WH Renaissance Games Use these activities to help you learn the terms in Ch. 17.1 and 17.2 Tools A B Leonardo da Vinci Renaissance artist famous for the Mona Lisa Baldassare Castiglione Author of The Courtier Humanism Intellectual movement of the Renaissance that focused on human potential and achievements Secular Focus on worldly affairs Michelangelo Renaissance artist famous for painting the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel Machiavelli Author of the Prince Medici Powerful family that controlled Florenct Patron Someone who supports the arts, especially financially Renaissance Period in history marked by a rebirth of art and learning that began in northern Italy Donatello Renaissance artist who sculpted the first free standing nube since classical times Raphael Artist famous for the School of Athens Sofonisba Anguissola Female artist known for her portraits of prominent people such as Philip II of Spain Masaccio Artist who rediscovered the technique of perspective Petrarch Writer famous for his sonnets about Laura Boccaccio Author of The Decameron Isabella d'Este First lady of the Renaissance who won her husband's release after he was taken captive Victoria Collonna Female writer who wrote sonnets and helped Castiglione get The Courtier published Pieter Bruegel the Elder Felmish artist who painted Peasant's Wedding Thomas More Author of Utopia Elizabethan Age Another name for the English Renaissance William Shakespeare Renown English playwright, perhaps the greatest playwright in history Erasmus Author of The Praise of Folly Rabelais Author of Gargantua and Pantagruel Han Hoblein the Younger German artist who painted Henry VIII in Wedding Dress Jan van Eyck Flemish artist who used oil paints and painted the Arnolfini Wedding Johann Gutenberg Inventor of the printing press Albrecht Durer German painter of the Adoration of the Trinity