Historical and Cultural Events
In 1492, this Spanish explorer reaches the New World.
Christopher Columbus
This philosophy, prominent during the Renaissance, was the complete antithesis of the Middle Ages.
Humanism
The Renaissance is sometimes called the "golden age" for this type of choral music.
a cappella
The textual source for secular songs.
Poems
A device Renaissance composers often used that was a musical depiction of specific words.
Word painting
Earliest major book printed in Europe using movable type
Gutenberg Bible
The style artists strived to achieve in sculptures and paintings. The opposite of symbolism.
Realism
The two forms of sacred music common in the Renaissance.
The motet and the mass
This form of secular music employs word painting and unusual harmonies, set to a short poem. Usually about love.
madrigal
During the Renaissance, one was not considered truly educated unless they had received instruction in this art form.
Music
The posting of his Ninety-five Theses was the start of the Protestant Reformation.
Martin Luther
Artists and writers drew inspiration from these two earlier cultures.
Greeks and Romans
A contemporary of Leonardo da Vinci, this Flemish composer was a master of Renaissance music.
Josquin Desprez
This major development helped spread secular music, making thousands of song collections available.
Music printing
This English organist and church composer was also among the finest madrigalists and composer of "The Triumphes of Oriana" in honor of Queen Elizabeth I.
Thomas Weelkes
This assembly of Roman Catholic clergy was formed to answer the charges leveled by the Protestant Reformation
The Council of Trent
The epitome of the "universal man", this artist is most famous for painting the "Mona Lisa".
Leonardo DaVinci
This important Italian composer devoted his career to composing music for the Roman Catholic church.
Palestrina
This madrigal composer favored dramatic dialogues in her music and was the first female composer to have her works printed.
Maddalena Casulana
The most popular and versatile instrument of the Renaissance derives from the Arab 'ud.
Lute
The name "renaissance" means this, referring to an awakening of human intellectual development of the Greek and Romans.
"Rebirth"
This device was utilized by visual artists to create a perception of depth in 2D paintings
Linear or forced perspective
The prevailing texture of Renaissance sacred music is this.
Polyphonic
A fine example of word painting, this composer of "La Guerre (The War)" imitated in his music the sounds of battle noises, drumbeats, and fanfares.
Clement Janequin
The leading English composer of lute songs was also a virtuoso performer on the instrument.
John Dowland