The Renaissance

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A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.

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Renaissance

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A movement in Renaissance Europe, celebrating human potential and achievement and stressing the study of subjects such as history, grammar, literature, and philosophy.

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Humanism

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A person who supports an activity (or institution) by providing financial backing.

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patron

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An Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance.

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Florence

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An Italian Renaissance painter, born in 1452 A.D., who painted many masterpieces, such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and also excelled in scientific research.

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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Architect best known for designing and building large domes for churches; especially the Duomo in Florence.

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Brunelleschi

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An Italian Renaissance artist, born in 1475 A.D., who worked mainly as a sculptor but also painted such famous works as the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

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Michelangelo

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Italian artist of Florence who studied the great works by Leonardo da Vinci and appreciated the classical period. His most famous works was The School of Athens.

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Raphael

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The early leader of the Humanist movement, an Italian poet and scholar. One of the first thinkers to stress the value of classical learning, teachings of Greece and Rome.

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Petrarch

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A German who, in the mid-1400s, invented a press for printing with movable type.

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Johann Gutenberg