Renaissance Origins
Renaissance Society
Renaissance Art
Renaissance Science
The Arnolfini Portrait
Final Jeopardy!
100
It's a French term; this is the English translation.
What is a rebirth?
100
A 14th-century movement in Italy that focused on the study of human beings, human nature, and human achievements, as opposed to the study of God.
What is humanism?
100
This artistic technique had been known to the ancient Greeks and Romans but had been forgotten over time.
What is linear perspective?
100
He meticulously studied the anatomy of both animals and humans to lend more realism to their artworks.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
The subjects of this painting, Giovanni Arnolfini and his wife, belonged to which affluent group of people — one depicted frequently in Renaissance paintings.
What are merchants?
200
The movement may have originated when scholars, theologians, artists, writers, and astronomers fled westward to Europe from this fallen empire.
What is the Byzantine?
200
European scholarship embraced this school of thought after gaining access to works by Ancient Greek scholars; it viewed the universe as a structured hierarchy with "the One" or God at the highest point.
What is Byzantine Neoplatonism?
200
In the 15th century, this artist introduced a revolutionary technique into painting that would define Renaissance art.
Who is Masaccio?
200
This Italian scientist believed that true understanding of the universe could only be attained through mathematics.
What is Galileo Galilei?
200
The famous Dutch artist who painted the Arnolfini Portrait in 1434.
Who is Jan van Eyck?
300
The Renaissance originated in the city-states of northern Italy, whose wealth from this activity was used to commission works of art.
What is trade?
300
She was a prosperous Byzantine noblewoman who helped Greek refugees in Venice after Constantinople's fall.
Who was Anna Notaras?
300
This Florentine artist wasn't just striving for realism in human appearance; he also sought to idealize the human body.
Who was Michelangelo?
300
The term for the sun-centered model of planetary movement, originally proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus.
What is heliocentric (or heliocentrism)?
300
This aspect of Mrs. Arnolfini's appearance was considered stylish at the time; no bambinos, per favore.
What is the bulge in her gown?
400
Writings from these two Ancient Greek authors, previously unknown or available only in Arabic translations, helped shape the Renaissance (must name both).
Who are Plato and Aristotle?
400
For many historians, this event also marked the conclusion of the European Middle Ages.
What is the fall of Constantinople?
400
This important Renaissance man was the one who "rediscovered" ancient approaches to art.
Who is Brunelleschi?
400
He's the German scientist who developed this model of the solar system.
Who was Johannes Kepler?
400
Humanism's influence extended beyond the choice of subjects and their representation, prompting artists to focus on these things instead (multiple answers can be accepted).
What is individual details, realistic expressions, lifelike proportions, and uniqueness and humanity of each person portrayed?
500
He encouraged writers to adopt the "pure" Classical Latin used by the poets and legislators of the Roman Empire, departing from the form of Latin used by medieval clergy.
Who was Petrarch?
500
Not vice, the one that's nice; this Aristotelian concept had an impact on how scholars viewed excellence in humans.
What is virtue?
500
The title of the painting shown here and the name of its artist.
What is The Birth of Venus, by Sandro Botticelli?
500
He proposed that through mathematics, humans could comprehend the very mind of God.
Who was Nicholas of Cusa?
500
The portrait is set in a secular setting to highlight this aspect of the Arnolfinis' identity.
What is their prosperity?
500
He translated all of Plato's works from ancient Greek to Latin and merged Platonic thought with Christian teachings.
Who is Marsilio Ficino?