The Renaissance
Which statement best describes the Renaissance? (5.12)
a) an era of war and tyranny
b) an age in which learning was lost
c) the revival of religious faith
d) the rebirth of art and learning
What is the rebirth of art and learning?
What technique was used to create the illusion of depth in this painting?
a) fresco
b) plaster
c) movable type
d) linear perspective
What is linear perspective?
How did Italian cities become wealthy during the Middle Ages?
What is Italian cities became wealthy through trade?
Who were patrons in Florence?
Who were the Medicis?
What does it mean to see or paint things in
perspective?
» Perspective allows us to see flat things with depth, height, and width.
It makes art look realistic and three-dimensional.
What is perspective allows us to see flat things with depth, height, and width and makes art look realistic and three-dimensional?
What type of images are painted on the ceiling in this work of art?
a) images depicting world events
b) images depicting Renaissance events
c) images depicting biblical events
d) images depicting Roman events
What are images depicting biblical events?
Who was Johannes Gutenberg?
» Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press.
Who is the inventer of the printing press?
Which statement best explains a reason why the Renaissance flourished in Italy?
a) Rulers in Italy rejected the teachings of the Church.
b) Humanism was banned in most of Europe.
c) Holy Roman Emperors encouraged new ideas.
d) Wealthy citizens and the Church supported artists and architects.
What is wealthy citizens and the Church supported artists and architects?
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Who created this painting?
a) Leonardo da Vinci
b) Filippo Brunelleschi
c) Leon Battista Alberti
d) Michelangelo Buonarroti
Who ois Leonardo da Vinci?
Which major city-state was closest to Venice?
a) Sicily
b) Rome
c) Sardinia
d) Bologna
What is Bologna?
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Which are humanist ideals? Select the two correct answers.
a) striving for eternal salvation
b) understanding the spiritual world
c) celebrating the human experience
d) recognizing the potential within each person
e) allowing humans to shape religious rules
f) spiritual harmony between humans and nature
What are celebrating the human experience and
recognizing the potential within each person?
How were the ideas of humanists different from the ideasof the Church?
What is the Church was mostly concerned with spiritual matters and the afterlife, while Humanism focused on the individual?
How is a fresco different from a regular painting?
What is apainting is done on a canvas,but a fresco is painted directly onto wet plaster?
Who is Machiavelli?
Who is the author of "The Prince"?
Where is this work of art located?
a) the Medici family’s home in Florence
b) the Sistine Chapel, built as a private chapel for the pope in Rome
c) the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence
What is he Sistine Chapel, built as a private chapel for the pope in Rome?
Why did Leonardo da Vinci’s life and work symbolize the Renaissance?
What is Leonardo was interested in many different subjects, including painting, anatomy, engineering, and science. His work symbolized how the Renaissance was a period of learning and creation in all areas.
Use the following passage from The Prince to answer the question:
“But we now come to the case where a citizen becomes prince not through crime or intolerable violence, but by the favor of his fellow-citizens. . . . To arrive at this position depends not entirely on worth or entirely on fortune, but rather on cunning assisted by fortune. One attains it by help of popular favor or by the favor of the aristocracy. For in every city these two opposite parties are to be found, arising from the desire of the populace to avoid the oppression of the great, and the desire of the great to command and oppress the people.”
Which phrase from the passage describes what a citizen needs to have in order to become a prince?
a) “crime or intolerable violence”
b) “worth or entirely on fortune”
c) “cunning assisted by fortune”
d) “oppression of the great”
What is “cunning assisted by fortune”?
In what ways did Gutenberg’s printing press influence the Protestant Reformation? Select the two correct answers.
a) Pamphlets and books spreading Protestant ideas were cheaper to make.
b) Printed texts were easier to hide from Church authorities.
c) Printed books encouraged the growth of literacy.
d) Printing presses were easy to construct and maintain.
e) The specialized knowledge needed to use a press encouraged people to question the Church.
What are pamphlets and books spreading Protestant ideas were cheaper to make & printed books encouraged the growth of literacy?