Art
Renaissance Origins
Northern Renaissance
Writers
Writers
Humanism
Random Facts
100
Sisitne Chapel and sculpture of David are an example of Italian Renaissance or Northern Renaissance?
Bonus: Who created them?
Italian
Michelangelo
100
Why did Italy experience the Renaissance 100 years before other Northern European countries?
100 Years War, Black Plague
100
England's best known poet and playwright
William Shakepeare
100
What is humanism?
The philosophy and study of human achievements and abilities.
100
Name this painting
The Arnolfini Wedding
200
The Mona Lisa and the Last Supper are examples of Italian or Northern Renaissance
Bonus- Who was the artist?
Italian Ren.
Da Vinci
200
Renaissance means
rebirth
200
German printer who worked on a project that would create a new way of printing books
Johann Gutenberg
200
How did humanism change from the Italian Renaissance to the Northern Renaissance?
The focus on human acheivements blended with Christian history and to focus on positive achievements that aligned with Christian views.
200
The main type of paint used by Northern Renaissance artists was:
Oil Paint
300
Northern Renaissance art was different from Italian Renaissance art in which ways? (Give at least two.)
More realistic with imperfections, showed common people, tried to depict Biblical truths without Roman Catholic propaganda, done mainly in oil paint.
300
How did the ideas spread from Italy to the Northern European Countries? (Not talking about the printing press)
scholars from Italian universities traveled home and spread ideas, and opened universities in the North.
300
Who was Desiderius Erasmus?
Northern writer, scholar, and religious philosopher.
300
A specific type of humanism found in the Northern Renaissance that included a focus on Christian beliefs and history.
Christian Humanism.
300
Which Renaissance region (Northern or Italian) focused on showing perfect anatomy and bodies in art?
Italian
400
Are Self- Portrait at 28, Praying Hands, Death, the Knight, and the Devil Northern or Italian Renaissance?
DOUBLE points: Who is the artist
Northern Ren.
Albrecht Duerer
400
What invention was responsible for the rapid spread of ideas in the Northern Renaissance, and who invented it?
Printing Press/Johann Gutenberg
400
Name another Northern Renaissance writer besides Shakespeare or Desiderius Erasmus.
Miguel de Cervantes or Rabelais
400
Which scholar wanted people to focus less on religious reituals and more on a personal relationship with God and the teachings of the Bible?
Desiderius Erasmus.
400
Why did the Northern Renaissance artists depict common people and everyday events?
To show that there is value in all human life and worth in every activity, not only activities of the wealthy.
500
This portrait depicts the upper middle class, surrounded by their belongings, including their dog, and shows a couple holding hands. It shows the Northern Renaissance characteristics of detail, realism, and an emphasis on common, everyday events.
The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait.
500
Where did the Renaissance begin and name two coutnries where it spread.
Italy
Spread to England, France, what is now Belgium, Germany, Spain
500
Name any three Shakespeare plays and tell me at least two of the genres he wrote in.
Answers of titles will vary, teacher must approve.
Genres: Histories, tragedies, comedies.
500
This artist was considered the Da Vinci of the Northern Renaissance
Albrecht Duerer