Unit VII Flashcards
What were the characteristics of the humanist movement and what caused the movement to take form?
Reaching back into past and studying Greek and Romans
What was the renaissance a rebirth of?
Education, art
Discuss some of the technical developments in artwork during the renaissance.
More realistic, 3D
How was the artistic renaissance made possible by patrons?
Patrons bought paintings and gave money
Why was Leonardo da Vinci considered a Renaissance man?
He was a sculptor, painter, and inventor
Why did Michelangelo believe marble was the true medium of an artist?explain his philosophy on how he decided to carve the figures he did
Because he believed painting was filling in empty space, sculpting was taking it out. God put them trapped in the marble and he was freeing them.
Why did Florentines idolize The David? What did it stand for and represent for Florence?
It represented the reform and realism of the Renaissance
Who was Dante Alighieri? What was his greatest contribution?
He was an Italian poet that wrote the divine comedy
Discuss the political make upon Italy during the time of the Renaissance. How did the growth of state power lead to the events of the reformation?
Not a unified country. Five independent kingdoms
power of state goes up power of the church goes down
What was confirmed at the council of Trent?
Everyone agreed that the bible was final, Christians needed faith and good works for salvation, bible and church are equally powerful, and indulgences were valid expressions of faith but not selling.
What were the effects of Gutenberg’s printing press?
Allowed more production allowing more learning
What was the motivation behind the churches selling of indulgences?
They Needed more money for St. Peter’s Basilica
What were Martin Luther’s chief objections to the Roman Catholic Church?
Selling of indulgences
What were some of the major beliefs of John Calvin?
Predestination, foreknowledge, purified life
What was the primary reason for Henry the VIII’s break with the Catholic Church?
The pope wouldn’t grant his divorce
How did the act of supremacy finalize England’s break with the Catholic Church?
Because it required people to take an oath declaring Henry supreme head of the church
Why was queen Mary I known as bloody Mary?
She slaughtered 300 Protestants
What was the lasting legacy of queen Elizabeth I?
Finalized the break with the Catholic Church. She created Anglican
What were the goals of Ignatius Loyola and how did he seek to achieve these goals?
Founded schools, converted non-Christians to Catholicism, and stop the spread of Protestantism
Seeked to achieve through education
Discuss the causes of the reformation think PERSIAN
P- The religion of the rule was the religion of the people
E- buying people into heaven, sale of indulgences
R- only needed the scripture in faith for salvation no priests or pope
S- peasant rebellions
I- people wanted greek banning and rejected new ideas
A- printing press equals learning spread
N- Europe
Mona Lisa
Leonardo da Vinci. May be a reflection of himself, woman smiling
Last supper
You Nardo da Vinci. Jesus and his disciples and only 11 disciples, and may be a woman
Vitruvian man
Leonardo da Vinci. Showed the perfect man, tall dimensions
The David
Michelangelo. Statue of David before or during his battle with Goliath, realistic
The Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo. Has the creation of Adam
Pieta
Michelangelo. Shows Mary holding Jesus after he died
School of Athens
Raphael. It is a reflection of humanism Socrates and Plato are in it
