Chapter 17 Vocabulary Review

Utopia, a fictional book about an ideal place, contains More’s political philosophy

belief in individual achievement

playwright, works displayed a mastery of the English language & understanding of humans were performed at the Globe the

sculptor, poet, architect, and painter created the David, Pieta, and Sistine Chapel

ruled from 1558 – 1603, supported the development of English art and literature

§used recently developed oil-based paints to develop techniques that painters still use

person who gives money to support the arts

worldly rather than spiritual; non religious

Learned from Michelangelo and Da Vinci and filled the walls of Pope Julius II’s library with paintings. 

painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist, a true “renaissance man,” credited with creating the Mona Lisa

skillful in portraying large numbers of people, interested in a large number of details

produced woodcuts and engravings of religious subjects, myths, & realistic landscapes

§The Praise of Folly, believed in a Christianity of heart not rules and ceremonies

invented the movable type printing press

movement that focused on human achievement and potential

specialized in painting portraits that are almost photographic in detail 

Rich banking family that used loans to control governments in Italian city-states

“rebirth” of classical Greco-Roman art and learning that began in Italy

known for writing sonnets (14 line poems), was the "Father of humanism," and Wrote in Italian and Latin

technique that shows three dimensions on a flat surface