final semester 1 Flashcards
(94 cards)
naturalism
artistic style that revolved around accuracy
nationalism
pride in your nation
vernacular
common language
patron
financial support given to artist
renaissance
rebirth
Lorenzo de Medici
major patron of the arts in Florence “The Magnificent”
Johannes Gutenberg
made metal casting and the ink press
Albert Durer
first northerner to use Italian art, “German Leonardo”
Leonardo da Vinci
renaissance man
Michelangelo
educated at the Medici palace, painted the ceiling in the Sistine chapel
indulgences
a special prayer that could be bought from a church to save a persons soul
protestant
against the Roman Catholic church
liturgy
forms of worship
Martin Luther
write 95 thesis, German monk, political landscape
John Calvin
protestant reformer who believed a group of believers were chosen by God to be the only true Christians
Columbus
first European explorer to go the “New World”
Pizarro
set off for South America and conquered Inca empire
caravel
a light ship with triangular sails, easy to maneuver
mercantilism
a system to protect wealth and regulate trade
Colombian exchange
creation of regular interchange between the east and the west hemisphere
Balboa
first European to see the Pacific ocean
Cortes
launched an invasion on Mexico
circumnavigate
to travel all around the world, Magellan was the first
conquistadors
Spanish conquerors