Art
Name three famous painters from the Renaissance
Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Raphael
What does the Italian word “renaissance” translate to?
rebirth
Which Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa?
Da Vinci
Which of these city-states is said to have been the economic, banking and cultural center of the Renaissance?
Florence
What is a "Renaissance man"?
Someone who is talented in sports, arts, music, and learning.
Which of the following best describes a Renaissance painting?
A painting showing realistic-looking figures.
Secularism during the Renaissance can best be described as…
the belief that God and the Church do not need to be the center of all things.
name two authors of the Renaissance and why they are significant
Machiavelli and Shakespeare
Which geographic factor contributed to the rise of the Renaissance in Italian city-states?
location near the coast of the Mediterranean Sea
To some degree, the European Renaissance was a rebirth or rediscovery of which ancient civilizations?
Roman and Greek
. Which renowned Renaissance artist is credited with both the creation of the Pieta sculpture and the
painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
Michelangelo Buonarroti
What was the Renaissance?
cultural rebirth signified by a rediscovered interest in the arts and learning
Which prominent dynasty of merchants, bankers, and rulers in Florence leveraged their wealth to patronize the great creative artists of their era?
Medicis
One reason Italian city-states were able to dominate trade routes from Asia and Africa to other parts of Europe was that they were…
the "middlemen" of Europe.
Why did peasants and nobles move from manors to the cities?
To find more opportunities to gain wealth.
“What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite [endless] in
faculties [abilities] in form and moving, how…admirable.”
--William Shakespeare, Hamlet (Act 2, Scene 2)
What does this mean? What is Shakespeare saying?
The potential of human beings is limitless.
. There were great advances in literature in Italy during the Renaissance Period. Many writers changed
to writing in the vernacular that most people could understand. Before, during the Medieval Period,
most writers had written in which language?
Latin
Which statement describes Thomas Aquinas’ contribution to Christianity during the Middle Ages?
He argued that religious faith and philosophical reason were in agreement with each other.
• Major trading and cultural center in northern Italy
• Played an important role in the expansion of banking in Europe
• Considered to be the birthplace of the Renaissance
What city is being described?
Florence
Humanism during the Italian Renaissance was focused on…
the importance of human potential.
Renaissance poet and playwright William Shakespeare is attributed with creating these three things in the art of literature:
the play Romeo and Juliet, a style of poetry called sonnets, poems in blank verse
During the Renaissance, what was the role of patrons?
They gave their money in support of art and its artists.
“For that reason, let a prince have the credit of conquering and holding his state, the means will always
be considered honest, and he will be praised by everybody; because the vulgar are always taken by
what a thing seems to be and by what comes of it; and in the world there are only the vulgar, for the
few find a place there only when the many have no ground to rest on.”
Nicolo Machiavelli, The Prince, 1532
What is the main idea of Machiavellian politics?
"The ends justify the means—do whatever it takes to win."
Which statement accurately identifies a direct effect of the Renaissance on Western Europe during the
period?
The philosophy of humanism challenged the authority of the Roman Catholic Church.
What were the three primary factors that contributed to the decline of feudalism during the medieval period?
The growth of trade, cities, and industry
Black Death
Crusades