World History Ch. 15 Reniassance

Question 1

Sculptor who studied the statues of the Greeks and Romans; sculpted George, a Christian saint

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Donatello

Question 2

Flemish painter who perfected the technique of oil painting

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Jan van Eyck

Question 3

German artist greatly influenced by the Italian artists

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Albrecht Durer

Question 4

intellectual movement based on study of the classics

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humanism

Question 5

Wrote The Divine Comedy in vernacular language:

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Dante

Question 6

The purpose of education according to the humanists, was to create _______.

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well-rounded citizens

Question 7

enjoyed the patronage of the Medici family; cultural center of Italy

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Florence

Question 8

frescoes came alive with 3-D perspective

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Masaccio

Question 9

served as a commercial link between Asia and Western Europe; very profitable trade empire

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Venice

Question 10

painted frescoes that made figures come alive with 3-D perspective

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Masaccio

Question 11

Monk who opposed the Medici family; was accused of heresy and sentenced to death

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Savanarola

Question 12

Soldiers who fight primarily for money:

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mercenaries

Question 13

Italian painter who painted The Last Judgement

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Giotto

Question 14

Local spoken language

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vernacular

Question 15

Author of an influential work on political power - The Prince:

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Machiavelli

Question 16

Members of the middle class; shopkeepers, artisans, etc:

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burghers

Question 17

Father of Italian Renaissance Humanism

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Petrarch

Question 18

German printer who developed moveable-type:

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Gutenberg

Question 19

The Italian states played a crucial role in politics/culture because of their ________ power.

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economic

Question 20

best known paintings are The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

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da Vinci

Question 21

Painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water based paints

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fresco

Question 22

painted ceiling/walls of the Sistine Chapel in Rome

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Michelangelo

Question 23

Artistic techniques that give the effect of 3-D depth

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perspective

Question 24

Sculptor who studied classical Greek and Roman statues; sculpted marble figure of St. George

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Donatello

Question 25

died at age 37; painted School of Athens and designed St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome

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Raphael

World History Ch. 15 Reniassance

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World History Ch. 15 Reniassance

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