Renaissance Flashcards
Rulers of Florence for sixty years and the Renaissances most lavish patrons were
Medici Family
In the fourteenth century, Italian governments become dominated by
Alliances of great mercantile families
The belief of humanism was
Humans were fundamentally free to choose their own destiny
Father of Humanism
Petrarch
“The Courtier,” the most famous book on Renaissance manners and expectations was authored by
Castiglione
The supreme figure in English literature, perhaps world literature, who wrote poetry and 37 plays with great insight into human nature
Shakespeare
The Italian artist who made the transition from old to new art, painting a three-dimensional world was
Giotto
The Renaissance genius who reinvented architecture in his dome in Florence was
Brunelleshi
In “oration on the dignity of man” pico Della Mirandola contends that human beings are unique because they
Have the ability to shape their own destiny
The author of the Decameron , 100 bawdy tales by three men and seven women in a country retreat from the plague was
Boccaccio
The preeminent intellectual of his day noted for a satire “the praise of folly” was
Erasmus
The “School of Athens,” and imaginary gather in ancient philosophers was painted by
Raphael
Refusing to compromise his moral principles this man, the author of “Utopia”, it was executed by Henry VIII
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What areas of study were advocated by the humanist
The Liberal arts
What was the basic believe of an Anabaptist
Infant baptism was pointless and baptism should be performed as an adult like Jesus
What was the result of St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre
23,000 protestants were killed in Paris and throughout France
One of the dominant features of the Renaissance thought was a study of ancient _____and _____cultures
Greek and Roman
Machiaville wrote ____ _______in the hope that you and Italian ruler with emerge from the Medici family
The Prince
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo personified the Renaissance idea or __________ _____, meaning someone who practice and excelled in a variety of activities or crafts
Renaissance man
Boccaccio’s most famous work
The Decameron