Renaissance Art
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
What does renaissance mean?
A. rebirth
B. recreation
C. re-acclimation
rebirth
Though the first printing press was invented in China, this man is credited with inventing the printing press in Europe.
Johannes Gutenberg
Definition: a rebirth or revival
A. Renaissance
B. Secular
C. Humanism
D. Reformation
Renaissance
In which century did the Renaissance begin?
The Renaissance began in the 14th century.
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
An Italian polymath who excelled in various fields such as painting, sculpture, architecture, engineering, anatomy, and music.
Leonardo Da Vinci.
Definition: Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters
A. recant
B. annul
C. perspective
D. secular
secular
What was the main intellectual philosophy during the Renaissance?
Humanism
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
This person was arrested for support of the heliocentric model of the universe, which contradicted the church's view.
Galileo Galilei
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 in Italy during the Renaissance?
The Medici family
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
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
A. Donatello
B. Da Vinci
D. Michelangelo
Michelangelo
A Polish astronomer and mathematician who proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system, placing the Sun at the center and the Earth and other planets orbiting around it.
Nicholas Copernicus
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?
Classical philosophy and art and more
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.
Michelangelo Buonarroti
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
How was the Renaissance Period different than the Middle Ages?