Grade 8 Social Chapter 3 Vocab Quiz

Question 1

a person who pays an artist to produce a work of art

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patrons

Question 2

technique of painting directly onto walls and ceilings made of fresh plaster

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fresco

Question 3

sculpture represents the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus; by Michaelangelo

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the pieta

Question 4

someone who is an expert in his or her field of study

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scholar

Question 5

the belief in the dignity and potential of the individual

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individualism

Question 6

having two identical halves

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symmetry

Question 7

Michaelangelo’s most famous work; depicts the biblical David from David and Goliath fame

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the david

Question 8

period of time from 1400–1700AD in which European society underwent a change in thinking&study

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renaissance

Question 9

the language commonly spoken by the people who live in a particular region

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vernacular

Question 10

belief that its everyones duty to be a responsible citizen by educating himself in issues

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civic humanism

Question 11

refers to the writings and works of ancient Greece and Rome

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classical

Question 12

a person who studies the truth and the nature of the universe

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philospher

Question 13

way of thinking that centres on humans and how they think, what they value and they can achieve

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humanism

Question 14

technique used by artists to represent three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface

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linear perspective

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