Renaissance Art
Renaissance
Renaissance People
Renaissance Vocab
Renaissance Basics
100

The Renaissance may be described as an age of
A. the “rebirth” of human creativity
B. curiosity and individualism
C. exploration and adventure
D. all of the above

D. All of the above

100

What does renaissance mean?

A. rebirth

B. recreation

C. re-acclimation

rebirth

100

What was the name of the Italian banking family who ruled Florence and supported many artists?
a. de Lorenzo
b. da Vinci
c. de Meridian
d. de Medici

d. de medici

100

Definition: a rebirth or revival

A. Renaissance

B. Secular

C. Humanism

D. Reformation

Renaissance

100

The Renaissance occurred mostly during
a. 1000 and 1150
b. 1150-1250
c. 1350-1600
d. 1600 and 1700

c. 1350-1600
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

What is the meaning of the word "patron"?
A. a change in scientific thinking caused by scientific observation
B. people who use their wealth to support artists and inventors
C. a "rebirth" of classical thinking
D. art technique that involves realism

B. people who use their wealth to support artists and inventors

200

The intellectual movement called humanism

a. treated the Madonna as a childlike unearthly creature

b. focused on human life and its achievements

c. condemned any remnant of pagan antiquity

d. focused on the afterlife in heaven and hell

b. focused on human life and its achievements

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

Who was considered a true "Renaissance Man"?
a. Leonardo da Vinci
b. Raphael
c. Michelangelo
d. Donatello

A. Leonardo da Vinci

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 were the major patrons of the Renaissance movement?   

a. Da Vinci

b. Victorians

c. Medici Family

d. King Henry VIII

 C. The Medici family 

400

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Renaissance?

a. Humanism
b. individualism
c. Questioning
d. Trusting those in power

D. trusting those in power

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 ?

One of the following must be included in your answer:

art, inventions, progress/change, education, philosophy

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

Definition: Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters

A. recant

B. annul

C. perspective

D. secular

D. secular

500

What did people value the most during the Renaissance?

a. individualism
b. the King
c. the church
d. inventors

A.  Individualism