Renaissance Definitions and Key Figures

The revival of art, learning, and culture

A movement that focused on the human potential and achievements

People who financially supported artists

<p>A technique used by artists that involves creating the appearance of three-dimensional figures on a flat surface</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The everyday language used in that country or region</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A writer known for writing The Prince, a guidebook on how to be a Prince</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Universal man, excelling in many fields and very educated</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Known for the painting of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper; he was a painter, inventor, and sculptor</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A painter, sculptor, architect, and poet known for his paintings in the Sistine Chapel</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A humanist known for writing about a woman named Laura</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Created by Thomas More, a world with just perfection, no evil</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A famous writer during the Elizabethan Age known for Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A German inventor who made the printing press and produced a large mass of books</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A patron is released from his or her sins</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A call for Religious Reform</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Founded on the teachings of Martin Luther</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Founded on the teachings of the Reformation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Founded on the teachings of the Reformation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Founded on the teachings of the Reformation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A king who took over the church and took the Pope's power away</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A daughter of Henry VIII and sister of Elizabeth who once ruled Europe</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ruled Europe and brought Protestantism</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Led the Huguenots and Calvinists</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>God knew who was going to be saved</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Religious ideas based on John Calvin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A call for reform in the Catholic Church</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Members of the Society of Jesus</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A meeting between Roman Catholic leaders</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Worldly rather than spiritual</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An upper class woman who knows the classics and is charming</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>(1386-1466) Sculptor, probably exerted greatest influence of any Florentine artist before Michelangelo</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>(1483-1520) Italian Renaissance painter; known for his frescos, most famous being The School of Athens</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>(1313-1375) Wrote The Decameron which tells about ambitious merchants and portrays a sensual, worldly society</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A famous writer who gained fame during the Renaissance by writing about personal subjects rather than politics</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Flemish painter that lived from 1525-1569, captured scenes from peasant life and used vivid details and rich colors</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A highly educated Renaissance-era woman who was among the first to earn a living as a writer</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A 1555 agreement declaring that the religion of each German state would be decided by its ruler</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Make void or null, cancel, abolish</p> Signup and view all the answers