Renaissance Basics
What does the word Renaissance mean?
Rebirth
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who painted The School of Athens?
Raphael
What Italian city was the central hub of the Renaissance?
Florence
Who invented the movable-type printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
In what country did the Renaissance begin?
Italy
Who sculpted The David and painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Which Leonardo da Vinci painting depicts Jesus telling his disciples that one will betray him?
The Last Supper
What do we call someone who financially supports an artist or the arts?
A patron
Which humanist wrote In Praise of Folly, criticizing practices of the Catholic Church?
Erasmus
Which two ancient civilizations' cultures were revived during the Renaissance?
Greece and Rome
Which English playwright wrote works exploring human emotions and experiences?
William Shakespeare
What artistic technique makes a flat painting appear three-dimensional?
Perspective
Which wealthy Italian banking family ruled Florence and supported Renaissance art?
The Medici family
Name one invention Leonardo da Vinci designed in his notebooks.
Helicopter, tank, parachute, or diving suit
What system of thought focuses on humans rather than divine matters?
Humanism
Who is known as the “Father of Italian Renaissance Humanism” and searched for ancient Latin manuscripts to study their ideas?
Francesco Petrarch
Besides religious scenes, what subjects became especially important in Renaissance art?
Nature, the human body, and the human world
Daily Double What were city-states, and how did their independence help the Renaissance develop?
Independent cities and surrounding territories that could support the arts and classical learning without direct control by a king or the Church.
How did the printing press help Renaissance ideas spread?
It made books and written materials easier to produce, allowing ideas to reach more people.
Explain the difference between humanism and secularism.
Humanism focuses on humans and their potential, while secularism emphasizes worldly matters not specifically connected to religion.
Daily Double Identify the artist who designed inventions such as a helicopter and tank and the artist who created The David. Explain one thing they had in common.
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Both were Renaissance artists interested in human abilities and achievement.
How does Michelangelo's The David reflect Renaissance thinking?
It emphasizes human potential, individual achievement, physical beauty, and the ideal human form.
What was usury, and how did wealthy Italian leaders help Renaissance artists despite Church restrictions?
Usury involved lending money at unreasonably high interest rates. Wealthy leaders became patrons who funded artists and supported classical learning.
Daily Double Identify two developments from the Renaissance that helped spread or express new ideas, and explain how each contributed.
Examples include the printing press spreading knowledge, humanist literature reviving classical learning, or art using anatomy and perspective to represent the human body and natural world.