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Italian Renaissance
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Renaissance | Rebirth of learning and ideas |
Humanism | Human needs and values are considered more important than religious beliefs |
Leonardo da Vinci | Renaissance man; painter, sculptor, architect, inventor; Mona Lisa, Last Supper |
Michelangelo | painter, sculptor; statue of David, Sistene Chapel |
John Calvin | Reformer; believed in predestination |
Johann Guttenburg | Developed a printing press that used moveable type |
William Shakespeare | Poet and playwrite |
Reformation | A reform movement against the Catholic Church |
Martin Luther | Reformer; Nailed 95 Theses (complaints) to the church door. |
perspective | In art, three dimensional, shows depth |
patrons | A person who financially supported artists during the Renaissance |
vernacular | everyday language of ordinary people |
Protestant | Those who protested against the Catholic Church |