Because this city had money, an interest in the classics, and a plethora of talented artists, it was a prime location for the Early Renaissance.
What is Florence?
100
A painter and inventor, this renaissance man painted the Last Supper, depicting the moment Jesus announces that one of his apostles will betray him.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
He is the Florentine whose nickname was "Il Magnifico."
Who is Lorenzo de Medici?
100
This city was the financial capital of the north in the Northern Renaissance.
What is Bruges?
100
He is German monk who sparked the protestant reformation by posting his 95 Theses on the church doors in Wittenberg.
Who is Martin Luther?
200
An influential banker and patron of Early Renaissance arts, he founded a Platonic Academy for the study of the classics.
Who is Cosimo de Medici?
200
The Renaissance arts of this city feature oil painting, fine detail (in fabrics and landscapes), and a golden (sunset-like) light, all of which depict a sensuous and splendid life.
What is Venice?
200
This is the name for the type of music that incorporates many voices singing many different notes (Jasquin de Prez's motet, Ave Maria is an example).
What is polyphonic?
200
It is the name for an English secular, lighthearted song that usually explores emotional themes (Thomas Morley's "Now is the Month of Maying" is an example).
What is a madrigal?
200
It is the term used by Protestants asserting that the bible should be the only authority in the Christian church.
What is Sola Scriptura?
300
He is the Dominican friar who detested the lavishness of the Early Renaissance, and he ordered the burning all idolatrous/ vain items in the “Bonfire of the Vanities.”
Who is Savonarola?
300
Nicknamed "Il Papa Terrible", this religious leader designed his own tomb, ordered Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling, and began the reconstruction of St. Peter’s Basilica.
Who was Pope Julius II?
300
It is the name for the poorer class of English theatergoer (those who couldn't afford to sit in the high-rise seats).
What is groundling?
300
He is the Netherlandish painter whose mastery of oils and painting in miniature in Arnolfini and his Bride predated (and perhaps inspired) Italian Renaissance masters.
Who is Jan Van Eyck?
300
It is the term that refers to the authority of the laypeople to interpret the scripture.
What is Universal Priesthood?
400
Ghiberti and Brunelleschi both depicted Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac for the competition to decorate the north doors of this building in the Early Renaissance.
What is the Florence Baptistery?
400
These are the two philosophers featured in the center of Raphael’s Philosophy (a.k.a. School of Athens), an homage to the classical culture that the Renaissance humanists so revered.
Who are Plato & Aristotle?
400
He is the Italo-Byzantine painter who, according to Vasari, rescued and restored the art of painting in his pre-Renaissance, naturalistic works.
Who is Giotto da Bondone?
400
It is the literal meaning of "Sonnet," a form of poetry that was popular in the Northern Renaissance.
What is "little song"?
400
It is the name for the church that was established under the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (Hint: It's not the Church of England--that was Henry VIII's name for it).
What is the Anglican Church?
500
He is the author of Oration on the Dignity of Man, a humanist manifesto that promoted individual free will and humans' ability to make of themselves what they wish.
Who is Mirandola?
500
In this work, Castiglione offers an outline for ideal courtly behavior and the effortless mastery (or sprezzatura) required of Renaissance men and women.
What is "The Courtier"?
500
She is the Renaissance Humanist who wrote The Nobility and Excellence of Women in response to Giuseppe Passi's work, The Defects of Women.
Who is Lucrezia Marinella?
500
He is the composer who masterfully employed counterpoint in his religious work "Spem in Allium".
Who is Thomas Tallis?
500
It is the name for the legislation that made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England.