Renaissance Sections 1-2 Flashcards
Renaissance
A word meaning rebirth
Italian Renaissance
(Aka The Renaissance) a period of history that spread from Italy
Urban society
A city/town based off trade
Secular
A worldly viewpoint
Milan
A city-state in Italy that played an important role in politics
Venice
A city-state in Italy that played an important role in politics
Florence
A city-state in Italy that played an important role in politics
Francesco Sfoza
A person who conquered Milan and led mercenaries
Mercenaries
Soldiers who sold their services to the highest bidder
Cosmo de Merdici
A person who took control of Florence and secretly ran it
Lorenzo de Medici
A person who made Florence a cultural city of Italy
Rome
A large city in Italy who was sacked
Machiavelli
An Italian ruler who wrote “the prince”
The prince
A book explaining how to obtain/keep political power
The book of the courier
A book describing how a noble should act
Baldassare Castiglione
The person who wrote the book of the courier
Dowry
A fine payed the the husbands family from the wife’s family
Humanism
A study of literal works from Ancient Greece and Rome
Petrarch
The father of the Italian Renaissance humanism/looked for forgotten Latin Manuscripts
Vernacular
The language spoken in a person’s region
Dante
An Italian author who helped make vernacular literature popular
Geoffrey Chaucer
An English author who made vernacular literature popular
Divine Comedy
A book by Dante describing a Soul’s journey to salvation through hevean, hell, purgatory, and salvation
The Canterbury tales
A collection of stories told from many people journeying to St Thomas a becket
Canterbury
A city in England
Christine de Pizan
A vernacular literature author who wrote in defense of women
The book of the city of ladies
A book describing a women’s ability to learn like men
Masaccio
A painter who used Frescos
Fresco
A painting made of wet plaster and water based paints
Donatello
A sculptor who studies Greek and Roman statues
Filippo Brunelleschi
A person who made architect inspired by Roman architect
Church of San Lorenzo
A work of Brunelleschi imitating Roman architect
Leonardo da Vinci
An Italian artist who mastered realism
Raphael
Another Italian painter who made realism based on ideal beauty using frescos
School of Athens
A Raphael painting containing underlying Greek/roman art
Michelangelo
A sculptor/painter/architect who painted perfect proportioned people
Sistine Chapel
A place with art from Michelangelo on the ceilijg
Flanders
A place with an important school of art
Jan can Eyck
One of the first people to perfect oil painting
Oil painting
A painting with paint made of oils and resin to make translucent color
Giovanni Arnolfini and his bride
A Patiño FM by van Eyck with striking realism
Albrecht Durer
A German artist who harmonized his techniques and Italian techniques
Perspective
The way something looks from positioning
Adoration of the Magi
Drüers painting which harmonized his own and Italian techniques
Observation
Watching/studying something to gain info about it
