Chapter 13 Section 2 Flashcards
Jan van Eyck
One of the most important Flemish painters in the 1400s. His portrayals of townspeople as well as religious scenes abound in rich, realistic details.
Johann Gutenberg
From Mainz, Germany, he printed the first edition of the Bible using a printing press with movable type in about 1455.
Pieter Bruegel
A Flemish painter in the 1500s who used vibrant colors to portray lively scenes of peasant life.
Peter Paul Rubens
In the 1600s, he blended the realistic tradition of Flemish painters with the classical themes and artistic freedom of the Italian Renaissance.
Albrecht Durer
A German painter who was one of the first northern artists to be profoundly affected by Renaissance Italy. He is sometimes called the “Leonardo of the North” because of his wide-ranging interests, which extended far beyond art.
Desiderius Erasmus
A Dutch priest and humanist, born in 1466, he was one of the most important scholars of his age. He helped spread the Renaissance humanism to a wider public. As a priest, he was disturbed by the corruption in the Church and called for reform.
Sir Thomas More
An English humanist and a friend of Erasmus. He also pressed for social reform. In Utopia, he describes an ideal society in which men and women live in peace and harmony.
William Shakespeare
He was an English poet and playwright. He wrote 37 plays between 1590 and 1613, that are still performed around the world. His genius was in expressing universal themes in everyday, realistic settings.
The Globe Theater
This building was built on the south bank of London’s Thames River. The three-story, open-air theater could sear 3,000 people and had a stage more than 40 feet wide.
