Renaissance Art
Renaissance
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Renaissance Vocab
Renaissance Basics
100

A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.

A. Renaissance                            B. Humanism

C. Arts                                        D. Patron

A. Renaissance

100

What does renaissance mean?

A. rebirth

B. recreation

C. re-acclimation

rebirth

100

Wrote Praise of the Folly, a satirical attack on the Church.

A. Sir Thomas More

B. William Shakespeare

C. Niccolo Machiavelli

D. Erasmus

Erasmus

100

Definition: a rebirth or revival

A. Renaissance

B. Secular

C. Humanism

D. Reformation

Renaissance

100

Which century  did the renaissance begin 

 The renaissance began in the  14th century 

200

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

200

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

200

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

200

Definition: Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

A. recant

B. annul

C. perspective

D. secular

secular

200

what was the main philosophy  in the renaissance 

 the main philosophy  was humanism 

300

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.

300

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

300

Wrote Utopia, an ideal community or society possessing a perfect socio-politico-legal system.

A. William Shakespeare

B. Sir Thomas More

C. Niccolo Machiavelli

D. Erasmus


Sir Thomas More

300

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

300

who was the major patrons of the  movement   

 The medici family 

400

The Renaissance was fueled by_________ and __________.

A. the fall of Morris Day and the rise of Prince and the Revolution

B. the fall of Constantinople and the printing revolution

C. the invention of the guillotine and brie cheese

D. the painting of Mona Lisa and bust sculpture

the fall of Constantinople and the printing revolution

400

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

A. Donatello

B. Da Vinci

D. Michelangelo

Michelangelo

400

English playwright of many tragedies and English historicals.

A. William Shakespeare

B. Sir Thomas More

C. Niccolo Machiavelli l

D. Erasmus

William Shakespeare

400

An artistic technique that creates the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface.

A. frescoes

B. rationalism

C. perspective

D.renaissance

perspective

400

what was the renaissance most known for ?

 classical philosophy and art and more 

500

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

500

Who Painted the Mona Lisa

A. Donatello

B. Da Vinci 

C. Michelangelo

Da Vinci

500

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

500

A belief or theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on religious belief

A. recant

B. humanism

C. rationalism

D. geocentric

rationalism

500

who created the renaissance ?

 Dante Alighieri and francesco