Art & Society
What is the name for wealthy people who pay artists to create art?
Patrons
Humanists believed that people can achieve great things through ____.
learning
Who is considered the "Father of Humanism"?
Petrarch
What genre of writing became popular during the Renaissance?
Poetry
Renaissance artists were inspired by works celebrating ancient Greek and Roman mythology. Was Christianity still important?
Yes
What is the main art movement during the Renaissance?
Realism
What is civic humanism concerned with?
Being a good and responsibile citizen.
Who was the most outstanding scholar of the 15th century?
Erasmus
What does 'vernacular' mean?
The spoken language
Did individual interests become more or less important during the Renaissance?
More
Because artists and their art became popular during the Renaissance, they began _____.
signing their works
Like many Indigenous cultures, humanists believed in educating the ____ child.
whole
Who edited a new version of the New Testament in Greek during the Renaissance.
Erasmus
Who was the first woman to receive a humanist education?
Christine de Pisan
Who are the two religious figures in Pieta?
Jesus and Virgin Mary
Pieta is considered one of the greatest sculptures in the world. Who sculpted it?
Michelangelo.
What did civic humanists believe that everyone had the responsibility to be?
Educated and to work for a better society
Who came up with the term "Dark Ages"?
Petrarch
What languages did humanist scholars translate Greek and Roman texts into? Name two.
Italian, French, English
During the Renaissance, was the church the only patron of the arts?
No.
Which civilizations preserved the classical works that inspired Renaissance figures?
Islamic civilizations
Name 3 positions/professions that humanist leaders held during the Renaissance.
Artist, architect, musician, writer, scientist.
Who is the Renaissance art historian who wrote about Michelangelo signing his Pieta?
Giorgio Vasari
Humanists were inspired to write about their ____ during the Renaissance.
Thoughts/feelings/emotions.
In Renaissance art, physical beauty was seen as a sign of _____.
Spiritual beauty/perfection