Renaissance and Reformation Vocab

Takes its name from the tribes that conquered the Roman Empire. Created during the late middle ages. The style that celebrated God with large towers, elegant pointed arches, high window, colorful stained glass, and flying buttresses. This style of architecture ended with the start of the Renaissance.

• Printing Press

• David by Michelangelo

• Renaissance

• Gothic Architecture

A Renaissance cultural movement that turned away from medieval thinking and instead focused on a renewed interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought, mainly literature, art, and architecture. Focused on human innovation instead of only religious beliefs. Believed in reason. Reason is the ability to think logically. Emphasized the importance of human values instead of religious beliefs

• William Shakespeare

• Middle Ages

• Humanism

• Printing Press

Means non-religious. Many Renaissance had works had religious topics, but people were willing to portray non-religious topics. For example, The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci is non-religious and so is Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

• Medici Family

• The Pieta

• Vernacular

• Secular

In what region of Italy did the Renaissance develop?

• Northern

• Dome Arches and columns

• Renaissance art

• Moses

Tool invented by Johann Gutenberg in 1450. Helped spread the ideas of the Renaissance. This invention made information available to a many more people than before. Allowed the Renaissance to spread because it made new ideas available to a much larger audience. More books were written in the vernacular (native language like Spanish, English, German, rather than in Latin)

• Gothic Architecture

• Printing Press

• Middle Ages

• Madonna and Child by Duccio

Artist showed religious and non-religious scenes. Art reflected great interest in nature. Figures were lifelike and three-dimensional reflecting knowledge of anatomy. Bodies look active and were shown moving. Figures are nude or clothed. Real people doing everyday tasks. Faces have expressions (feeling). Full backgrounds show perspective

• Renaissance

• Renaissance art

• David by Michelangelo

• Illuminated manuscript

Sought to bring back ancient Roman and Greek styles of architecture. First developed in Florence. Examples of this type of architecture have: Greek style columns, arches, vaults, and domes. Two of the best examples are the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence (1436), and Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome (1506)

• Moses

• Renaissance Architecture

• Ceiling of The Sistine Chapel

• William Shakespeare

Images in the background are smaller than the ones in the front. Objects shrink in size according to their position and distance from the eye. This was not done during the classical or medieval period.

• Michelangelo

• The Crusades

• Perspective

• Humanism

Rich merchant family, who ruled Florence during the Renaissance, became wealthy from banking, spent a lot of money on art, and controlled Florence for about 3 centuries. Some of the Medici members became popes and others married into royalty.

• Patron

• Renaissance Architecture

• Medici Family

• Humanism

Italian designer and a important figure in architecture, recognized to be the first modern engineer. He was the oldest among the founding fathers of the Renaissance. Designed and constructed the dome of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence

• Printing Press

• Banking

• Filippo Brunelleschi

• The Arnolfini Portrait