Renaissance Related Arts Quiz Flashcards
Botticelli”s depiction of — was one of the first large-scale depictions of classical mythology since antiquity
Venus
Wealthy Citizens who sometimes held public office but more often wielded power from behind the scenes
Merchant Princes
Florence’s greatest architect
Filippo Brunelleschi
Illusion of depth by blurring trees
Atmospheric perspective
Impression of space
linear perspective
Song set in 4 parts; each part is performed by one singer
Madrigal
Donatello’s —
David
Michelangelo’s —
David and pieta
Masterpiece of world political theory for Italian princes
Machiavelli’s The Prince
Across the [Mona Lisa] is a hazy aura created by the use of —
sfumato
Renaissance musicians migrated to the courts of patrons such as —
Maximilian
The greatest composer of the high renaissance
Josquin des Prez
— spent his last years devoted to architechture
Michaelangelo
The construction a new — revealed the renaissance spirit at its best and worst
St. Peter’s Cathedral
Popular young painter and artist
Raphael
Pious monk who set off a religious revolution in 1517
Martin Luther
Religious revolt that divided western Christianity into Roman Catholic and Protestant faiths
Reformation
Martin Luthers major rejections of the Catholic church (communion, penance, matrimony)
Sacraments
A humanist and generous patron of the arts, — negotiated with — to establish the Collége de France
Francis I, Eramus
Designed by an Italian architect for a French king, — symmetrical and unified plan was marked by round turrets at the corners
Château de Chambord
the era of prosperity of the Elizabethan theater began in 1576, when — was built
theater in london/Globe Theater
Most acclaimed dramatist of the English language
Shakespeare
A dance that called for males to lift their partners on their thighs
Volta
Catholic church’s effort to reform itself and mount a religious offensive against protestantism
Counter-Reformation
