WH Unit 6 NC Review

"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

Ruled Florence during the Renaissance, became wealthy from banking, spent a lot of money on art, controlled Florence for about 3 centuries

ruler of Florence who was an important patron (financial supporter) of arts and learning

A Renaissance intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements

Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

An Italian author who wrote the book The Courtier in 1528. He described the ideal Renaissance man and woman.

the technique used to represent three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface in a way that looks natural and realistic

(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.

A well known Italian Renaissance artist, architect, musician, mathemetician, engineer, and scientist. Known for the Mona Lisa and Last Supper.

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."

Famous Northern Renaissance artist, he often used woodcutting along with Italian Renaissance techniques like proportion, perspective and modeling. (Knight Death, and Devil; Four Apostles)

Famous Northern Renaissance painter who was a founder of the Flemish school of painting and who pioneered modern techniques of oil painting (used layered technique to achieve subtle shades of color)

(1466?-1536) Dutch Humanist and friend of Sir Thomas More. Wrote Praise of Folly.

lawyer and chancellor of England under Henry VIII; would not sign Act of Supremacy

(1564 - 1616) English poet and playwright considered one of the greatest writers of the English language; works include Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet.