Renaissance Art
This term means: 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.
What is the Renaissance
What does renaissance mean?
A. rebirth
B. recreation
C. re-acclimation
What is A. Rebirth
English playwright of many tragedies and English historicals.
A. William Shakespeare
B. Sir Thomas More
C. Niccolo Machiavelli l
D. Erasmus
Who is A. William Shakespeare
The Protestant Reformation began because
What is The Reformation began in the Holy Roman Empire in 1517, when Martin Luther published his Ninety-five Theses as a reaction against abuses in the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church, which purported to offer the remission of the sins of sins to their purchasers. Also, church leaders would only hire family members (nepotism).
Leonardo Da Vinci studied the human body. His sketches allowed doctors to see the difference bones, veins, arteries, even a baby in a fetus. How did he get the bodies?
Leonardo Da Vinci would dig up people graves and take their bodies in the middle of the night to study them.
Name at least three artists are from the Renaissance Art Period?
Who is Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci, and Donatello
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The Renaissance was a time of...
A. political and cultural change
B. artistic creativity
C. All of the above
D. Reawakened interest in classical learning from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome
What is C. All of the above
This German Monk exposed the Catholic Church by writing his 95 Theses. The Pope went to convict him of heresy but he went into hiding for three years while living in a dungeon. During this time he rewrote the bible in the vernacular (common language) which helped expose the sale of indulgences
Who is Martin Luther
The Protestant Reformation was a time of change and exposing of Catholic Church lies. What was this a turning point? What event would you most closely connect it to today?
What is The Protestant Reformation led to modern democracy, capitalism, individualism, civil rights, and many of the modern values we cherish today. The Protestant Reformation impacted nearly every academic discipline, notably the social sciences like economics, philosophy, and history.
In this present day country the Renaissance started
What is Italy?
The Renaissance was fueled by_________ and __________.
A. the fall of Morris Day and the rise of Prince and the Revolution
B. the printing revolution and fall of Constantinople
C. the invention of the guillotine and brie cheese
D. the painting of Mona Lisa and bust sculpture
What is B. the printing revolution and fall of Constantinople
Leonardo da Vinci is considered the best example of a Renaissance man because he
a) was born during the Renaissance.
b) was the first person to use the word Renaissance.
c) was an inventor, sculptor, and painter.
d) both A and B
What is C
This King's reign lasted from (1509-47) he is usually remembered for his six wives and his legendary appetite. Infamously, he sent two of his wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, to their deaths on the executioner's block at the Tower of London. This King also challenged the Catholic Church and created his own Church of England to allow divorces
Who is King Henry VIII
This King and Queen of Spain led the Spanish Inquisition. Tens of thousands of people were executed by being burnt to the stake and tortured because they werent Catholic. Who were they?
Who is King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
How has the printing press impacted our world today? What are the benefits?
Posters, flyers, pamphlets and mailers would not exist. The printing press allows us to share large amounts of information quickly and in huge numbers. In fact, the printing press is so significant that it has come to be known as one of the most important inventions of our time.
Humanism, which was intellectually what The Renaissance was based on, was all about __________.
A. the value of human beings and their capacities
B. conforming to the religious constructs of the Medieval Ages
C. weapons
D. cuisine
What is A. the value of human beings and their capacities
Humanism is an approach to life based on reason and our common humanity, recognizing that moral values are properly founded on human nature and experience alone. – The Bristol Humanist Group. Humanism is: A joyous alternative to religions that believe in a supernatural god and life in a hereafter.
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and the sculpture of David
Who is Michelangelo it took him 4 years to make the Sistine Chapel painting.
She was the first-ever Queen of England to rule in her own right, but to her critics, she was given a terrible nickname. This unfortunate nickname was thanks to her persecution of Protestant heretics, whom she burned at the stake in the hundreds.
Who is Bloody Mary or Mary Tudor
How did Maximillian de Bethune manage to escape his apartment and travel through the streets of France during the St Bartholomew Massacre?
Maximillian dressed in scholar robes and carried a Catholic Bible to disguise himself as a Catholic to avoid from being killed by the mobs.
This scientist and astrologer was charged of heresy (going against the Church) because he made a theory that the Earth rotated around the sun. This theory was called the Heliocentric Theory. The Church placed him under house arrest for the remainder of his life.
Who is Galileo Galilee
An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.
A. frescoes
B. pragmatism
C. perspective
D. reflection
What is C. Perspective 3-D
What was the impact of the invention of the printing press?
It helped spread Renaissance ideas, made books cheaper, increased the literacy of people in the world, exposed the Catholic Church during the Protestant Reformation
This Italian Banking family helped pay for many of the arts and advances during the Renaissance.
Who are the Medici Family. They were the richest Italian banking family and funded many of the works made including from Leonardo da Vinci and Michealangelo
Why did the St Bartholomew Massacre happen on August 24, 1572?
What is Hatred between Catholics and Huguenots who were French Protestants and represented about 15% of the French population sparked civil wars in France, the most violent occurring in 1572. Catherine de Médicis (Related to the super rich $$ family in Italy), a Catholic and the mother of the King of France King Charles (22 years old), feared that the Huguenots had too much influence over her son
How did the Columbian Exchange impact the world today?
What is The Columbian Exchange connected almost all of the world through new networks of trade and exchange. The inter- continental transfer of plants, animals, knowledge, and technology changed the world, as communities interacted with completely new species, tools, and ideas.