Renaissance Art
The Renaissance may be described as an age of
A. the “rebirth” of human creativity
B. curiosity and individualism
C. exploration and adventure
D. all of the above
D. All of the above
What does renaissance mean?
A. rebirth
B. recreation
C. re-acclimation
rebirth
What was the name of the Italian banking family who ruled Florence and supported many artists?
a. de Lorenzo
b. da Vinci
c. de Meridian
d. de Medici
d. de medici
Definition: a rebirth or revival
A. Renaissance
B. Secular
C. Humanism
D. Reformation
Renaissance
The Renaissance occurred mostly during
a. 1000 and 1150
b. 1150-1250
c. 1350-1600
d. 1600 and 1700
Which three artists are from the Renaissance Art Period?
A. Andy Warhol, Pollock, and Edgar Degas
B. Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci
C. Frida Kahlo, Claude Monet, and Rembrandt
Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci
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
All of the above
Wrote The Prince, a guide for how to rule in the middle ages.
A. William Shakespeare
B. Niccolo Machiavelli
C. Sir Thomas More
D. Erasmus
Niccolo Machiavelli
What is the meaning of the word "patron"?
A. a change in scientific thinking caused by scientific observation
B. people who use their wealth to support artists and inventors
C. a "rebirth" of classical thinking
D. art technique that involves realism
B. people who use their wealth to support artists and inventors
The intellectual movement called humanism
a. treated the Madonna as a childlike unearthly creature
b. focused on human life and its achievements
c. condemned any remnant of pagan antiquity
d. focused on the afterlife in heaven and hell
b. focused on human life and its achievements
What was foreshortening?
A. When artists painted people shorter than they really were.
B. A way of making people look taller than they really were.
C. When artists used shadow and light to make things appear more dramatic.
D. A technique where artists shortened lines in their paintings to give the illusion of depth.
A technique where artists shortened lines in their paintings to give the illusion of depth.
What was the impact of the invention of the printing press?
A. It did not have an impact
B. It helped spread Renaissance ideas
C. It made books more expensive
It helped spread Renaissance ideas
Who was considered a true "Renaissance Man"?
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Raphael
c. Michelangelo
d. Donatello
A. Leonardo da Vinci
An intellectual movement in which thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potential and achievements
A. secular
B. rationalism
C. humanism
D. heliocentric
humanism
Who were the major patrons of the Renaissance movement?
a. Da Vinci
b. Victorians
c. Medici Family
d. King Henry VIII
C. The Medici family
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance?
a. Humanism
b. individualism
c. Questioning
d. Trusting those in power
D. trusting those in power
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
A. Donatello
B. Da Vinci
D. Michelangelo
Michelangelo
English playwright of many tragedies and English historicals.
A. William Shakespeare
B. Sir Thomas More
C. Niccolo Machiavelli l
D. Erasmus
William Shakespeare
An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.
A. frescoes
B. rationalism
C. perspective
D.renaissance
perspective
what was the renaissance most known for ?
One of the following must be included in your answer:
art, inventions, progress/change, education, philosophy
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
the value of human beings and their capacities
Who Painted the Mona Lisa
A. Donatello
B. Da Vinci
C. Michelangelo
Da Vinci
The sculptor of David, painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
A. Leonardo Da Vinci
B. Michelangelo Buonarroti
C. Albrecht Dürer
D. Johannes Gutenberg
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Definition: Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
A. recant
B. annul
C. perspective
D. secular
D. secular
What did people value the most during the Renaissance?
a. individualism
b. the King
c. the church
d. inventors
A. Individualism