Johannes Gutenberg...

invented the printing press and movable type.

paintings often centered around peasant life

characteristc of renaissance art

nudity, emotion, shadowing/ lightning, prespective.

Famous for his engraving paintings and prints

The word vernacular means

the language used by people in everyday life.

Petrarch’s ideas helped people understand the importance of

history, and his ideas affected education for many years.

How are classical and Renaissance statues alike?

Both feature realistic and lifelike poses.

Characteristics of Renaissance art...

Bodies were shown life-like and in motion

How are the Black Death and Renaissance related?

Death and carnage led to innovation and social mobility

During the Renaissance, what was the role of patrons?

They gave money in support of the arts and its artists.

Leonardo da Vinci can be considered "THE" Renaissance Man because:

He was an inventor, scientist, painter, sculptor, genius.

Philosophy that celebrates human cultural achievements

Blends religion and humanist ideas

Humanist priest who wanted to return to simple Christian goodness

What is one way that Leonardo da Vinci used science to make his art more realistic?

Da Vinci studied and sketched human bones and muscles.

Which of the following is not true of perspective?

People, places, and scenery appear one-dimensional.

Which of the following best describes Cosimo dé Medici?

powerful ruler of Florence who valued education and culture

The printing press affected the spread of ideas during the Renaissance the same way that

the Internet affects the spread of ideas today.

Before the Renaissance, writers like Dante and Chaucer changed European literature by

writing in vernacular languages

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1
An important, breakthrough discovery during the Renaissance that changed art forever was:
Ability to draw better
One-point perspective
Oil painting
Use of more colors
2
Characteristics of Renaissance art
Relevance in ancient greeks and roman works, techniques and personalities
All of the above
Use of perspective, relevance in the human body (realism)
Harmony, color, dark and light use
3
Johannes Gutenberg...
invented the printing press and movable type.
was a great Renaissance artist.
None of these
was a monk who rebelled against the Catholic Church in 1453.
4
Pieter Brueghel
Ren painter who used elongated figures and dark colors
attempted to return England to Catholicism
paintings often centered around peasant life
5
characteristc of renaissance art
nudity, emotion, shadowing/ lightning, prespective.
dim lighting
no emotion
not detailed and not a story
6
The translation of the Bible from Latin to vernacular languages caused
more people to learn to read.
church leaders to stop performing church rituals.
more people to follow the ideas of church leaders.
painters to fight strenuously against it.
7
What Italian city was known as the birthplace of the Renaissance?
Rome
Florence
Milan
Venice
8
Albrecht Durer
wrote about the importance of religion in European Society
Is famous for his sculpture work and Sistine Chapel frescos
Famous for his engraving paintings and prints
Was the first to use oil paints
9
The word vernacular means
the belief that all planets and stars move around Earth.
the language used by people in everyday life.
a technique in art that gives paintings a sense of depth.
an angle created by a line intersecting another line.
10
Machiavelli wanted to have an effect on
religion.
literature.
art.
politics.
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Petrarch’s ideas helped people understand the importance of
history, and his ideas affected education for many years.
science, and his ideas affected education for many years.
art history, but his ideas lasted for only a short time.
religious history, but his ideas lasted for a short time.
12
How are classical and Renaissance statues alike?
Both feature realistic and lifelike poses.
Both feature a few details of human figures.
Both figures with clothing that is still and without motion.
Both focus on animal figures.
13
Characteristics of Renaissance art...
People showed little or no emotion whatsoever
Bodies were rigid and stiff
Bodies were shown life-like and in motion
Figures always fully dressed
14
How are the Black Death and Renaissance related?
Church bells stopped ringing
Death and carnage led to innovation and social mobility
People began decorating their coffins
A lot of people died in both events.
15
During the Renaissance, what was the role of patrons?
They were artists and made art without the help of Leonardo.
They gave money in support of the arts and its artists.
They were unsupportive of the secular movement.
They were supportive of the banking system in Milan.
16
What was the central problem of the Catholic Church at the beginning of the Renaissance?
It had become too strict.
It did not have enough money.
It had become corrupt.
People did not want to go to church.
17
Renaissance artists wanted to bring together Classical learning with Christian traditions.
True
False
18
Leonardo da Vinci can be considered "THE" Renaissance Man because:
Because he lived during the Renaissance.
Because he traveled all over Europe.
Because he invented secret codes in his paintings.
He was an inventor, scientist, painter, sculptor, genius.
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What is humanism?
Objects, regardless of weight, will fall at the same speed
Painting completed by da Vinci in a refectory in Milian
Philosophy that celebrates human cultural achievements
Inventor of the printing press
20
This Renaissance painting shows all of the following technique(s), except?
sfumato
chiaroscuro
perspective
cubism
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Christian humanism
Only focuses on religious subject
Blends religion and humanist ideas
None of the above
Disapproves of secular subjects
22
Desiderius Erasmus
Believed in predestination
Burned at the stake for translating the Bible
Humanist priest who wanted to return to simple Christian goodness
Criticized the corruption of the pope and the clergy
23
The term “Machiavellian” has become synonymous with ________.
welfare policies
ruthless political expediency
tools made by machinists
slow decision making
24
What is one way that Leonardo da Vinci used science to make his art more realistic?
Da Vinci used astronomy to sketch the sun.
Da Vinci used a microscope and to sketches from what he saw.
Da Vinci studied and sketched human bones and muscles.
Da Vinci studied measurements of Earth.
25
When did the Renaissance occur?
14th-17th Century c.e
8th-11th Century c.e
17th-20th Century c.e.
11th-14th Century c.e.
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Which of the following is not true of perspective?
Straight lines, like floor tiles, appear as diagonal lines.
“Distant” places are painted in hazy colors.
People “in the front” of the painting are portrayed larger.
People, places, and scenery appear one-dimensional.
27
Which of these Italian port cities was the wealthiest?
Milan
Florence
Genoa
Venice
28
Which of the following best describes Cosimo dé Medici?
a ruler of the Papal States
a wealthy merchant who supported the arts
scientist who helped build foundations of modern astronomy
powerful ruler of Florence who valued education and culture
29
The printing press affected the spread of ideas during the Renaissance the same way that
digital photographs affect the spread of ideas today.
the Internet affects the spread of ideas today.
the cellular phone affects the spread of ideas today.
digital photographs affect the spread of ideas today.
30
Miguel de Cervantes is best known for
Romeo and Juliet.
the Mona Lisa.
the Sistine Chapel.
Don Quixote.
31
Before the Renaissance, writers like Dante and Chaucer changed European literature by
using the new printing press
translating poems into Greek
writing only in Latin
writing in vernacular languages
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The Renaissance is a rebirth of
Medieval Art
Italian and German ideas/art
Greek and Roman ideas/art
French and Italian ideas/art

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