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Miscellaneous
100
What is the movement that emphasized individual accomplishment
humanism
100
What is the political philosopher and statesman who advised rulers to separate morals from politics
Niccolo Machiavelli
100
What is an artist who sculpted the statue of David and painted the Sistine Chapel
Michaelangelo Buonarroti
100
What is the Polish astronomer who suggested that the Sun sat at the center of the universe
Nicholas Copernicus
100
What is the everyday language of the people
vernacular
200
What is having a worldly rather than a spiritual focus
secular
200
What is the well educated poet from a powerful family in Florence who supported the arts
Lorenzo de Medici
200
What is the painter of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci
200
What is the technique used to represent three-dimensional objects on flat surfaces
perspective
300
What is the period of renewed interest and remarkable development in art, literature, science and learning
Renaissance
300
Who is the Christian humanist who wrote about the need for a pure and simple Christian life
Desiderius Erasmus
300
What is a German artist who used Italian techniques of realism and perspective in his own works
Albrecht Durer
300
What group in northern Europe that protected its members from pirates and made shipping safer by building lighthouses and training ship captains
Hanseatic League
400
What helped spread Renaissance ideas
Printed Material
400
Who is the English humanist who wrote Utopia
Sir Thomas More
400
Who is the artist who perfected the oil painting technique that gave the Flemish School its distinctive style
Jan Van Eyck
400
What is the person who is given credit for inventing movable type; the printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
500
Who is the English playwright who focused on the lives of realistic characters
William Shakespeare
500
Who is the artist who used Italian techniques, but unlike the Italian paintings, his paintings showed scenes of everyday life
Pieter Brueghel the Elder
500
Who is the woman who supported herself and her children by writing, and championed the causes of equality and education for women
Christine de Pisan