
400
A worldly life separate from that of the church
What is Secular
400
AUTHOR AND TITLE of the book that created the idea of the Renaissance Man and Woman
What is Castiglione and the Courtier
500
Focused on the life of peasants, painted weddings, funerals, harvests, feasts, etc
Who is Pieter Bruegel the Elder
500
Painted heroic, often murderous women. Trained by her father.
Who is Artemesia Gentileschi
500
French author of "Gargantua and Pantegruel," giants who made fun of society through their actions
Who is Francois Rabelais
500
The common language of the people
What is vernacular
500
AUTHOR AND TITLE of the book that made fun of merchants, lovers, scholars, etc
What is "The Praise of Folly," by Desiderius Erasmus