Renaissance Period

• Who is known as the Father of Reformation?

  Martin Luther
• Which of the following was not done by the Catholic Church in the so-called Counter-Reformation? Supporting Protestant states
• What was the positive effect of the Reformation on the world?

  Restoration of spiritual life to believers
• These are scholars who led the study of classical Greek and Roman ideas.

  Humanists
• A French word for Rebirth

  Renaissance
• Which of the following is not a contribution or legacy of the Renaissance?

  Isaac Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
• What invention had a significant impact on the spread of ideas during the Renaissance?

  The Printing Press
• Which document did Martin Luther famously post on the door of the Wittenburg Church, sparking the Reformation?

  The 95 Theses
• The changes at the end of the medieval period in Europe became widespread
• Cultural movements called Renaissance and religious movement called Reformation
• European rulers gained authority and power
• Renaissance means the revival of learning and art
• The Renaissance admired and encouraged art, literature, and scholarship and took an interest in classical culture and thought.
• Humanism is the knowledge developed by people and scholars developed into studying Latin and Greek language, literature, and composition, philosophy
• Individualism focuses on the individualism which emphasizes the importance of personality, and uniqueness of an individual.
• In Renaissance literature, writers produced works that reflected their time used techniques that they still use up to this day, and wrote self-expression to describe the personality of their subjects.
• Sonnet


  14-line poem written in iambic pentameter and became popular during the Renaissance period in Italy and England
• Francesco Petrarch


  The Father of the Renaissance who wrote in Italian and Latin.
• Glovanni Boccaccio


  The person who authored the Decameron (series of realistic, off-color stories which consist of a group of worldly young waiting in rural villa)
• Niccolo Machiavelli

  Authored the Prince, suggest that for a prince to accomplish great things, he must be crafty enough to gain the trust of others.
• Desiderlus Erasmus


  His famous work was The Praise of Folly, believed in Christianity of the heart and thought to improve society, all people should study the Bible.
• Thomas More


  Authored the book Utopia (ideal place) and is about an imaginary land where greed, corruption, and war have been weeded out. Utopians had little use of money since there was little greed in Utopia.
• William Shakespeare 


  His famous work was Romeo and Juliet. His works display a masterful command for the English language and a deep understanding of human beings.
• Renaissance art

  Artists use a realistic style from classical Greece and Rome. Renaissance Art emphasized the uniqueness of the human face and figure.
• Michelangelo Buonarroti 


  The greatest sculptor of the Renaissance. His famous works are David, La Pieta, Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel.
• Donatello


  Master of sculpture in both marble and bronze and one of the greatest Renaissance artists. Made sculptures using bronze and Marmol by carving natural postures and expressions. (carved a large and nude image of David)
• Raphael Santi

  Master of Design. Greatest Italian artists during the Renaissance period. Combined religious art with renaissance spirit. His famous work was the Madonna and Child
• Leonardo da Vinci 


  Sculptor of Mona Lisa and the Last Supper. Was known as a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.