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- 2. study of subjects such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history, that were taught in ancient Greece and Rome
- 6. Michaelangelo artistic talent and sweet and gracious nature; painted blending Christian and classic styles; know for Madonna painting – tender portrayal of mother of Jesus; The School of Athens is a painting showing an imaginary gathering of great thinkers and scientist
- 8. Dürer German painter; 1494; artists studied under Italian masters for Renaissance; called "Leonardo of the North"; applied painting techniques to engraving
- 9. Gutenberg 1455 from Mainz, Germany, printed first Bible on a printing press; printing press transformed Europe – was hand written prior; more books so more readers
- 10. da Vinci artist from 1452–1519; dissected corpses to learn how bones and muscles work; paintings has realism; Mona Lisa, Last Supper; experimented with new types of paint;
- 11. a person who provides financial support for the arts
- 12. everyday language of ordinary people
- 15. Thomas More friend of Erasmus; English humanist pressed for social reform; in book Utopia describes a society where men and women live in peace
- 16. Buonarroti artist from 1475–1564; sculptor, engineer, painter, architect and poet; "melancholy genius" his works reflect life long spiritual and artistic struggles; marble master pieces such as David – David and Goliath;Pietá; Pietá shows the sorrow of Mary as she cradles her dead son Jesus; series of murals that decorate the ceilings of the Sistine Chapel in Rome – took 4 years to complete; talented architect also– design dome of St. Peter's Cathedral in Rome– many structures modeled off it like the US Captial building
- 18. an intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on eduction and the classics
- 19. Petrarch a Florentine who lived in 1300's, an early Renaissance humanist, poet and scholar; assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts in monasteries and churches; enabled the works of Cicero, Homer and Virgil to become know to Western Europeans
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- 1. Castiglione wrote The Book of the Courtier – describes the manners, skills, learning and virtues that a member of the court should have – well educated, well–mannered aristocrat who mastered many field, from poetry to music to supports; ideal male – active, good at games, not a gambler, plays music, knows literature and history; ideal woman – offers a balance to men, graceful, kind, lively, reserved, beautiful
- 3. idealistic or visionary, usually used to describe a perfect society
- 4. Erasmus born in 1466; Dutch priest and humanist; scholar; wrote texts on a number of subjects and produced a new Greek edition of the Bible
- 5. a region that included parts of present day northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands; was an important industrial and financial center of northern Europe during the Middle Ages and Renaissance
- 7. artistic technique used to give paintings and drawings a three–dimensional effect
- 13. a city in the Tuscany region of northern Italy that was the center of the Italian Renaissance
- 14. Machiavelli wrote a guide for rulers on how to gain and maintain power; wrote The Prince, looked at at real rulers in an age of ruthless power; told rulers to use whatever means necessary to achieve their goal
- 17. art for in which an artist etches a design on a metal plate with acid and then uses the plate to make multiple prints