Renaissance, Reformation, Enlightenment Flashcards
What was the difference between the Italian and northern renaissance?
The Italian renaissance was more secular, while the northern renaissance focused on becoming more religious through study of classical texts
What were the 3 major themes of the italian renaissance?
Humanism, individualism, and secularism
Who were the Medicis?
Banking family of Florence
Very powerful oligarchy
What is a city-state?
An independent nation that is comprised of just one city
Who was Petrarch and what did he believe?
1304-1374, father of humanism
Wrote sonnets
First to use term “dark ages”
Saw contemporaries as barbaric
Who was Boccaccio?
1313-1375
Wrote The Decameron
Who was Baldassare Castiglione?
Wrote The Courtier
Who was Giovanni Pico?
Reconciled all philosophies
Wrote Oration on the Dignity of Man
Who was Giotto?
1267-1337
Painter famous for solid bodies, expression of emotion, and suggestion of landscape
Who was Masaccio?
1401-1428
Painter who put new emphasis on nature, 3D human bodies, and perspective
-first to show nudes
Who was Donatello?
1386-1466
Sculptor, focus on the beauty of the human body
Nude sculptures, free-standing bronze statue (David)
Who was Brunelleschi?
1377-1446
Architect; symmetry, simplicity, balance, harmony
Dome of Duomo in Florence
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
1452-1519
Painter; technical perfection
Mona Lisa, last supper, self portrait, Vitruvian man
Who was Raphael?
1438-1520
Painter; perspective, ancient styles, sense of peace
Papal apartments, school of Athens, self portraits, madonnas
Who was Michelangelo?
1475-1564
Painter, sculptor; individuals w/strength, ambition
Marble David, Sistine chapel, “last judgement”
Who was Titian?
1479-1576
Painter; luxury scenes
When and where was the Italian Renaissance?
15th century
Florence, Rome, Venice, Milan
What were the political systems in the Italian renaissance?
Medici family in Florence
Italian city-states
What did Machiavelli write?
The prince
What did Dante write?
Divine comedy
What was the impact of the Italian renaissance?
It spread north
Where was the northern renaissance?
North of alps, Spain
What were the political systems in the northern renaissance?
Holy Roman Empire
Strong church influence
What were the goals of the northern renaissance?
Christian humanism
- Hebrew and Greek texts of bible
- less sudden