Wrote early realistic novel about a young man.
Promoted revival of Classical learning, Catholic humanist.
Architect of Mannerist period
Precise Romantic painter known for portaits of Marat, Napoleon
Described a monastery where the only rule is "Do what you will
"
Satan is sometimes considered the hero of this work
Romantic poet, died fighting for Greece
Ended slavery, helped unify United States of America
Described his self-education as a slave in a famous book
Chief editor of the Encylopédie
Using precise language described the daily life (and pursuit of marriage)
of English rural gentry.
Northern European Artist noted for his quiet and precise depictions
of daily life that give them a quality of the eternal
Leading Dutch painter of Baroque Period, painted the "Night Watch"
Realistic painter, known for painting of lower-class people on train
Described a socialist, non-Christian Utopia
In love, incestuously, with the son of Theseus
His autobiography revealed and justified his amoral conduct.
Declared that a leader should do what ever it takes to get job done,
and only pretend to be moral
Realistic (and sometimes sentimental) English writer, whose novels
often had a social message, such as Hard Times did
The play Hamlet can be classified as one of these
Leading Philosophe, wrote Candide, Micromegas
Made philosophy as rigorous as geometry by only accepting those propositions
that were either provable or utterly self-evident
Considered this the best of all possible worlds
First major steel and glass construction, ancestor of modern buildings
Romantic painter, known for his hunt scenes and paintings of North
Africa
Tries to learn more about itself through the process of History.
Believed that the people only loaned rights to rulers
Described experimental method
This doctument was deeply influenced by Locke
Describes a hypocritical man who hates nearly everybody
Constructed his paintings out of little dots of color.
Devised the Iron Law of Wages
Described an older man made mad by knightly romances
Saw cannibals possessing morality equal to Europeans
Name for Louis XIV. France's greatest absolute monarch
Painted somewhat romantic views of English countryside
Rococo painter known for his nudes
Predicted that population would soon exceed food supply
Revealed that the Donation of Constantine was a forgery
Middle class of merchants, businessmen, etc
Reaffirmed Catholic Doctrine
Romantic poet, compared England's future power to worn Egyptian ruins
Wrote book defending heliocentric system
Smaller state that became core of unified Germany
Realistic painter, favored radical causes, saw himself mediating between
intellectuals and common people
Leaders of French Enlightenment
Name for the new Renaissance learning
Leading High Renaissance Painter, known for Sistine Madonna
Declared that salvation was based solely on faith
Proclaimed second French Empire
Thought that people must give up all their rights to the ruler
Wrote the Wealth of Nations
A major figure in push for German unification
Leading Northern European artist during Reformation, known for his
woodcuts
Leading Baroque sculptor, worked on St. Peter's in Rome.
Another name for the industrial working class
Author of novel that described a scientist's creation of a monster
through his excessive desire for knowedge.
German Romantic author and polymath; wrote Faust
Impressionist painter, known for the geometric forms he saw making
reality
Romantic poet, saw true God and spiritual forces in nature
Belief that the mind the and body occupy two completely different worlds
and have to be understood by completely different means.
Doctrine of removing government intervention in economy
Tried to repress the liberal gains of French revolution and Napoleonic
period, restore balance of power
Romantic painter, known for his sublime paintings of an overpowering
Nature.
Magician, former ruler of Naples, tries to create better future
for his daughter through magic
Early Realistic French Novelist, known for the Human Comedy
Described courtier capable in matters of both warfare and art
Utopian Socialist
Discovered laws of planetary motion
Greatest good for greatest number
Leading Florid Baroque Painter
In it Man is pictured as a microcosm of the Universe.
Claimed the education of women keeps them as children
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