High Renaissance (1500-1527) artists

Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo

Famous artists

Baldassare Castigione/ The Courtier

Italian courtier, diplomat, & writer

The courtier: his famous book

Niccoló Machiavelli (1469-1527) The prince

Italian diplomat, philosopher, & writer

The prince: work on politics

Virtú & fortuna

Power & fate concept, discussed in Machiavelli’s work

“Renaissance man”

Person with many talents/ knowledge

Printing press/ movable type

Machine that prints texts/ pictures

Gutenberg Bible (1456)

First major book printed using movable type in Europe

Northern Renaissance/ Christian (northern) humanism

Renaissance in Northern Europe, focused on Christian values

Thomas More (1478-1536)/ Utopia

Lawyer, social philosopher, author

Utopia: book about ideal on Christian values

Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536)/Various Texts

Humanistic scholar

Various texts: range of writings

Order/estates (social hierarchy)

Social class or groups in a society

“New monarchs”

Rulers who have power in late medieval period