Humanism is…..
The following descriptions, quotes, and practices exemplify the humanist movement. Use chapter 3 in your text to link each one to the person who is most directly related. Rewrite each quote, description, or practice next to the appropriate portrait on the proceeding page.
He believed that truly educated people read books, travelled widely and surrounded themselves with beautiful art.Proved that the Earth rotated on its axis once a day.
All the world is a stage, And all the men and women are merely players;
His painting of the Mona Lisa is considered to be the world’s most famous painting.
Wrote for all classes; his plays were especially popular with lower classes.
His work Utopia describes an ideal world that has no problems.
The first to write his ideas and philosophies in short opinion pieces called essais.
He was executed by the king for his refusal to denounce the Roman Catholic church.
Began dissecting human cadavers once the pope allowed it.
Believed self awareness taught tolerance and good sense.
His views were condemned as heresy by the Roman Catholic church at the time.
Best known for discovering and translating ancient classical Greek and Roman texts and promoting their study.
His books used satire to poke fun at the institutions in society that he felt needed to be changed.
Wrote books on trigonometry and geometry
Thought students should be taught to discover, reason, argue, and apply their knowledge.
He wrote the Canterbury tales; about social and political circumstances at the time
“There’s never a new fashion but it’s old”
Painted one of the world’s greatest frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
His works are good illustrations of humanist interest in questioning all aspects of society and existence.
Believed that the Bible should be translated from Latin and Greek into the vernacular languages of Europe.
Created the statue of David
He provided solutions to doubling a cube and trisecting an angle.
Humanism is….. (cont.)
Renaissance Personalities
Da Vinci
Petrarch
Copernicus
Montaigne
Shakespeare
Sir Thomas More
Michelangelo
Viete
Chaucer
Erasmus
Rabelais
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