Chapter 14 and 15 Vocabulary Flashcards
Period of rebirth of art and learning in Europe Lasting from about 1300 to 1600.
Renaissance
Focus on human potential and achievements.
Humanism
Concerned with worldly matters rather than spiritual matters.
Secular
Person who financially supported artists.
Patron
Art technique that re-creates three dimensions.
Perspective
Italian painter, sculptor, architect, painter, and poet.
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian sculptor, architect, painter, and poet.
Michelangelo
An ideal place.
Utopia
Famous renaissance wittier.
William shakespeare
German craftsman who developed the printing press.
Johann Gutenberg
Use of native language instead of Classical Latin.
Vernacular
Questioning ideas before accepting them.
Skepticism
German monk whose protests against the Catholic Church led to the reformation.
Martin Luther
Release from punishments due for a sin.
Indulgences
16th Century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of new christian churches.
Reformation
Take away a person’s right to membership in a church.
Excommunicate