Introduction to the Renaissance

Petrarch

Known as the father of humanism, famous for Latin poems and writings.

Castolli

Author of the book "The Courtier".

Niccoli Mashievelli

Author of "The Prince".

Erasmus

Pointed out the evils in society and published the Greek New Testament.

Cervantes

Wrote a satire on chivalry.

Shakespeare

The greatest playwright and poet of the Renaissance.

Giotto di Bondone

Known as the father of Renaissance paintings.

Botticelli

Added another dimension to the art movement.

Leonardo da Vinci

A talented sculptor, musician, architect, and painter, known for painting "The Last Supper".

Raphael

Painter of "The School of Athens".

Michelangelo

Painter of "The Sistine Chapel", sculptor of the "Pieta" and the "Marble Statue of David".

Titian (Tiziano Vercelli)

Leader of the Titian School of painting.

Durer

Considered the Leonardo of the North, famous for wood engravings and engravings.

Holbein

Durer's German partner and the finest portrait painter of the North; became the officially court painter of Henry VIII

Ghiberti

Built bronze doors for the Florence Baptistry.

Brunelleschi

The standing glory of the Florence Cathedral.

Donatello

The leading sculptor of the Renaissance, known for freestanding sculptures such as the "Statue of David".

Humanism

the idea of self-reliance and civic virtue

humanist admired…

The classical age of Rome and Greece

Lorenzo di Medici

Most popular member of the Medici family

Inquisition

court that focused its attention on finding and punishing those holding protestant beliefs

Florence

most influential city; known as the ‘Queen of the Adriatic’

Gutenburg

developed the movable printing press

John Knox

leader of the protestant reformation in Scotland

Moore

Humanist that wrote the book ‘Utopia’