Renaissance
&
Reformation
Unit 2
Review
Ch.1

Italian diplomat who wrote
The Prince , that analyzed the politics of the
Renaissance
Name symbolizes someone clever
Niccolo
Machiavelli

inventor of a printing press with moveable type, printed the first copies of the bible .
J.G.
Gutenberg

Italian painter famous for the School of Athens and his paintings of Mary, who died at the age of 37 .
R.S.
Raphael

Henry of Navarre granted
Huguenots (French
Protestants) freedom of
Religion .
E. Of N.
Edict of
Nantes

Italian city-state and republic became the birthplace of the Renaissance .
Not Venice or Rome
Florence

Dutch painter developed the technique of painting with oil paints .
J.V.E.
Jan Van
Eyck

ruler of Florence from
1469-1492; who used his wealth to support artists, philosophers and writers .
L. De M.
Lorenzo de
Medici

Who wrote: “ O God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the market-place.
”
Beatrice said it to
Benedict
Shakespeare

In what play did Shakespeare write this line?
Much Ado About Nothing

Renaissance artist, scientist, inventor, and genius who painted the
Fresco The Last Supper .
L.da V.
da Vinci

Before this event, Catholic monks spent months creating illuminated manuscripts that only the very rich could afford to buy. After this event, middle class people learned to read and write and could afford to buy their own copy of the bible .
Gutenberg did it.
Invention of
Printing Press

Queen of England 1558-
1603, brought power & prosperity to England, patron of arts .
Good Queen
Bess
Elizabeth I

Started the Reformation by nailing 95 Theses to his church door in
Wittenberg .
M.L.
Martin
Luther

King of England who broke with the Catholic church, founded Anglican
Church .
6 wives
Henry VIII

Meeting of Catholic bishops to reform the church, too late to stop
Reformation.
C. Of T.
Council of Trent

Someone who preached religious beliefs that were not accepted in that country, tortured & burned at the stake .
Luther was declared one.
heretic

Dutch Renaissance philosopher who criticized the church in his work “In
Praise of Folly”
.
sumarE
Erasmus

Preached the doctrine of predestination, from
Switzerland .
J.C.
John
Calvin

English playwright who drew his ideas from medieval legends, classical mythology, and history; wrote about the universal human qualities such as jealousy, ambition, love .
W.S.
Shakespeare

The sale of these by the
Catholic church was an example of church corruption .
Get out of Hell
Free Card
Indulgences

Started in Spain, persecution of Jews and
Protestants .
Jesuits led it.
Inquisition

Civil War in the Holy
Roman Empire (German states) between
Protestants & Catholics .
1618-
1648
30 Years
War

During her 5 year reign as
Queen of England she tried to restore Catholic religion .
Bloody Mary I

Artistic technique for showing relationships and space between objects .
Point of
View
Perspective

Italian sculptor and painter whose works included La
Pieta, David and the Sistine
Chapel ceiling .
M.B.
Michelangelo

Ended the 30 Years War by granting freedom of worship in private .
Treaty Peace of
Westphalia

Doctrine that taught that a person’s fate is determined by
God from the moment of their birth, nothing they do in life can change that .
Fate
Predestination

Where the northern
Renaissance began .
Dutch
Flanders

English scholar who wrote
Utopia , beheaded by Henry
VIII for refusing to recognize the Anglican Church & the
King’s divorce
.
Sir &
Saint.
Thomas
More

Renaissance movement based on the literature and ideas of the Greeks and Romans, such as the worth of each individual .
Homo sapianism
Humanism

Movement that stressed worldly not religious ideas .
Se_ _ _ _ _ism secularism

What artist did this work?
da Vinci
Mona Lisa

What artist did this work?
Michelangelo
La Pieta

What artist did this work?
Raphael
School of Athens

What artist did this work?
Wood cut
Albert
Durer

What artist did this work?
Dutch oil painter
Jan Van
Eyck

What were the major causes of the Renaissance?
• Cru sade s
• Sophistication of Italian City-States
• Growth of Banking & Trade
• Excess Wealth: de Medici family of
Florence
• Control of Mediterranean Trade
• P rinting P ress

What were the main effects of the
Renaissance?
•Advances in Science & Technology led to European Exploration of World
•Secularism led to Protestant
Reformation
•Humanism encouraged growth of
Democracy & Human Rights
•Women’s Rights
•led to Age of Classical Music and Art

What techniques were used by Renaissance artists?
 per spect ive
 l ight & m otion
 study of human form
 emotion & d rama
 new subject matter>secularism
 science & m athematics
 com posi tion & bal ance
 changing perspective of man & his role in the world

What were the causes of the Reformation?
•R enaissance
•Sec ular ism
•Invention of the Printing Press
•Corruption in Catholic Church
•Sale of Indulgences
•Mar tin Lu ther

What were the main effects of the
Reformation?
•Division within the Christian faith
•Religious Wars
•Inquisition & Persecution
•Began Separation of Church and
State

Essay Questions:
1.
Pick two Renaissance artists and use their work to explain the artistic style of
Renaissance Art.
2. Explain the impact the printing press had on the Protestant Reformation. Use factual details.