Renaissance People Pt. 1

Question 1

Erasmus & Sir Thomas More

Answer 1

Christian Humanists who studied the Bible and reintroducing classic languages (ex: Greek)

Question 2

Giovanni de’ Medici

Answer 2

(D. 1429) The founder of the Medici dynasty, one of the worlds first modern people

Question 3

Cosimo de’ Medici

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(1389-1464) Giovanni’s son, the unofficial ruler of the Republic of Florence

Question 4

Lorenzo the Magnificent

Answer 4

(1449-1592) Cosimo’s grandson, personified the Renaissance attitude with his support of the arts

Question 5

Fillipo Brunelleschi

Answer 5

(1377-1446) A Renaissance architect, used principles of design to build cathedrals

Question 6

Leon Battista Alberti

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(1404-1472) A Renaissance architect, studied Greco- Roman symmetry, classical columns, arches and dome

Question 7

Lorenzo Ghiberti

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(1378-1455) Sculptor of the bronze doors for the Florentine baptistery

Question 8

Giotto

Answer 8

(1267-1337) Painter, painted the walls of Florentine buildings

Question 9

Massaccio

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(1401-1428) Painter, used light and shadow, nude figures, and the illusion of perspective

Question 10

Sandro Botticelli

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(1444-1510) Painter, painted Greek mythology images. Most famous: “The Birth of Venus”

Question 11

Raphael

Answer 11

(1483-1520) Painters, famous for his Madonnas

Question 12

Leonardo da Vinci

Answer 12

(1452-1519) Personification of the “Renaissance Man” Painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, writer, scientist. Famous works: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper

Question 13

Michelangelo Buonarroti

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(1475-1564) Sculptor, painter. Famous Works: Pieta, Moses, David, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Question 14

Dante

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(1265-1321) Poet. Famous Work: The Divine Comedy

Question 15

Petrarch

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(1304-1374) The first “modern” writer

Question 16

Boccaccio

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(1313-1375) Contemporary of Petrarch. Famous Work: Decameron

Question 17

Leonardo Bruni

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(1370-1444) Chancellor of the Republic of Florence, wrote the first modern history.

Question 18

Baldassare Castiglione

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(1478-1592) Famous Work: The Book of the Courtier, a manual for the manners of a modern gentleman.

Question 19

Niccolò Machiavelli

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(1469-1527) Famous Work: The Prince (1513)

Question 20

Laura Cereta

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(1469-1499) Humanist and early Feminist. Famous Work: Epistolae Familiars (1488)

Question 21

Johann Gutenberg

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(1400-1468) Popularized the printing press

Question 22

Johann Muller

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(1436-1476) Famous Work: Regiomontanus

Question 23

Nicholas of Cusa

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(1401-1464) Scientist and Mathematician of the 15th century

Question 24

Martin Behaim

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(1459-1507) Mapper

Question 25

Johannes Schoner

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(1477-1547) Mapper

Question 26

Copernicus

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(1473-1543) Introduced the concept of a Heliocentric universe

Question 27

Meister Eckhart

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(1260-1328) Mystic

Question 28

Thomas à Kempis

Answer 28

(1380-1471) Famous Work: Imitation of Christ