Known as the Magnificent and as a patron of the arts
Who is Lorenzo de Medici?
100
everyday language of ordinary people
What is vernacular?
100
Michelangelo painted this ceiling while laying on scaffolding. It is one of the most well known paintings from Michelangelo.
What is the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
100
Writer of the book, Utopia
Who is Sir Thomas More?
100
By 1500, _________ copies of this book, ___________, were printed
What is "20 million copies" of the "Bible"?
200
This left handed man wrote backwards. His writing needed to be looked at through a mirror
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
200
person who provide financial support for the arts
What is patron?
200
This piece of artwork is known for the faint smile and distinct gaze of the person in the portrait. Name the painting and artist.
What is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci?
200
"German Leonardo". This man studied in Italy and brought the Renaissance styles back to German
Who is Albrecht Durer?
200
Name of INVENTOR and INVENTION that increased people's ability to read, made books cheaper to make and allowed MANY more people to read the Bible.
Who is Johann Gutenberg and the printing press?
300
This painter never becomes as famous as everyone else because he died at 37
Who is Raphael?
300
Grammar, history, poetry and rhetoric
What is humanities?
300
A book written about the three levels of hell
What is Dante's Inferno?
300
This man was an English poet and playwright. He is responsible for adding 1,700 words to the English language.
Who is William Shakespeare?
300
The three levels of afterlife, written about in The Divine Comedy
What is heaven, hell and purgatory?
400
This artist creates first equestrian sculpture since Ancient Rome
Who is Donatello?
400
A painting that portrays nude figures and looks three-dimensional is from this time period
What is Renaissance?
400
A book that gives advice on how to be a ruler. The author claims that the ends jusitifies the means...in other words, it is okay to do bad things to get good results
What is The Prince by Machiavelli?
400
a priest wrote the Praise of Folly, which used humor to expose people's bad behavior, especially the behavior of the clergy
Who is Erasmus?
400
This city was the major center of the Italian Renaissance
What is Florence?
500
Known as "Il Divino", this man hated painting and preferred sculpting
Who is Michelangelo?
500
A painting that has the most important person displayed larger than the other people in the painting would be from this time period
What is Medieval?
500
This Italian Renaissance painting by Raphael, portrays himself, Michelangelo and Leonardo
What is The School of Athens?
500
At least two of the many countries where the Northern Renaissance developed
What is Spain, Germany, France, England, Netherlands (any two of these are acceptable.)