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100
He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome and created a famous statue of David.
Who is Michaelangelo?
100
Artists and writers of the Renaissance studied these two anicent peoples for their ideas.
What are the Ancient Romans and Greeks?
100
He wrote most of his ideas in mirror image - that is, backwards.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
100
This technique makes Renaissance paintings look three-dimensional.
What is perseptive?
100
This Italian city-state was the centre of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
200
He was the perfect example of a "Renaissance man".
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
200
The word "renaissance" is French for this.
What is "rebirth"?
200
He wrote a book called " The Prince" to explain to Lorenzo de Medici how to take control of Florence.
Who is Machiavelli?
200
This technique shows people and objects in correct size to each other.
What is proportionality?
200
Holbein was the official portrait painting for this king.
Who is King Henry VIII of England?
300
His dome in Florence became the symbol of what was possible during the Renaissance.
Who is Brunelleschi?
300
This "ism" was the main idea of the Renaissance.
What is humanism?
300
He wrote an etiquette book to show nobles how to behave at court.
Who is Castiglione?
300
Renaissance artists often used this type of math to lay out and design their paintings and sculptures.
What is geometry?
300
This Florentine family became some of the greatest patrons of the arts.
Who are the de Medicis?
400
A northern Renaissance artist, he is known for his wood carvings.
Who is Durer?
400
Instead of focusing on life after death, Renaissance artists and writers focused on this.
What is life on earth?
400
This advisor to King Henry VIII wrote the book " Utopia".
Who is Sir Thomas More?
400
This Dutch artist's paintings contain smaller paintings of different perspectives for the same scene.
Who is Van Eyck?
400
Whose political ideas can be summed up by saying, " The end justifies the means".
Who is Machiavelli?
500
He created engraved doors for a church in Florence.
Who is Ghiberti?
500
This new train of thought focused not on society as a whole, but on the role of each person in society.
What is individualism?
500
This writer wrote about travelling through the seven circles of hell.
Who is Dante?
500
Brunelleschi developed this technique to finish his dome.
What is herring-bone technique?
500
What is the big question that Machiavelli attempts to answer in his political treatise, " The Prince"?
What is " Is it better to be feared or to be loved"?