Period 4 Test Flashcards
Renaissance
A movement that started in Italy that caused an explosion of creativity in art, writing, and thought
What does the word “Renaissance” mean?
Rebirth
Medici family
A powerful banking family that ruled Florence during the Renaissance
Cosimo de Medici
Won control of Florence’s government and served as dictator
Lorenzo de Medici
Ruled as dictator of Florence but kept the appearance that there was a republic
Humanism
An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements
Secular
Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
Baldassare Castiglione
Wrote The Courtier, which talked about the Renaissance man and woman
Renaissance man
Should be charming, witty, smart, skilled in the arts and athletics
Renaissance woman
Should know the classics, ve charming, and should inspire art but not create it
Isabella d’Este
Born into a ruling family in the city-state of Ferrara and built a famous art collection and was skilled in politics
What was a major change in artistic style?
Artists began to reveal what was distinct about each person
Perspective
A technique that shows 3 dimensions on a flat surface
Michelangelo
Sculptor, poet, architect, and painter that used a realistic style when depicting the human body
DonatelloD
Made sculptures more realistic by carving natural postures and expressions, like the statue David
Leonardo da Vinci
Painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist that was interested in how things worked
Raphael
Filled the walls of Pope Julius’s library with paintings including the School of Athens
Sofonisba Anguissola
First woman artist to gain an international reputation and was known for portraits of sisters and prominent people
Artemisia Gentileschi
Accomplished woman artist who trained with her father and painted portraits of strong, heroic women
Francesco Petrarch
A great poet from Italy who wrote many sonnets in his vernacular
Giovanni Boccaccio
wrote the Decameron, a series of realistic and sometimes off-color stories about young people in a rural villa that were trying to avoid the plague
Niccolo Machiavelli
Wrote The Prince, which was about how a ruler and gain power and keep it in spite of enemies
Vittoria Colonna
Wrote poems that expressed personal emotions and exchanged sonnets with Michelangelo and helped Castiglones publish The Courtier
Reason for spread of Renaissance to the north 1/2
A French king of the Naples launched an invasion into northern Italy which caused Italian artists and writers to flee to Northern Europe for a safer life
