Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man stated that humans

could be whatever they chose or willed.

Johannes Gutenberg was a key developer of

the movable type printing press.

Marriages in Renaissance Italy

were an economic necessity involving complicated family negotiations.

The "new monarchs" of the late fifteenth century in Europe

were focused upon the acquisition, expansion, and centralization of power.

The Book of the Courtier was a

handbook on the ideal skills an aristocrat needs to advise a ruler

Machiavelli's The Prince advocates that a successful ruler must

act without morals for the good of the state.

The Corpus Hermeticum

contained writings on the occult as well philosophical speculations.

One of the foremost preoccupations of Italian Renaissance art was

the realistic portrayal of the human form.

According to Jacob Burckhardt, the Renaissance in Italy represented

a break from the Middle Ages and the true birth of the modern world.

The Italian Renaissance was primarily

a recovery of antiquity and Greco-Roman culture.

All of the following monarchs were successful in continuing the centralization of their "new monarchies" except

Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire.

Which of the following is NOT true of Northern Renaissance artists?

They valued the secular human form as the primary subject of painting.

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1
Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man stated that humans
were nothing more than undifferentiated animals.
were fallen creatures, but regain their place by following God's will.
were destined to survive because they were the fittest animals.
could be whatever they chose or willed.
2
Johannes Gutenberg was a key developer of
the water wheel
the astrolabe.
the compass.
the movable type printing press.
3
Marriages in Renaissance Italy
were often worked out hastily with little thought.
were an economic necessity involving complicated family negotiations.
were based on love and mutual affection.
were easy to dissolve or annul.
4
The "new monarchs" of the late fifteenth century in Europe
continued the trend toward decentralization.
attempted to build up the power of the nobility for support.
accepted the domination of the church as a matter of course.
were focused upon the acquisition, expansion, and centralization of power.
5
The Book of the Courtier was a
primer on military training for nobles.
work on how to achieve political power and then keep it.
handbook on the ideal skills an aristocrat needs to advise a ruler
treatise against active participation in public life.
6
Machiavelli's The Prince advocates that a successful ruler must
strive to earn the love of his people.
care for the weak, poor, and helpless.
act without morals for the good of the state.
follow Christian principles in all his endeavors.
7
The Corpus Hermeticum
scientific treatise that included no spiritual or philosophical concepts.
contained histories written by papal secretaries.
advocated the final rejection of Neoplatonic thought.
contained writings on the occult as well philosophical speculations.
8
One of the foremost preoccupations of Italian Renaissance art was
the exclusion of humans in favor of purely sacred images.
a refusal to study mathematical laws and anatomical structures.
the realistic portrayal of the human form.
the elimination of religious images in painting and sculpture.
9
According to Jacob Burckhardt, the Renaissance in Italy represented
the greatest period of economic recovery in the history of civilization.
a continuation of the culture of the High Middle Ages.
a break from the Middle Ages and the true birth of the modern world.
a period of moral and cultural decline.
10
The Italian Renaissance was primarily
a recovery of antiquity and Greco-Roman culture.
characterized by a preoccupation with religion.
a religious reform movement.
a mass movement of the peasants
11
Western Europe in the Renaissance saw
a decline in centralized royal government.
a decline in serfdom.
an increase in the manorial system.
a reduction in urban trade networks.
12
All of the following monarchs were successful in continuing the centralization of their "new monarchies" except
Louis XI the Spider of France.
Henry VII of England.
Ferdinand and Isabella in Spain.
Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire.
13
Which of the following is NOT true of Northern Renaissance artists?
They never portrayed the human body.
Had less mastery of the laws of perspective than many Italian painters.
They valued the secular human form as the primary subject of painting.
The most influential artist was Jan van Eyck

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