Renaissance Flashcards
-father of the renaissance
-believed the first 2 centuries of the Roman Empire to represent the peak in the development of the human civilization
-sonnets: Laura
Petrarch
-created Donation of Constantine
-famous for writing during the Renaissance, combined the works of many philosophers
Mirandola
-demonstrate power of the Renaissance scholarship used study of linguistic and historical analysis to demonstrate Donation of Constantine was forgery
Valla
-stress study of classics and translate Greek texts first gave the name “humanists” to the learning that celebrated humans and virtuous action
Bruni
-Italian humanist, architect, and principal initiator of the Renaissance art theory
-considered the Renaissance “universal man”
Alberti
-created The Book of the Courtier
-said you should strive to be a “universal man”= excel in many fields
-the ideal Courtier= polite, charming, witty, be able to dance, write poetry, sing, and be strong
-ideal woman=educated, charming, don’t seek fame, don’t create art or poetry, only inspire it
Castiglione
-powerful banking family=banking
-dominate political, economic, artistic life
-Lorenzo the Magnificent
Lorenzo de’ Medici
-an intellectual movement of the Italian Renaissance
-held that humanists should be involved in government and owe service to the community
-produce secular models for individual and political behaviour
Civic Humanism
-developed by Gutenberg
-spread ideas of Renaissance and reformation
-challenge the power of authorities
-works of humanists spread across Europe
printing press
-artist created David
-sculpture
-classics=pose, nude individualism, secularism
-artist created Sistine Chapel ceiling
-painting, commissioned Pope
-individualism=individual faces
Michelangelo
-Florentine architect who was the first great architect of the Italian Renaissance
-created Dome of Florence Cathedral
-classical theme=dome
Brunelleschi
-artist created Last Supper
-used geometric perspective, symmetry
artist created Mona Lisa
-used individualism, pyramid symmetry, chiaroscuro, perspective, uniqueness in smile or eyes
Leonardo de Vinci
-artist created School of Athens
- used classics, secularism, ancient philosopher, symmetry, geometric perspective rising status of Renaissance artists
Raphael
-witty satire poked fun at immorality, hypocrisy of church leaders, pompous priests, and greedy merchants
Erasmus
-Utopia (“nowhere”
-describes imaginary society where there is religious toleration, communal ownership, humanist education
Thomas More
-driven by spice trade
-first European nation to build a commercial empire that reached eastward to Africa and Brazil and westward to Asia
Portugals trade with Far East
-traded a variety of goods
-such as silver, gold, chocolate, tomatoes, textiles, and art
-desire to find a trade route to India
Spain trade
-an economic system
-increase a nation’s wealth=don’t spend gold and silver
-colonies, resources=profitable trading
-government regulation of all of the nations commercial interests
Mercantilism
fill in late
Colonies
-roman Catholic order of religious men that played a significant role in the Renaissance and Reformation period
Jesuits
-helped explorers and sailors know where to go and directions
-compass and sail allowed for effective sailing
navigation
-used in wars
-traded in Colombian exchange
military -guns and gunpowder
