Unit 2 Renaissance Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Albrecht Durer | "Here I am a Gentleman; at Home, A Sponger.",Best known for his woodcuts, "Holbien", "Adoration of the Magi", "Four Horseman of the Apocalypse" |
| Jan Van Eyck | [1385-1441] Flemish, Birth of the Northern Renaissance painting, Realist, "Adoration of the Lamb", "Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride" |
| Pieter Brueghel | [1525-1569] Flemish, Focus was the common man and landscapes, "Wedding Banquet" "Children At Play" |
| Thomas More | [1478-1535] Known for his portraits, english writer and critic humanist, Utopia, executed by Henry VIII in 1535 because he refused to except Henry as the head of the church. |
| Erasmus | [1466-1536] Dutch, "Praise of Folly", translated the Greek-Latin New Testament, "Julius Excluded From Heaven" |
| Francois Rabelais | [1494-1553] French Humanist, "Gargantua", "Pantagruel", "Eat, Drink, and be Merry" lifestyle, Satirized Monastic Institutions [swimming pools, maids, and no clocks] |
| Mannerism | Shatters High Renaissance Art because of the Sack of Rome in 1527, aritistic movement of the Late Renaissance |
| Michelangelo | Introduced Mannerism, "Last Judgement"-sistine chapel-reflective of the age |
| Titian | "Baptism of Christ", Best example of Mannerist painters, Court painter for Charles V, used dark, rich paint |
| El Greco | "Toledo"-only used 3 hues, Greek-Italian Painter in Spain, Used no balance in his paintings |
| Northern Renaissance | Emphasized Critical Thinking, Developed Christian Humanism criticizing the church & society, Painting/ Woodcuts/Literature |
| Italian Renaissance | Glorified the Church for the Pope, Humanist, Sculpting/Painting |
| Guttenberg | Published the first moveable type Bible called, Guttenbergs Bible. This encouraged development of scholarly research and the desire to attain knowledge |
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