Renaissance KT (46-91) Flashcards
The “German” imperial diet or parliment
Reichstag
This goldsmith created the so-called “Gates of Paradise”
Lorenzo Ghiberti
A central disciplines of the liberal arts; the art of using language as a means to persuade
Rhetoric
They were expelled in Spain in 1492 by the same rulers that commissioned the Italian sailor Christopher Columbus
Jews
It was inducted by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain in 1478 to guarantee the orthodoxy of Christians
Inquisition
technical term for how historians do history and have done it in the past
Histiography
Artist of “The Birth of Venus” and “Primavera”
Sandro Botticelli
The preeminent printmaker of the Renaissance; a master of both woodcutting and engraving
Albrecht Durer
Name for the technique by which artists create the illusion of depth on a two-dimensional surface
Linear perspective
Famous Swiss historian who, in his “The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy”, argued that the Italian Renaissance was the birthplace of the modern world with its focus on individualism and secularism
Jacob Burckhardt
Method used by Donatello to create his bronze “David”
Lost Wax Method
Name for the first generation of printed books (which were often religious, the first of which being the “Gutenberg Bible”, and were printed pre-1500 C.E.)
Incunables
Oxford theologian who alleged that there was no basis in Scripture for papal claims of temporal authority and advocated that the popes be stripped of their authority and their property
John Wycliffe
Comprised of the House of Lords and House of commons (the British representative body)
Parlaiment
This “reconquest” of the Iberian peninsula from Muslim Moors was accomplished by Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon
Reconquista
B.C.E.
Before the common era
The most celebrated female painter of the Renaissance; best known for her portraits of Bolognese Nobles
Lavinia Fontana
Famous banking faily of florence
Medici
The “universal person” who was capable of achievements in many facets of life
L’uomo universale
Dynastic family that controlled the elected monarchy of the Holy Roman Empire and their vast holdings in Austria
Habsberg
The emphasis on this type of painting gives evidence of a renewed commitment to human individuality
Portraiture
Intellectual movement of the Italian Renaissance based on the study of the classical literary works of Greco-Roman antiquity
Humanism
What “Renaissance” literally means
Rebirth
the Tudor dynasty came to power in England after this civil war
War of the Roses
Celebrated historian who has influentially argued that the printing press was the agent of change in early modern Europe
Elizabeth Eisenstein
This king of paint dries more slowly than tempera and gives the artist a varied range of colors and the ability to create fine details
Oil paint
Infamous Florentine Dominican preacher who called for a “Bonfire of the Vanities”
Girolamo Savonarola
The central proposition defended in an essay
Thesis
A period in history dominated by the upper classes, the wealthy, and/or the educated
Italian Renaissance
French annual direct tax on land or property
Taille
Money presented by the wife’s family to the husband upon marriage
Dowry
Type of family typical to the Renaissance that included parents, children, and servants (if the family was wealthy) and could also include grandparents, widowed mothers, and even unmarried sisters
Extended family
“Mens sana in corpore sano”; a goal of classical education
“A sound mind in a sound body”
The national diet (assembly) of Poland
Sejm
English civil war that pitted the ducal house of Lancaster, whose symbol was a red rose, against the ducal house of York, whose symbol was a white rose
The War of the Roses
B.C.
Before Christ
Created by Henry VII to control the nobility, it became a symbol of the misuse and abuse of power by the English monarchy and courts
The Star Chamber
He urged the elimination of the worldliness and corruption of the clergy and attacked the excessive power of the papacy within the Catholic Church; later executed for heresy at the Council of Constance
Jan Huss
Nickname of the papacy from the end of the Great Schism to the Reformation, when temporal preoccupations tended to overshadow spiritual matters
Renaissance papacy
The French parliament
Etates-General
Using contextual criticism, this humanist demonstrated the “Donation of Constantine” was a forgery
Lorenzo Valla
The “domestic enemy” in Renaissance Italy
Slaves
Most people in the Western world use this calendar
Gregorian calender
Ten years
Decade
One hundred years
Century
One thousand years
Millenium
