| A | B |
|---|
| humanism | focus on man's worth and capacities |
| Renaissance man | praised human individuality, ability, and dignity |
| Renaissance | French word for rebirth |
| Humanists | church members who acknowledged the existence of God but also were primarily interested in classical learning |
| Italy | beginning of the Renaissance |
| Renaissance humanists | started a rebirth of interest in the literature, art, and philosophy of the classical age |
| de Medici | most famous Renaissance patrons |
| Florentine writers | studied the classic literature from Roman and Greek times causing a rebirth of learning in Europe |
| Florence | birthplace of the Renaissance |
| Petrarch | "Father of Humanism" |
| Castiglione | wrote one of the most famous books on etiquette and manners |
| Machiavelli | humanist ruler who said, "It is much safer to be feared than loved." |
| The Prince | Machiavelli's work that promoted the secular state where government is freed from restraints and religion |
| Praise of Folly | Eramus's work that points out the evils and folly of the Renaissance |
| Gutenberg | recognized as the man who invented movable-type printing |
| movable type | reduced the cost of books |
| movable type | eliminated many errors caused by handprinting |
| movable type | rapid increase in spreading ideas and education |
| Erasmus | published a Greek New Testament |
| More | described the ideal state; adviser to Henry VIII |
| Cervantes | satire on chivalry |
| Renaissance artists | were very concerned about receiving credit for their work |
| Giotto | "Father of Renaissance Painting" |
| frescoes | paintings on wet plaster |
| Masaccio | used shading to create three-dimensional effect in his paintings |
| Botticelli | created movement using bold lines |
| Botticelli | painted pagan themes of classical mythology |
| Botticelli | converted after hearing Savonarola's preaching and began painting with a more religious tone |
| most famous High Renaissance painters | da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael |
| da Vinci | most versatile of the Renaissance men |
| Savonarola | Dominican friar who sought to bring moral reform to the church in Florence |
| Raphael | known for sweet-faced Madonnas |
| Leonardo | known for his scientific and technical designs in a notebook |
| Sistine Chapel | depicts the story of creation, man's fall, the Flood, and the redemption of man |
| Last Judgment | front wall of the Sistine Chapel painted by Michelangelo 25 years after he finished the ceiling |
| Venice | controlled the trade routes from the East and became the most important city culturally |
| Venetian artists | showed their love of money throught their emphasis on merchants, city officials, and beautiful women |
| Titian | best known for his portraits and use of rich colors |
| Tintoretto | "little dyer" from Venice |
| Durer | painter best known for his wood carvings and engravings which were used to illustrate books |
| Holbein | painted Henry VIII, More, and Erasmus |
| Van Eyck | one of the first painters to use oil paints which gave a sense of realism to his work |
| Brueghel | genre painter of scenes from everyday life |
| Ghiberti | designed the bronze panels known as the "Gate to Paradise" |
| Brunelleschi | defeated Ghiberti in a competition to build the dome of the cathedral of Florence |
| Donatello | known for the first freestanding sculpture |
| Pieta | masterpiece by Michelangelo that depicts Mary larger than life and too young to be the mother of an adult Jesus |
| Pieta | depicts Christ without any disfigurement |
| Renaissance music | more secular than sacred |
| lute | most popular instrument of the Renaissance |
| Depres | leading musician during the Renaissance whose music helped make the transition from medieval to modern |
| Palestrina | best known composer of Renaissance church music |
| Renaissance | prepared the way for the Reformation |
