Renaissance Flashcards
In the Italian language, what does “Renaissance” mean?
Rebirth.
What’s the time period of the Renaissance?
Started around the year 1300 and ended approximately 1600.
Two main reasons why the Renaissance started in Italy.
Wealthy merchants were willing to fund artists and their work, and city states favored the development of artistic and intellectual endeavors.
Who is the father of Humanism?
Franceso Petrach
Florentine painter who introduced the technique of perspective
Giotto
Flemish painter who introduced oil painting.
Jan Van Eyck
A polymath, painted The Last Supper.
Leonardo da Vinci
Sculpted La Pieta, also the painter of the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel
Michaelangelo
Italian writer, wrote Decameron
Giovanni Boccacio
French writer, wrote with a conversational tone towards his readers.
Michael de Montaige
Wrote “The Prince”
Niccolo Machiavelli
Define machiavellianism.
denotes cunningness, has the ability to be manipulative, whatever means necessary to gain power.
What was one of the ideas presented in The Prince?
To be politically effective is better than being morally right.
Nicollo Machiavelli’s famous quote.
“It is better to be feared than loved.”
Inventor of the printing press.
Johann Gutenburg.
Why was the printing press a main point in sharing ideas?
allowed ideas to be accurately shared and at high speeds.
Two effects of the invention of the printing press?
Increased the literacy rate and prompted more people to write.
Who wrote The Courtier?
Baldassare Castiglione.
Main idea of The Courtier?
showed how people in a society (set in the Renaissance) should behave
What is the Reformation?
16th century movement for religious reformation
It is the Roman Catholic tribunal for investigating and prosecuting charges of heresy
Inquisition.
