| A | B |
|---|
| renaissance | a "rebirth" of classical ideas in Northern Italy 1300-1600 |
| Petrarch | began humanism-the father of the Italian Renaissance |
| vernacular | the language of each country Ex. French, Italian, not Latin |
| Guttenberg Bible | the first printed book in Germany 1450 |
| Machiavelli | Italian writer of "The Prince": the end justifies the means |
| reason, questioning and artistic discovery | characteristics of Renaissance |
| faith, tradition and authority | characteristic of medieval world |
| secular (ism) | belief that society and government should be seperate from influence of the church |
| Italy | possessed classical painting and benefited from trade routes where Renaissance could arise |
| patrons | supported the arts: Popes, Medici: Florence and Milan |
| Humanists | writers,artists who glorified the human, not religious |
| michelangelo | artist who sculpted Pieta and painted Sistine Chapel |
| DaVinci | Artist,engineer,arcitect, musician: painted Mona Lisa |
| 3-D perpective, human themes ,glorification of body | traits of Renaissance Art |
| religious figures, no perspective | traits of medieval Art |
| Rembrandt | Greatest Painter of Northern Europe:light and dark; everyday people |
| Rubens | Northern Renaissance painter :colorful landscapes |
| Scientific Revolution | promoted scientific method,and uncovered the secrets of the physical world-stopped superstitions (Redi's rotting meat experiment) |
| Copernicus | Polish Astronomer: sun is center of solar system |
| Italian government | controlled by rich merchant families |
