Renaissance Period
Rebirth of Greek and Roman Culture
Renaissance Art
realistic, advanced, clear emotions, nature, nudity, geometric arrangement, light source
Middle Age Art
2D, religious, messed-up feet, proportions all wrong, little emotions, dull colors
Leonardo da Vinci
A painter, sculptor, inventor, painted Monalisa, “Renaissance Man”
Filippo Brunelleschi
Artist, Physics into art, architect, Big dome, Medici family liked him
Raphael
Painted Madonna and child
Michelangelo
Sculptor, Systine Chapel
Christine de Pizan
Wrote the “Book of the City of Ladies”
early feminist
early feminist
Machiavelli
Wrote “The Prince” how to be a leader
Jan van Eyck
Popularized oil paintings that added color and detail
Petrarch
Father of Humanism
Humanism
Study of the classics/ human potential
Erasmus
Father of Christian Humanism; very religious
Ignatius of Loyola
Founded Jesuits, good schools
Zwingli
Founded Zwinglism but ended up as Calvinism; died in battle
Calvinism
Predestination
Castiglione
“The Book of the Courtier” how to be a noble
Lutheranism
Founded by Martin Luther, first religion, 95 Grievances
95 Grievances
Complained about indulgences of the church
Church of England/ Jesuits
Founded by King Henry, Catholic
Anabaptist
No babies baptized, Thou Shall not Kill, equalism
Malan
Sfoza
Venice
“Doge”
Florence
Medici
Savannah
Medici
Savannah
Medici
Vernacular Language
Everyday speech
Dante
A writer
“The Divine Comedy”
Told views on religion
Chaucer
“Canterbury Tale” telling stories
Albrecht Dürer
A painter, brought Italian Renaissance to Northern Europe
Peace of Augsburg
Officially recognized split of Christian Church in Germany
Edict of Worms
Declared Martin Luther outlaw
Council of Trent
Addressed corruption in church and set church doctrine – church had been right about everything
