People Flashcards
Lorenzo de’ Medici
He was a politician, statesman and patron of the arts. He was a key supporter of the Renaissance. He brought peace to northern Italy and kept Europeans out of Italian affairs. He brought stability to the region of Florence. Hired Michelangelo
Christine De Pizan
A writer and historiographer. She advocated women’s equality. Her works are considered to be some of the earliest feminist writings. She was the first women in France and possibly Europe to earn a living solely by writing.
Sofonisba Anguissola
She was a painter. She was the first female artist of the Renaissance to achieve international fame. She had the ability to create flattering and engaging portraits that were very life-like and sophisticated.
Marguerite of Navarre
Was the first women of the French nobility who carefully compiled from her complete works a selection of poems, prayers, religious meditations, songs, biblical and secular plays, and other works that felt worthy to appear in print. Founded orphanages, hospitals and her defense and protection of persecuted reformists.
Isotta Nogarola
She is considered the first women to become a major figure in the humanist movement. She was a writer a philosopher. She produced many works
Catherine de’ Medici
She was the queen of France. She was one of the most influential personalities of the Catholic -Huguenot wars.
Francesco Petrach
He was a humanist writer. He wrote poems called sonnets in Latin and Italian which expressed his love for a woman named Laura. He was one of the world’s first classical scholars.
Nicole Machiavelli
He was a talented Florentine. He wrote about government and politics. He was a author, politician, philosopher, historian, and diplomat.
Baldassare Castiglione
He was a Italian diplomat, poet and art historian. He wrote “Book of the Courtier” which portrays the idea courtier. It was a chief vehicle in spreading Italian humanism into England and France.
Brunelleschi
Was an Italian architect, sculptor, and civil engineer. He designed the dome of the Duomo in Florence. He is also said to have discovered the principals of linear perspective.
Leonardo da Vinci
– He was an Italian sculptor, architect, scientist, and engineer. Many of his ideas would lead to inventions that would be made in the future. He is regarded as the best example of a Renaissance person.
Michelangelo
He was an Italian painter, architect, sculptor, poet, engineer. He created many famous sculptors to this day. He is widely considered one of the greatest artists of all time. His work provided a new blend of psychological insight, physical realism, and intensity never before seen.
Raphael
He was an Italian painter, architect, sculptor. He is admired in his work for its clarity of form and ease of composition and for its visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur.
Jan van Eyck
He was a painter, architect. He is credited with originating the style in painting with characterized by minutely realistic depictions of surface effects and natural light.
Boccacio
He was an Italian author, poet, , diplomat, and. He had laid the foundations for the humanism of the Renaissance and he raised vernacular literature to the level and statues of the classics of antiquity.
Shakespeare
He was an English author, , poet, and playwright. People regard him as the greatest playwright who ever wrote in English. Shakespeare wrote many memorials plays which are still performed today.
Sir Thomas More
He was an English secretary and personal advisor as well as a lawyer, scholar, and statesmen. He was recognized for his great intelligence, impartiality, and wisdom. He was canonized by the Catholic Church as a saint as getting martyred.
Johann Gutenburg
A German printer who invented movable metal type and the printing press.
Miguel De Cervantes
He was a Spanish writer. He is one of the world’s best-known writers. He wrote the book “Don Quixote” which is a widely read classic.
Francois Rabelais
He was a French physician, monk, novelist and author. Wrote the comic masterpiece Gargantua and Pantagruel.
Desiderius Erasmus
He was a Dutch teacher, philosopher, theologian, and . He was a leading activist and thinker of the European renaissance. His main activity was to write letters to the statesmen, humanists, printers, and theologians.
Rembrandt van Rijn
He was a Dutch painter, His work dominated the Dutch Golden Age. He is recognized as one of the greatest etchers of all time. He is most famous for his portraits, biblical scenes, self-portraits, and illustrations.
Dante Alighieri
He was an Italian writer, poet, novelist, and . He was the first to write an important work in a vernacular language. Became known as the “father of modern Italian”
Elizabeth I
She was an English politician. She was the second Queen of England. She didn’t let the thought of men being smarter than women ruin her reign. She proved that women can be just as powerful as men. The England Renaissance reached its height during her reign.
