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- 5. (1452–1519) was an Italian artist considered the ideal Renaissance man due to his varied talents. His interests included botany, anatomy, optics, music, architecture, and engineering. His sketches for flying machines and undersea boats resembled the later inventions of airplanes and submarines. His paintings, such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, remain famous today.
- 8. (1304–1374) lived in Florence and was an early Renaissance humanist, poet, and scholar. He assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts gathered from monasteries and churches, helping to preserve these classic works for future generations.
- 9. (1469–1527) was born in Florence. He was a Renaissance political philosopher, statesman, and writer. His most famous work was a guide for rulers on how to gain and keep power. The Prince was realistic about political power. Machiavelli argued that the end justified the means in politics. The term “Machiavellian” is still used today to describe deceitful politics.
- 10. a person who provides financial support for the arts
- 11. study of subjects such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history that were taught in ancient Greece and Rome
- 12. surname Buonarroti (1475–1564) was an Italian painter also known for his sculpture, engineering, architecture, and poems. His famous marble statue, David, shows the influence of ancient Greek traditions on Renaissance artists. He painted biblically themed ceiling murals for the Sistine Chapel in Rome. As an architect, he designed the dome of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome, later a model for the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C.
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- 1. (1478–1529) was an Italian courtier, diplomat, and writer. His handbook, The Book of the Courtier, was widely read for its advice on the manners, skills, learning, and virtues that court members should display. He described an ideal courtier as well-mannered, well-educated, and multitalented.
- 2. an intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics
- 3. everyday language of ordinary people
- 4. (1483–1520) was a Renaissance painter who blended Christian and classical styles. His famous paintings include one of the Madonna, the mother of Jesus, and School of Athens, showing an imaginary gathering of great thinkers, scientists, and artists including Michelangelo, Leonardo, and himself.
- 6. artistic technique used to give paintings and drawings a three-dimensional effect
- 7. a city in the Tuscany region of northern Italy that was the center of the Italian Renaissance