Renaissance Flashcards
Albrect Dürer
German artist
Anabaptists
Protestants who insisted that only adult baptism conformed to Scripture
Impact of Reformation on music
Religious Music (chorales)
Baptistry Doors
“Doors to Heaven”
Birth of Venus
Painting by Botticelli
Unique because it depicts classical figures
Caterina Sforza
- An Italian noblewoman
- daughter of the duke of Milan.
- held numerous titles in positions of political power.
Charles V
- Holy Roman Emperor that called for the Diet of Worms.
- supporter of Catholicism
- tried to crush the Reformation by use of the Counter-Reformation
Chiaroscuro
The treatment of light and shade in a work of art, especially to give an illusion of depth.
chorale
congregational hymn of the German Lutheran church
Christian humanism
a movement that developed in northern Europe during the Renaissance combining classical learning (humanism) with the goal of reforming the Catholic Church
Christine de Pizan
wrote The Book of the City of Ladies (french)
First woman to earn money as a writer
Cimabue
One of first artists to break away from Italio-Byzantine style, Giotto’s teacher,
Civic Humanism
The belief that individuals owe a service to their community and its government. During the Renaissance, political theorists argued that selfless service to the polity was of critical importance in a self-governing republic.
Council of Trent
Reaffirmed traditional Catholic teachings, forbade the sale of indulgences
David [Donatello]
First free standing nude sculpture since greeks and romans
David [Michaelangelo]
High Renaissance
shows contrapposso, realism, etc.
Desiderius Erasmus
- Dutch humanist and theologian
- opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther.
- wrote The Praise of Folly, worked for Frobein and translated the New Testament from Greek to Latin
Differences between Italian & Northern Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance
- focused on rediscovering Classical Greek in Rome
- sculptures and paintings had perspective.
- Frescoes depicting individualism
The northern renaissance
- emphasis on humanism (no focus on idealism).
- Highly detailed
- Happened after the Italian renaissance.
- Had More oil paint.
Doctrine of Predestination
The Calvinist doctrine that God has foreordained some people to be saved and some to be damned.
Double Arnolfini Portrait
Realism, Fertility, Marriage
Extreme Detail
engraving
a print made from an engraved plate, block, or other surface.
Florentine Il Duomo
Sets the scene for early and italian renassance styles
German peasant revolts
These were widespread uprisings of German peasants who were protesting economic and social injustices./ These uprisings were partially a result of the spread of Luther’s ideas.
Giotto
(1276-1337) Florentine Painter who led the way in the use of realism.