WH C6 S1 Key Terms

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

This is a famous Michelangelo painting.

Highly regarded and influential scholar of the Renaissance who mastered Latin and Greek

Literature, philosophy, art, history, grammar, & speech that covered a wide spectrum of human interests and experiences

Perspective is a technique for adding depth to paintings

Central figure in Italian literature; known as the Father of Humanism

The name for the structure of humans, animals, and plants

He designed the dome for the Cathedral of Florence

The word for a revival of learning in the beginning of the fourteenth century?

An Italian author who wrote The Courtier

Johannes Gutenberg invented the

A famous building in Rome whose ceiling was painted by Michelangelo

Known as the Father of Humanism

The Italian artist of the Renaissance who is well known for The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa

Ghiberti sculpted the door for the baptistery of Florence

He served on King Henry VIII’s court and wrote Utopia

Renaissance artist best known for his painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome

Machiavelli wrote The Prince

Shading is a technique for adding depth to paintings