A true "Renaissance Man", he was not only a writer, artist, etc., but he also invented, among other things, an early version of the helicopter.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci.
100
Name the four masters.
Who are Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Donatello?
100
He wrote "The Courtier."
Who is Baldassare Castiglione?
200
This belief is called Humanism.
What is the belief in the importance and power of human beings, or a belief in free will?
200
He is often considered the greatest playwright of all time.
Who is Shakespeare?
200
He dropped objects off the leaning tower of Pisa to do experiments about falling objects, proving Aristotle had been wrong.
Who is Galileo?
200
His Holy Trinity was one of the first paintings to use perspective in a mathematical way.
Who is Masaccio?
200
Brunelleschi used inspiration from the Pantheon in Rome and his own intellect to create a building with this architectural feature.
What is a dome?
300
It is a common spoken language--in the time of the Renaissance, this would have included French, English, Spanish, Italian, and others.
What is a vernacular?
300
She wrote books advocating education for women, and refuting the sexist views of her male contemporaries.
Who is Christine de Pizan?
300
He invented the movable-type printing press.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
300
This artist painted the Birth of Venus.
Who is Boticelli?
300
This type of music came about in the Renaissance, and involves multiple instrumental or vocal parts.
What is polyphonic music?
400
This particular brand of humanism was more prevalent in the North of Europe, and was more concerned with reforming the Church.
What is Christian Humanism?
400
Thomas More is famous for writing this book, the title of which means "no place".
What is Utopia?
400
He came up with a theory of heliocentrism, suggesting the earth moves around the sun.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
400
Bronzino painted a portrait of this patron of the arts.
Who is Cosimo de Medici?
400
An inventor in this country invented the printing press long before the European inventor.
What is China? (the inventor's name was Bi Sheng)
500
This is the word for someone who uses money to support artists and arts.
What is a patron?
500
He was friend with Thomas More and wrote "Praise of Folly", which showed how people in the society, including some priests, did not follow Christian values (even if they followed Christian traditions).
Who is Desiderius Erasmus?
500
He came up with the theory that in logic, the simplest explanation is usually the best.
Who is William of Ockham?
500
This is one of the influences on Renaissance painting.
What are: improvements in oil painting, Classical Antiquity, science & math, humanism, etc.
500
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