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THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
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1
Which of these is NOT an art work by Leonardo da Vinci?
The Birth of Venus
The Mona Lisa
The Last Supper fresco
the Vitruvian Man
2
"The end justifies the means" was a key belief of this man, who wrote "The Prince"
Shakespeare
Machiavelli
Castiglione
Petrarch
3
What was the period before the Renaissance called?
The Middle Ages
The Golden Ages
The Grey Ages
The Feudal Ages
4
The Wedding at Cana was painted by Paolo Veronese.
False
True
5
Which innovation in painting was developed by the Renaissance artists?
The use of abstract geometric figure
The illusion of depth
The use of religious themes
The use of colour
6
What type of religious practice was created during the Renaissance?
Hinduism
protestantism
Buddhism
Islam
7
Titian was the great painter of which city in Italy?
Venice
Florence
Rome
sienna
8
Raphael painted only religious works during his career.
True
False
9
After his death in 1510, painter Sandro Botticelli rapidly fell into obscurity.
True
False
10
Pietà was Michelangelo's last great masterpiece.
False
True
11
What is the name of this Italian work of art?
Saturn devouring his Son
The Last Supper
The beheading of St John the Baptist
Venus de Milo
12
Who painted most of the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Botticelli
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
13
Who wrote the influential work "The Prince," offering political advice for rulers during the Renaissance?
Petrarch
Niccolò Machiavelli
Dante Alighieri
Giovanni Boccaccio
14
Which school of thought coincided with the Renaissance?
Existentialism
Marxism
Positivism
Humanism
15
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
Donatello
Raphael
Michelangelo
16
Who painted this?
Donatello
Botticelli
Titian
El Greco
17
Who created this?
El Greco
Titian
Giorgione
Tindoretto
18
What does the "Vitruvian Man" show?
A landscape
Proportions
Riots
The solar system
19
What was Filippo Brunelleschi known for?
Writing ''The Prince''
Starting a revolution
The Florence Cathedral dome
His statues
20
What is the name of this painting?
The Night Watch
La Pieta
The Mona Lisa
The Annunciation
21
The people of the time knew they were living in an extraordinary era and proudly named it "The Renaissance".
False
True
22
Who is not a renaissance artist:
Van Gogh
Titian
Donatello
Caravaggio
23
Which painter is considered one of the greatest of the Florentine Renaissance?
Hendrik Terbrugghen
Sandro Botticelli
Caravaggio
Michelangelo
24
Donatello's David was the first large sculpture of a nude man since antiquity.
False
True
25
Which Renaissance artist is known for his sculptures "David" and "Pieta"?
Donatello
Titian
Botticelli
Michelangelo
26
Portrait of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta was painted by which artist?
Donatello
Piero della Francesca
El Greco
Botticelli
27
Which family was a prominent patron of the arts during the Renaissance and ruled Florence for much of the period?
Borgia
Visconti
Medici
Sforza
28
Which city is considered the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance?
Florence
Venice
Milan
Rome
29
Who created this?
Masolino
Ghiberti
Brunelleschi
Donatello
30
Which of the following was
not
a technique used by Renaissance painters?
Impasto
Linear perspective
Fresco
Sfumato
31
The Renaissance is characterized by a revival of interest in which civilization's literature, art, and philosophy?
Roman
Greek
Egyptian
Byzantine
32
Bacchus and Ariadne is an oil painting by Titian.
True
False
33
What was Francesco Petrarch famous for?
Architecting huge and beautiful cathedrals
Inventing the philosophy of humanism
Using perspective in painting
Writing the book Devine Comedy
34
Who is said to be depicted in the painting, "Mona Lisa"?
Fontana di Trevi
Lisa del Giocondo
Lavinia Fontana
Lisa Pavarotti
35
How long did the construction of St Peter's Basilica?
250 years
350 years
450 years
150 years
36
Where did the Statue of David stand after its creation?
The Acropolis
The Coloseum
Piazza della Signoria
Vatican city
37
Which architect is credited with designing the dome of Florence Cathedral, a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture?
Donatello
Andrea Palladio
Leon Battista Alberti
Filippo Brunelleschi
38
The name of this Italian masterpiece is _________.
The Last Supper
The Birth of Venus
Guernica
The Babadori Altarpiece
39
Who created this?
Masolino
Fra Angelico
Donatello
Botticelli
40
How was humanism different from the way most people thought before the Renaissance?
It said that humans could enjoy comforts
It said that life did not have to be all work
All of the above
It thought that life could be nice
41
Who is often referred to as the "Father of the Renaissance"?
Niccolò Machiavelli
Leonardo da vinci
Petrarch
Michelangelo
42
Who is known for his contributions to anatomy and detailed anatomical drawings during the Renaissance?
Andreas Vesalius
Avicenna
William Harvey
Galileo Galilei
43
Who painted the famous fresco "The Last Supper" in Milan during the Renaissance?
Leonardo da Vinci
Titian
Raphael
Michelangelo
44
Which biblical figure is the subject of famous sculptures by both Michelangelo and Donatello?
Moses
David
Jeremiah
Adam
45
Who painted this?
Orcagna
Giovanni PIsano
Giotto
Cimabue
46
Titian was the great painter of which city in Italy?
Venice
Sienna
Rome
Florence
47
Judith and Holofernes was painted by Botticelli.
True
False
48
The High Renaissance refers to which of the following periods?
1490s to 1527
1425 to 1470
1550s to 1610
1560 to 1580
49
. We know that the word "Renaissance" means rebirth, but from what lanaguage is it translated?
French
Old English
Latin
Italian
50
Who wrote the epic poem "The Divine Comedy," which is considered one of the greatest works of Italian literature?
Machiavelli
Bocaccio
Petrarch
Dante Alighieri
