202 Flashcards
door panels
Baptistery of st John
Ghiberti did east doors twice
Niccolo Machiavelli
Most important political thinker of the renaissance
Wrote The Prince
Shakespeare
Solidified English Language
27,000 words in works
Oliver Cromwell
Lord protector of the commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland
John Milton
Known for Paradise Lost, an epic poem
Poet supporter of the commonwealth who went blind
Arrtemisia Gentileschi
First woman artist to make a significant contributioin in her own name
Bernini
Sculpted the more lifelike david
/The Rape of Persephone/
/Daphne and Apollo/
Savonarola
reform minded Catholic priest
Dominican
Named by french king as ruler of Florence, Ruler during Bonfire of the Vanities
Albrecht Durer
Sketched a study of hands in honor of the sacrifice of his brother, who spent four years in the mines
Brunelleschi
Architect of the Cathedral dome in Florence.
Cardinal Richelieu
De facto ruler of france during reign of Louis XIII
Solidified political power in France during Louis XIII
Cathrine d’Medici
One of the most powerful women in Europe
Married to Henry II of France
Charles I
English King
Refused to call parliament for 11 years after they Petition of Right
Botticelli
Painted /The Birth of Venus/
Cardinal Richelieu
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Diego Velazquez
Sapnish baroque artist appointed by King Phillip IV as court artist
painted Las Meninas
Donatello
Early renaissance Italian Sculptor
Worked with both Ghiberti and Brunelleschi
Erasmus
First and greatest of the Northern Renaissance humanists
Famous for re translating the New Testament from Greek to Latin
Elizabeth I
Daughter of King Henry VIII
Established Royal Charters
Succeded her Half sister Mary
Handel
Wrote Water Music
Henry of Navarre
Henry IV, first Bourbon king of France
Issued the edict of Nantes, gave religious freedom
Henry VIII
King of England
Pope Clement VII would not grant annulment of marriage to Cathrine
Credited with initiating the English Reformation
Johan Sebastian Bach
Made compositions of hymns that were very baroque, complex
Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance Painter
Painted The Last Supper
Painted Madonna of the Rocks
Improved Linear Perspective