Renaissance + Reformation Flashcards
Who financed Brunelleschi’s dome?
Cosimo d’Medici
Who painted the “Marriage of Arnolfini”?
Jan Van Eyck
Who started the printing revolution?
Johann Gutenberg
What was the name of Thomas More’s book on an ideal society?
Utopia
Where was the center of the Italian Renaissance?
Florence
What is the rebirth of classical learning?
the Renaissance
Who created the Church of England?
Henry VIII
Who was executed for not accepting the Church of England or its leader?
Thomas More
What did Martin Luther create that listed his complaints against the Catholic Church?
95 Theses
Who were scholars who emphasized worldly subjects?
humanists
Who was the protestant/theocratic leader of Geneva?
John Calvin
Who established a humanist library of Greek and Roman manuscripts featuring Cicero and Homer?
Petrarch
Who was the “true Renaissance man” known for the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who believed in justification by faith?
Martin Luther
Who invented linear perspective?
Brunelleschi
Who was the guidebook for rulers on how to maintain power?
Machiavelli
Who was the author of The Prince?
Machiavelli
What was the city at the center of the Northern Renaissance?
Flanders
which artist is known primarily for his engravings such as “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”?
Albrecht Durer
What did Martin Luther believe salvation could only be attained through?
justification by faith
Why did Henry VIII create the Church of Enlgand?
to get a divorce from Catherine of Aragon
Which Medici began the patronage trend by financing Brunelleschi’s dome and Donatello?
Cosimo
Who did belief in Christianity and magic lead to the persecution of?
witches
Which philosophy emphasized Greco-Roman studies such as rhetoric and history?
humanism
Who was the only wife to outlive Henry VIII?
Catherine Parr
Who sold indulgences in Wittenberg, launching Luther’s actions in the Protestant Reformation?
Tetzel
Who designed the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore?
Brunelleschi
Who painted the “Birth of Venus”?
Botticelli
Who wrote “The Divine Comedy”?
Dante Aligheri
Which northern artist was known for his peasant scenes?
Bruegel
Which Renaissance poet was a favorite of Elizabeth I?
William Shakespeare
Who led the “Bonfire of the Vanities”?
Savonarola
Who painted the “School of Athens”?
Raphael
What was used to make paint during the Renaissance?
eggs
Who launched the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther
What was the Catholic response to the Reformation?
Counter/Catholic Reformation
Who was the mot successful Tudor ruler?
Elizabeth I
What is a “sea dog”?
a pirate
What was Phillip II’s attack on England called?
the Spanish Armada
