He was the Italian artist, anddesigner of the Uffizi Gallery inFlorence, who became thebiographer and historian of hisera, and wrote Lives of the MostEminent Painters, Sculptors, andArchitects.
He was the Italian artist whosculpted the David, and thePieta, and painted the ceilingof the Sistine Chapel as wellas designed the dome of St.Peter’s Cathedral in Rome.
He was the young artist andarchitect who painted, “TheSchool of Athens”, andnumerous paintings of the VirginMary or Madonna and died atthe age of 37 on his birthday.
This would be another name forthe study of and the intellectualmovement that accompanied therediscovery of Greek and Romanteachings as well as rhetoric,grammar, history, and poetry.
The term used to define thewriting of texts in the locallanguage that could beunderstood by local readers. (Dante, Petrarch – Italian,Chaucer – English, etc.
What was oil painting, made withlinseed, poppy or walnut oil?
This is the type of painting ortechnique of painting developedand perfected by the Van Eyckbrothers and demonstrated on thefront of the AP European historyBook in the Portrait of GiovanniArnolfini and his Wife”
He wrote the book Utopia, whichdescribes an ideal society on anisland in the Atlantic, wheregold, silver and jewels have novalue and was later executed byHenry VIII when he failed toapprove the King’s divorce.
He was the French humanist who wasa monk and physician and wroteGargantua and Pantagruel, a tale oftwo wandering giants who not sosubtly poke fun at French Societyand the Catholic Church.
This was the book written by aformer Spanish soldier andslave ( captured by Barbarypirates) that poked fun atchivalry and revealed insightsinto Spanish life.