Reformation & Italian Renaissance (Part 2)

Question 1

Rabelais

Answer 1

a Renaissance person who studied classic works and practiced medicine. Summarized his view on the world as “Abandon yourself to Nature’s truths, and let nothing in this world be unknown to you.”

Question 2

Machiavelli & The Prince

Answer 2

author of The Prince, which rulers of Italian city-states used as a handbook for hard political problems. He also came up with the idea that “it is much safer to be feared than to be loved, if on must choose” and that a ruler should use any methods to accomplish his goal

Question 3

Sir Thomas Moore & Utopia

Answer 3

believed that literature should serve Christian purposes, author of the book Utopia, where he described an ideal society in a peaceful world

Question 4

Michelangelo & Sistine Chapel

Answer 4

a painter, sculptor, architect and poet. He designed the St. Peter’s Cathedral, painted events from the Bible on the walls and ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, in Vatican City

Question 5

Raphael & Madonna

Answer 5

a skillful painter that influenced Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Favored bright colors, often painted the Madonna, the mother of Jesus

Question 6

Shakespeare

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poet and playwright, invented a hundred new words to the English language. His played were performed at the Globe Theater in London

Question 7

Gutenberg

Answer 7

developed a type of metal that was used to build a printing press

Question 8

Bruneschelli

Answer 8

architect, rejected medieval Gothic architecture and revived classical styles, created and proposed the idea to top the Florence cathedral with a huge dome

Question 9

Boccaccio

Answer 9

influenced Renaissance literature, best known work is the Decameron, which served as a model for writers in the future

Question 10

Rembrandt

Answer 10

created paintings of ordinary people and religious scenes. His most famous work of art is The Night Watch