Chapter 11A: The Renaissance Flashcards
Medici Family
Powerful banking family who ruled Florence in the 1400s, patrons of the arts
Renaissance
“Rebirth” following the Middle Ages; a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome
Renaissance Man
A person with many talents or areas of knowledge
Humanism (Renaissance)
A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements
Lorenzo de Medici
Italian statesman and scholar who supported many artists and humanists including Michelangelo and Leonardo and Botticelli (1449-1492)
Francesco Petrarch
Known as the father of Renaissance Humanism. He lived from 1304-1374 committed his life to humanistic pursuits and careful study of the classics. .
Niccolo Machiavelli
(1469-1527) Wrote The Prince which contained a secular method of ruling a country. “It is much safer to be feared than loved.”
Erasmus
Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe. Wrote “In Praise of Folly”
Thomas More
He was a English humanist, wrote Utopia, a book that represented a revolutionary view of society.
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer best remembered for ‘Don Quixote’ which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form
William Shakespeare
English poet and dramatist considered one of the greatest English writers (1564-1616)
Sandro Botticelli
(1445-1510) A painter whose paintings had movement; themes of classical mythology and religion
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian painter, engineer, musician, and scientist. The most versatile genius of the Renaissance, filled notebooks with engineering and scientific observations that were in some cases centuries ahead of their time. As a painted The Last Supper (c. 1495) and Mona Lisa (c. 1503).
Raphael
Italian Renaissance painter; he painted frescos, his most famous being The School of Athens.
Michelangelo
(1475-1564) An Italian sculptor, painter, poet, engineer, and architect. Famous works include the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the sculpture of the biblical character David.
