Module 14: Renaissance (voc)

The 'rebirth' or revival of art and learning, 1300 to 1600 in Europe

An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements

Focused on 'worldly' rather than spiritual(religious) and concerned with the here and now, instead of the hereafter.

People who financially supported artists in the Renaissance.

A way of showing three dimensions on a flat surface.

(1475-1564) An Italian sculptor, painter, poet, engineer, and architect. Famous works include the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, and the sculpture of the biblical character David. He used a realistic style when painting the human body.

(1452-1519) A well known Italian Renaissance artist, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, and scientist. Known for painting the Mona Lisa. Known as a 'Renaissance Man.'

A book by Thomas More, he wrote about an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.

(1564 - 1616) English poet and playwright considered one of the greatest writers of the English language; works include Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Hamlet.

German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)