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Renaissance Vocab 1

Renaissance Vocabulary Set 1

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Renaissance French for “rebirth” (c1350-1600) revival of the arts and learning that began in Italy and spread throughout Europe (most often associated with the works of Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Dante, and Da Vinci)
Humanism an approach in study, philosophy, world view, or practice that focuses on human values and concerns, attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters
Secular worldly, pertaining to the material (as opposed to the spiritual or religious); nonreligious in nature; not belonging to a religious order
Niccolò Machiavelli an Italian historian, diplomat, philosopher, humanist and writer based in Florence during the Renaissance; He was a founder of modern political science Author of The Prince
Leonardo da Vinci an Italian Renaissance polymath; painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer who epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal
Michelangelo Buonarroti an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art
Raphael Italian Renaissance painter and architect; one of the archangels of medieval Christianity; male first name; family name; archangel in Judaism
Johannes Gutenberg German printer, he developed a printing press that used movable type; Gutenberg’s first publication was a 1,282-page Bible
Desiderius Erasmus Dutch priest, he published In Praise of Folly in which he criticized corrupt clergy; His criticisms helped inspire the Protestant Reformation
William Shakespeare English Renaissance writer and playwright, he is considered by many to be the greatest English writer of all time
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