Chapter 12 (Renaissance)

Question 1

Florentine humanist

Answer 1

Leon battista Albierti

Question 2

the leading economic family of florence . They began to influence politics as well

Answer 2

House of Medici

Question 3

gave the idea of what a well rounded courtier would need to be like (this was the premier book explaining etiquette) From this book is the concept of “Renaissance Man”

Answer 3

Baltasar Castiglione

Question 4

seized control of Milan (and Genoa) and was able to hold onto control due to excessive taxation

Answer 4

Francesco sforza

Question 5

Florentine political scientist. wrote The Prince 1517. _______ recognized that there was a need for a political leader to rise up, acquire and expand power in order to restore/ establish order in the Italian Peninsula and ultimately unify Italy

Answer 5

Machiavelli

Question 6

Peace Treaty between Venice and Milan that eventually included all the major Italian city states

Answer 6

Treaty of Lodi

Question 7

proved that the “donation of Constantine” was actually a forgery, and was produced sometime around the 8th century (Charlemagne was born in 768 AD)

Answer 7

Lorenzo Valla

Question 8

a program of study, including rhetoric and literature, based on what students in the classical world (c.500 B.C.E to 500 C.E.) would have studied

Answer 8

Humanism

Question 9

attempted to prove that the christian concept of god could coexist with Plato’s view of the universe

Answer 9

Marsilio Ficino

Question 10

said “man is the measure of all things” and saw man as the ultimate creation of God

Answer 10

Pico de Mirandola

Question 11

humanist scholar went so far as to create an educational program for women, but tellingly left out of his curriculum the study of Rhetoric or public speech, critical parts of the male education, since women had no outlet to make use of these skills

Answer 11

Leonardo Bruni

Question 12

was a valencian scholar and humanist who spent most of his adult life in the Southern Netherlands

Answer 12

Juan Luis Vives

Question 13

played an important role in bringing the development of printing from movable type to completian. ______’s bible, completed in 1455 or 1456, was the first true book in the west produced from movable type

Answer 13

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 14

His “History of Italy” and “History of Florence” represent the beginning of “modern analytical historiography.” Emphazing political and military history, his works relied heavily on personal examples and documentary sources

Answer 14

Francesco Guicciardini

Question 15

interest in Greek and Roman mythology was well reflected in one of Lorenzos most famous works, Primavera (Spring)

Answer 15

Botticelli

Question 16

spent time in Rome studying and copying the statues of antiquity. It is subsequent work in Florence reveals how well he had mastered the essence of what he saw

Answer 16

Donato di Donatello

Question 17

was a friend who accompanied Donatello to Rome. He drew much inspiration from the architectural monuments of Roman antiquity, and when he returned to Florence, he pored his new insights into the creation of a new architecture

Answer 17

Brunelleschi

Question 18

______ was a military engineer, an architect, a sculptor, a scientist, and an inventor whos sketchbooks reveal a remarkable mind that came up with workable designs for submarines and helicopters

Answer 18

Leonardo de vinci

Question 19

like Leonardo, _______ was skilled in numerous areas. His sculptural masterpiece David was comissioned by ______’s native city, Florence, as a propaganda work to inspire the citizens in their long struggle against the overwhelming might of Milan

Answer 19

Michelangelo

Question 20

a kindly individual, stands but for not being despised by his contemporanes

Answer 20

Raphael

Question 21

was among the first to use oil paint, a medium that enabled the artist to use a varied range of colors and make changed to create the details

Answer 21

Jan Van Eych

Question 22

by the end of the 15th century, was greatly affected by the Italians. A brilliant creaftsmen, whose woodcuts powerfully lent support to the doctrinal revolution brought about by his fellow German Martin Luther: The illiterate peasants were moved more by Durer’s art than by Luther’s texts

Answer 22

Albrecht Durer

Question 23

innovative Flemish Renaissance painter and print maker, known for his sweeping landscapes and peasant scenes

Answer 23

Pieter Brueghel the elder

Question 24

often considered the father of humanism (1304-1374) it was ______ who coined the phrase “Dark ages” (c.400-900) to denote what he thought was the cultural decline that took place following the collapse of the roman world in the fifth century

Answer 24

Petrarch

Question 25

A secret court system where people could interrogated without having their rights enforced (led to the protections from torture in the English and American Bill of Rights, also led to a brief period of absolutist government in england

Answer 25

Star Chamber

Question 26

a 16th century painter, architect, and writer, used the Italian word rinascita, meaning “rebirth,” to describe the era in which he lived, _____ and other artists and itellectuals believed that their achievements owed nothing to the backwardness of the Middle Ages and instead were directly linked to the glories of the Greek and Roman world.

Answer 26

Georgio Vasari

Question 27

Emperor of the Ottoman Empire, Prior to ____ the Ottoman empire had spread into the Balkan, and was now spreading north

Answer 27

Suleiman the Magnificent

Question 28

(1452-1498) A radical Dominican preacher, just led the Florentine population in expelling the Medici rulers and then had established a puritanical state

Answer 28

Savonarola

Question 29

favoritism granted to relatives or friends regardless of merit

Answer 29

Nepotism

Question 30

Who drew Primavera and The Birth of Venus

Answer 30

Botticelli

Question 31

Who made the David in bronze

Answer 31

Donatello

Question 32

Who made the Duomo (Florence Cathedral)

Answer 32

Brunelleschi

Question 33

Who drew the Last supper and Mona Lisa

Answer 33

Leonardo DaVinci

Question 34

Who drew the school of athens and what was depicted in it

Answer 34

Raphael: Vivid bright colors, perspective-depth realism, balance, classical themes-greek, roman, and biblical figures preodominate, secularism-lack of christian figures

Question 35

Who made the david in marble

Answer 35

Michelangelo

Question 36

Who drew on the sistine chapel ceiling, and drew the last judgement

Answer 36

Michelangelo

Question 37

Who drew the ghent alterpiece and the wedding portrait (Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride)

Answer 37

Jan Van Eyck

Question 38

Who drew the self portrait and the four horsemen

Answer 38

Albrecht durer

Question 39

who drew the hunters in snow

Answer 39

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Question 40

What city was Cosimo d’ Medici from?

Answer 40

Florence

Question 41

the renaissance courtier was expected to have what?

Answer 41

• participate in military and bodily exercises
• expected to have a classical education and to adorn his life with the arts by playing a musical instrument, drawing, and painting
• nobles were to make a good impression; while being modest

Question 42

reorganized the military forces of spain; recognized the importance of controlling the catholic church, with its vast power and wealth

Answer 42

Ferdinand and Isabella