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Renaissance painter that painted the scene on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michaelangelo
100
Renaissance who wrote over 300 sonnets (poems) to woman named Laura professing his love for her.
Who is (Francesco) Petrarch
100
"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome
What is "The Renaissance"
100
He was a German monk who began the Protestant reformation
Who is Martin Luther
100
Was a young black man who was shot by a man named George Zimmerman in Florida and kickstarted the Black Lives Matter movement
Who is Trayvon Martin
200
Italian sculptor renowned as a pioneer of the Renaissance style with his natural, lifelike figures, such as the bronze statue David.
Who is Donatello
200
English playwright and the famous play writer of the Elizabethan Age.
Who is William Shakespeare
200
Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters, focusing on the here and now
What is secular
200
English King who ended the power of the pope and the Catholic Church in England when the Pope refused to grant him an annulment
Who is Henry VIII
200
craftsman from Mainz, Germany who developed and effective printing press
Who is Johann Gutenberg
300
A Renaissance Man. he was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and a scientist. Painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
300
Book written by Niccolo Machiavelli describing what a ruler should to maintain and even increase his power.
What is "The Prince"
300
A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements
What is Humanism
300
A release or pardon from sin by performing a penalty imposed by a priest often times involved paying money to the church
What is an indulgence
300
One of the founders of the #Blacklivesmatter movement
Who is Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi or Patrisse Cullors
400
The four most influential Renaissance artists, (Turtles)
Who are Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and Raphael
400
Baldassare Castiglione's; guidebook for gentlemen; describes renaissance man
What is "The Courtier"
400
An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.
What is Perspective
400
A monk Luther found offensive because he sold indulgences with the slogan "As soon as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs."
Who is Johann Tetzel
400
A man who excelled in many things such as art, music, invention, writing, etc. The ideal man.
What is a Renaissance man
500
One Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings is this fresco painted on the wall of the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy.
What is "The Last Supper"
500
A book by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island
What is "Utopia"
500
Everyday language of ordinary people.
What is vernacular
500
The name given to the "complaints" against the Catholic Church that Martin Luther nailed to the door of the castle Church in Wittenburg.
What are "The 95 Theses
500
Hillary Clinton's running mate in the 2016 Presidential campaign
Who is Tim Kaine