Renaissance and Reformation

1. powerful banking family who ruled Florence in the 1400s, patrons of the arts
2. "rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome
4. Renaissance writer; formerly a politician, wrote The Prince, a work on ethics and government, describing how rulers maintain power by methods that ignore right or wrong; accepted the philosophy that "the end justifies the means."
6. religious reformer who believed in predestination
7. Invented the printing press
9. A well known Italian Renaissance artist, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, and scientist. Known for the Mona Lisa.
10. Father of Humanism
12. a person who provides financial support for the arts
13. Declared himself head of the church of England, breaks away from the Catholic church
16. liked the teachings of John Calvin
17. when the people demand change
18. created the 95 thesis, unhappy with the Catholic church
19. A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements

1. (1475-1564) An Italian sculptor, painter, poet, engineer, and architect. Famous works include the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the sculpture of the biblical character David.
3. an Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance
5. A 19th century artistic movement in which writers and painters sought to show life as it is rather than life as it should be
8. God decides your fate
11. use of lines in art to create a third dimension
14. protesting against the Catholic church
15. baptized again