MWH Ch. 8 The Renaissance

known for painting scenes of everyday peasant life using rich colors and vivid details

known for woodcuts and engravings portraying religious subjects, classical myths, and realistic landscapes

Definition: The everyday language of people in a region or country.

Definition: A person who supports artists, especially financially.

English playwright who drew upon the classics for stories and inspiration

writer whose The Prince offered realistic, but not moral, advice to rulers

Definition: A way of showing three dimensions on a flat surface.

Why was Johann Gutenberg’s movable type so important to the Renaissance?

Definition: Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters.

a true “Renaissance man”; known for the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

first woman to achieve an international reputation; known for her portraits

known for pioneering oil-based painting, developing new techniques to add subtly to colors

How was humanism different from intellectual movements during the Middle Ages?

known for painting incredibly detailed portraits of the English royal family

Why was the new technology of papermaking important to the Renaissance?

Which of Jan van Eyck’s innovations became very influential to future artists?

Definition: An imaginary land described by Thomas more, an ideal place.

Which of the following was a guiding principle of Machiavelli’s The Prince?

Dutch humanist whose In Praise of Folly teased different people in society

How did Renaissance architects, such as Brunelleschi, use past styles in their designs?

What was the focus of Christian humanism?

known for depicting the human body realistically; sculptures include the Pietà and David

How did most monarchs in England and France participate in the Northern Renaissance?

Definition: A movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focus on human potential and achievements.

writer whose Decameron described realistic characters through tragic and comedic stories

How did the style of portraits and sculptures illustrate the ideas of the Renaissance?

Which characteristic of William Shakespeare’s writing followed the style of the Renaissance?

Definition: Greek philosophy based on the idea that nothing can be known for certain.

Which of the following ideas was an influence of Greek philosophers on humanism?

How was Italy organized politically before and during the Renaissance?

poet who exchanged sonnets with Michelangelo and helped Castiglione publish The Courtier

known for his use of perspective; often used the Madonna and child as a subject

French writer who promoted the formal education of both boys and girls

English humanist whose Utopia depicted an imaginary place absent of war and corruption

early and influential humanist who wrote sonnets in Italian and Latin