The artist responsible for creating both the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
Johannes Gutenberg invented this machine which led to a spread of information during the Renaissance.
What is the printing press?
100
This English writer is considered the most prolific in history... "will" you get this answer correct?
Who is Shakespeare?
100
The Sistine Chapel is found in this church built during the Renaissance under the tutelage of Pope Leo X.
What is St. Peters?
100
The art of Renaissance sculptors, in particular, borrowed heavily from this "fallen" civilization for inspiration... a focus on idealism and the human form.
Who are the Romans?
200
Created the paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Who is Michelangelo?
200
Literacy began to spread as people began writing in their own language called the...
What is the vernacular?
200
This painter used chiaroscuro, the use of shadow and light, in many of his works including "The Night Watch" and "The Anatomy of Nicholas Tulp" which centered on an autopsy... if there were teeth in his painting, they would be very white!!
Who is Rembrandt?
200
Name this famous city which is gradually sinking into the Adriatic Sea despite the best efforts of modern science.
What is Venice?
200
Marriage during the Renaissance required the bride's family to make a payment to the groom for the privilege of taking their daughter in marriage called this.
What is a dowry?
300
Brunelleschi was responsible for designing Il Duomo, the dome which tops the cathedral in this Italian city.
What is Florence?
300
Freedom from this societal constraint led to an arguably better life for peasants during the Renaissance.
What is serfdom?
300
The Renaissance began its spread to France after this king asked da Vinci to come and lecture, paint and spread Renaissance ideas to his country.
Who is Francis I?
300
What city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance?
What is Florence?
300
The three main city-states during the Italian Renaissance were Florence, Venice and this city now known more for its fashion sense.
What is Milan?
400
Masaccio was noted for creating a series of paintings on wet plaster during the Renaissance called...
What are frescoes?
400
A humanist education focused on the study of such things as history, philosophy, mathematics and rhetoric, more commonly known as this collectively.
What are the liberal arts?
400
French castles such as the massive hunting lodge found in Chambord, are not called castles, but this instead.
What is a chateau?
400
This Italian author penned "The Divine Comedy," which detailed the soul's journey to salvation... hell, purgatory or heaven.
Who is Dante?
400
In 1528, Castiglione wrote "The Book of the Courtier" which explained the rules of society for this social class.
What are nobles?
500
Name the Flemish painter noted for his realistic portrayal of everyday life in paintings such as "Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride"... paintings that demonstrated his perfection of the use of oils.
Who is Jan van Eyck?
500
Artists were able to create their art and make a living due to the patronage of wealthy families such as this one who ruled Florence during the Renaissance.
Who are the Medici?
500
Trade, travel and new technology were some positive ways in which the Renaissance spread to other parts of Europe, but the wealth in Italy that resulted from the Renaissance led to this negative side-effect which spread ideas beginning in 1494.
What are the Italian Wars?
500
This Italian woman is noted for her insistence that women could learn just as well as men if given the resources and opportunity.
Who is Christine de Pizan?
500
Chaucer is famous for his story of 29 pilgrims from English society making a pilgrimage to the tomb of the Archbishop of this town.