Renaissance And Reformation Flashcards
(15 cards)
Time period of the Renaissance
Around 1300-1600
What city did the Italian Renaissance form in
Florence Italy
What fueled the Italian Renaissance
Trade provided wealth that fueled the Renaissance
Why made the Medici important in the Renaissance
Founded by Cosmo Medici in 1434 they were bankers that invested in the loaned money to governments all over Europe including the pope
Who was Lorenzo the magnificent
The leader of Florence during the height of the Renaissance
Explain humanist realism in art
Making paintings look more realistic
Explain perspective
Making distant objects smaller than those close to the viewer. Paintings began to become 3-dimensional
Michelangelo
Created the David statue in 1504
Built Sistine chapel
What does Renaissance mean?
Rebirth
Who wrote the prince & why was it important?
Niccoló Machiavelli summarizes how a prince should be to be a good ruler
Who invented the moveable printing press
Johannes Gutenberg
Why was the printing press such a revolutionary invention
It made books a lot cheaper so an average person could buy and read books
What did Martin Luther post on the door of the church in Wittenberg in 1517
The “ninety five thesis”
How did the 95 thesis spread so quickly
Because many people were excited about his new ideas
Which countries were Catholic and which were Protestant
Northern Europe-Protestant
Southern Europe-
Catholic
