AP Euro Unit 1 Renaissance Flash Cards

Everyday language of a specific nation. 

Dominican friar;attacked paganism & moral vice of Medici & Alexander VI.Burned @ stake in Flo .

Northern Renaissance $$ Headed leading banking, and trading house inl6th century Europe. 

(1547-1616) Spanish writer. Wrote Don Quixote .

A man that is multitalented and is well-educated. 

On the Dignity of Man; Man is in-betweenbeasts and angels;no limits to what man canaccomplish

On Pleasure; On false Donation of Constantine. Fatherof modern historical criticism. 

Leaders who took measures to limit power of the Roman Catholic Church within their countries. 

Father of the Renaissance. Father of Humanism."Dark Ages." Laura. Sonnet. 

(1466-1536) Praise of Folly; Dutch Humanist, religious education

French satirical author.Gargantua and Pantagruel

Plan to overthrow the Medici’s. 

(1386-1466) Sculptor; probably greatest influence of any Florentine artist beforeMichelangelo. 

(1533-1592) finest representative of early modern skepticism. Created a new genre, the essay.  

Stressed personality, uniqueness, genius, and fullest dev't of capabilities and talents

(1469-1492) bankingfamily in Florencein 15thc; ruled government of Flo.from behind the scenes. 

Italian poet wrote Inferno and DivineComedy. 

(1377-1446)Italian architect;Florentine Ren.;anti-Gothic;Foundling Hospital in Florence. 

(1492-1503) Corrupt Spanish pope; aided militarily by his son, Cesare Borgia,hero of The Prince

(1475-1564) Worked in Rome. Painted the Sistine Chapel. Sculpted the statue of David. 

The awakening from the dark ages and the focusing on the Greeks and Romans. 

Naturalistic pose with weight on one foot

(1503-1513) militaristic Pope; tore downthe old Saint Peter’s Basilica and began anew in 1506

(1276-1337) Florentine Painter who led the wayin the use of realism. 

Studied Latin classics to learn what they reveal abouthuman nature & achievements

AD 1400s

(1452-1519) Artist who madereligious paintings and sculptures like the Last Supper. 

Utopia; Englishman, lawyer, politician,Chancellor-Henry VIII. Executed over relig. beliefs. 

AD 1500s

The belief in material things instead of religious things. 

(1469-1527) The Prince; secular method of ruling a country. "End justifies the means." 

(1313-1375) Decameron--tells about ambitious merchants,portrays a sensual,and worldly society. 

Northern Renaissance painter noted for his portraits and religiouspaintings.  

The Courtier; educated man should know acad. subj. and should betrained in music,dance & art. 

The striving for excellence. Humanistic aspect of Renaissance.

A leading painter of the FlorentineRenaissance;highly personal style. The Birth of Venus