Chapter 12 Vocab

Question 1

Renaissance

Renaissance Period

Answer 1

A period of “rebirth” for Europe; rediscovered art, literature, and classical philosophy.

Question 2

Humanism

Renaissance Period

Answer 2

Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance, which affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to shape to their own lives.
Effected political philosophy, art and religious change.

Question 3

Civic humanism

Renaissance Period

Answer 3

is the modern term for the moral, social and political philosophy

Question 4

Secularism

Renaissance Period

Answer 4

The principal of separation of the state from religious institutions.
People began to show more interest in human cultural achievements, secularism began to develop.

Question 5

High renaissance

Renaissance Period

Answer 5

The short period when the most exceptional art pieces were made in Italy.
Some of the art “changed the world” and provided a medium for artists.

Question 6

Christian humanism

Renaissance Period

Answer 6

regards humanist principles like universal human dignity, individual freedom and happiness as essential and principal components of the teachings of Jesus.
Impacted art, religious scholarship, and shaped personal spirituality.

Question 7

Oligarchy

Renaissance Period

Answer 7

A small group of people having control over a country, institution , or organization.
Some cities were ruled by oligarchs.

Question 8

Printing press

Renaissance Period

Answer 8

Used to spread literature all over Europe.

Helped spread ideas, propaganda, and information during the renaissance period.

Question 9

Virtue

Renaissance period

Answer 9

COME BACK TO THIS

Question 10

Petrarch

Renaissance Period

Answer 10

An Italian scholar and poet during the early Italian Renaissance.
He helped spark the renaissance and shape the modern Italian language

Question 11

l’uomo universale

Renaissance Period

Answer 11

A person who excels in several different fields.
Italian for “Universal Man”= Renaissance Man
Ex: Leonardo Da Vinchi

Question 12

Pico della Mirandola

Renaissance Period

Answer 12

An Italian philosopher and nobleman. Wrote the“Oration of the dignity of man”.
Believes that man is the highest and purest of gods creation, but can rise or fall by action.

Question 13

The Medici Family

Renaissance Period

Answer 13

Highly powerful banking families in renaissance Italy. Lorenzo de Medici was an Italian statesman and ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most enthusiastic patron of renaissance Italian culture.

Question 14

Baldassare Castiglione

Renaissance Period

Answer 14

Italian diplomat, courtier, soldier, and important renaissance author who wrote “The book of Courtier”, a book about how gentlemen should act.

Question 15

Christine de Pizan

Renaissance Period

Answer 15

A French author, who is best know for defending women in her book; “The Book of The City of Ladies”.

Question 16

Desiderius Erasmus

Renaissance Period

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Dutch philosopher and Christian humanist widely known to be the greatest scholar of the northern renaissance. Wrote “The Praise of Folly”, poking fun at mankind’s foolishness.

Question 17

Sir Thomas More

Renaissance Period

Answer 17

An English social philosopher, statesman, author, and renaissance humanist. In his book, “Utopia” he explains a perfect world with a functioning society.

Question 18

Raphael

Renaissance Period

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Italian painter and architect. Some of his works includes The school of Athens, the Sistine Madonna, and The Triumph of Galatea.

Question 19

Michelangelo

Renaissance Period

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An Italian sculptor and painter. He painted the Sistine chapel and The Creation of Adam and sculpted the Madonna of Bruges and Bacchus.

Question 20

Leonardo de Vinchi

Renaissance Period

Answer 20

Renaissance man, painted the Mona Lisa and Virtuvian Man. Known for inventing, literature, philosophy, and much more.

Question 21

Donatello

Renaissance Period

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Italian sculptor of the renaissance; sculpted Saint Mark and the Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata.

Question 22

sfumato

Renaissance Period

Answer 22

The technique of allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another, producing softened outlines or somewhat blurred lines.

Question 23

chiaroscuro

Renaissance Period

Answer 23

The treatment of light and shade in drawings or paintings

Question 24

Brunelleschi

Renaissance Period

Answer 24

Italian architect, known for the Cathedral of Santa Maria de Fiore

Question 25

Botticelli

Renaissance Period

Answer 25

Italian painter who painted The Birth of Venus.

Question 26

Jan van Eyck

Renaissance Period

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A painter in Bruges, one of the early inventors of the early Netherlandish painting. Painted Arnolifini Portrait.

Question 27

Albrecht Dürer

Renaissance Period

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Painter, theorist, and printer in the German renaissance. Painted Adam and Eve