Chapter 15 Vocab and People Flashcards
Meant “rebirth”– was both a philosophical and an artistic movement and the era when that movement flourished
Renaissance
Filled her palace with paintings and sculptures by the finest Renaissance artists
Isabella d’Este
Was one of the first humanists; was a scholar and a teacher and poet
Francesco Petrarch
Florentine diplomat and historian; he wrote “The Prince”
Niccoló Machiavelli
Makes their paintings more life like
Perspective
Was an architect, engineer, painter, sculpture, and scientist
Leonardo da Vinci
Another famous artist who made biblical figures of David and also did poetry and helped design the St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome
Michelangelo
Painted frescos in the papa; chambers and also painted the Virgin Mary
Rafael
Made “The Assumption of the Virgin”
Titian
Was a realistic painter
Giotto
Used light and shadows to create a powerful sense of depth in his paintings
Masaccio
Became the first European to use movable type to print books
Johannes Gutenberg
A dutch scholar who entered a monastery at a young man
Desiderius Erasmus
English humanist that published “Utopia”
Thomas More
Stands out as the leading literacy figure of the time
Shakespear
A group of partners that developed their own distinct styles
Flemish School
Period when several northern humanists argued that the Roman Catholic Church had lost sight of its spiritual mission
Reformation
Pardons from punishment for sin
Indulgences
Was a monk tear quit law school and entered a monastery to find salvation
Martin Luther
Hundreds of new religious groups that appeared in Germany and Switzerland and didn’t form organized churches
Sects
Caused a break between England and the Roman Catholic Church
Henry VIII
Carried on Zwingli’s work when he died in battle between catholics and protestant
John Calvin
The idea that at the beginning of time God has decided who would be saved
predestination
A government rules by religious leaders who claimed God’s authority
Theocracy
