| A | B |
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| Renaissance | Rebirth of learning especially classical art (Roman & Greek). |
| Literacy | Ability to read and write. |
| Urban Society | People who live in cities. |
| Vernacular | Spoken language of a particular area. |
| Humanism | Belief that people are born good not evil AND people should enjoy life. |
| Secularism | Dealing with worldly matters instead of spiritual matters. |
| Individualism | Pursuit of one's own ideas and beliefs |
| Greco - Roman | Greek - Rome |
| Classical | Greek and Roman culture (Art, Language, Literature) |
| Johann Gutenberg | Invented the movable type printing press in Europe. More books could be made available to common people. |
| Movable Type | Ability to change letters before you print. |
| Gutenberg Bible | First bible not printed by hand. |
| Parchment | Paper |
| Patron | Member of the middle class who supported the artists. |
| Mirandola | Wrote book "On The Dignity of Man" Said highest form of religion was respecting humans, believed in goodness of humans. |
| Castiglione | Wrote a book called "Courtier" He talked about the idea of Renaissance man. |
| Renaissance Man | A person who could do many different things well (well rounded individual). |
| Lorenzo DeMedici | Ruler of Florence - Was a great patron of the arts. |
| Venice | Northeast Italy. Built on 118 islands. Greatly influenced by eastern art style. |
| Rome | Capital of the Catholic Church. The church became big patron of the arts. |
| Geno | Located on the Northwestern side of Italy. |
| Florence | Capital of the Renaissance Located in the center of Italy. |
| Characteristics of Renaissance Art | Color, perspective, use of shadow, realism. |
| Frescoes | Paintings of walls (wet plaster). |
| Perspective | A sense of space in a painting (2D or 3D look) by using lines - space, depth, distance. |
| Realism | To portray something as it actually exists. |
| Giotto | Came from Florence. Early 1300's Considered 1 of 1st Renaissance artists to chg from Medieval style 1st to show motion & use color paintings. |
| Masaccio | He was Florence - Early 1400's - 1st to give depth to human portraits. |
| Donatello | 1st to sculpture in bronze Made a cast accurately showing human anatomy. |
| Lorenzo Ghiberti | Created 10 panels on doors of Cathedral of Florence Panels were done in bronze depicting stories from new testament. |
| Raphael | Painted the Madonna (Mother of Christ Mary) The Sistine Chapel School of Athens. Chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica. |
| Michelangelo | Sculpted the Pita, David, Moses, The Last Judgment. Painted ceiling of Sistine Chapel designed dome of St Peter's Basilica. |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | Painted the Mona Lisa, Last Supper was inventor & engineer |
| Filippo Brunelleschi | 1st architect to design domes based on Roman architecture Designed dome at Cathedral of Florence. |
| St. Peter's | The Pope's church - the largest church in the world - mother of all churches. |
| Sistine Chapel | Located in Vatican City |
| Renaissance Literature | Written in the vernacular - dealt with basic subjects - religion and humanism. |
| Geoffrey Chaucer | Wrote the Canterbury Tales - written in English not Latin like everythings else until then. |
| Dante Alighieri | Wrote the Divine Comedy in Italian. |
| Francesco Petrarch | An early humanist - wrote poetry - 1st to write sonnets. |
| Sonnet | Short poetry - 14 lines long - simple rhythmic patterns. |
| Benvenuto Cellini | Wrote 1st autobiography. |
| Niccolo Machiavelli | Diplomat from Florence - wrote a book called "The Prince" |
| The Prince | A book - stated ruler did not need to consider subjects when making decisions, just his success. |
| The Northern Renaissance | Spread of Italian Renaissance into North Europe began a scientific exploration called the "Age of Reason". |
| Erasmus | A dutch writer who wrote "Praise of Folly" He openly criticized the Catholic leaders. |
| Thomas Moore | English writer wrote "The Utopia" Wrote about what he thought was perfect Christian society which was 1 human equality 2 brotherhood. |
| William Shakespeare | An English writer Most famous for his dramas He wrote during the Elizabethan period. |
| Cervantes | A spanish writer who wrote a book called "Don Quixote" It was about a boy who wanted to be a knight. |
| Jan Van Eyck | A dutch painter He was the 1st to experiment with oil paints (Italian Renaissance painted frescoes). |
| Oil Paints | Allowed people to paint a canvas It was a new style of painting for the Renaissance. |
| Peter Brueghel | Dutch artist combined Italian Renaissance style w/northern European style (Italian Renaissance artists painted religious themes Northern European artists painted secular themes (landscapes). |
| Rembrandt and rubens | Two of the most famous dutch painters of the late Northern Renaissance. |
| Copernicus | He proposed the Heliocentric Theory Sun was the center of the universe. |
| Effects of the Renaissance | 1 Bridged gap bet. middle ages & modern 2 Period tremendous art achievement 3 Freed man from alliance w/catholic church & foundation for protestant reformation 4 Spread north into Europe 5 Man began to question beliefs |
