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The one credited with being the father of the Renaissance was __ .
Michelangelo
Leonardo
Petrarch
Plutarch
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Why did the Renaissance start in the Italian city states?
Roman Empire had been located on Italian Peninsula
the Italians were smarter than the rest of Europe
Italian city states had kept trading in Middle Ages & rich
trade routes ended in Italian city states
3
Four of the great High Italian Renaissance artists were
Monet, Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo
Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello
Leonardo, Bernini, Raphael, Donatello
4
In contrast, Renaissance art had the themes of
Nature, mythology, Christian themes
Nature and mythology
only nature
secular themes like mythology
5
Why is this painting from the era in #12?
Christian theme, saints, 2-D
bright colors, Christian theme, 3-D
halos, 3-D
6
This man wrote about how to obtain and maintain power, dedicated a Medici, prince of Florence.
Machiavelli
Castiglione
Erasmus
Petrarch
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Middle Ages art had a ___ theme, was unrealistic and ___ dimensional
Greek mythology; three
Christian; three
nature; two
Christian; two
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Next two questions. What era is this painting from?
Middle Ages
ancient Greece
Renaissance
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What is the Renaissance a rebirth of?
religion
Greco-Roman culture
ancient philosophy
art
10
Middle Ages art was the way it was because ___
present life was more important than future
individual was not important
individual was very important
future life was more important than present
11
Why is the image in #15 from that era?
Christian theme, ideal beauty, 3-D
experimental paints for bright colors, 2-D
Christian theme, 2-D
12
Greek subjects were taught in school - philosophy, math, science, rhetoric, history. This is
education for a well balanced person
technical education
both B and C
humanistic education
13
The idea of a Renaissance Man, talented in many fields, was developed. Who is an example?
Donatello
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Bernini
14
What event began in Italy in 1350 then all Europe, broke back of serfdom, allowed opportunity?
France beat England in the Hundred Years War
Joan of Arc heard voices to lead the French army & won
Bubonic plague killed 1/3-1/2 of Europe
Pope Urban II called for the Crusades to take back Holy Land
15
Art reflected classical culture with a return to realism & celebrated the human body. This is
individualism
humanism
ideal beauty
immodesty
16
Who was the Renaissance architect to create the first dome since Roman times, in Florence?
Brunelleschi
Leonardo
Michelangelo
Bernini
17
The painting on the right is from which era?
Middle Ages
ancient Greece
Renaissance
18
Why is the Renaissance so very important?
all of the above
importance of humanism, individualism
people questioned traditional institutions, answers
it is the beginning of the modern world
19
Painting colors were brighter thanks to this new technology.
linseed oil and turpentine
single point perspective
use of geometric shapes
oil paints
20
A woman Renaissance artist who used dramatic lighting was
Christine Pisan
Artemesia Gentilische
Isabella d'Este
21
What writer of the Renaissance wrote of the ideal man who was educated and powerful in battle?
Machiavelli
Castiglione
Erasmus
Petrarch
22
New technology was invented in the Renaissance painting. One showed 3-D called
oil paints
use of geometric shapes
single point perspective
symmetry
23
Who painted this famous painting? Who was the patron?
Michelangelo; Medici family
Raphael; Pope Julius II
Leonardo; Medici family
24
Two of the main patrons of the arts in the Renaissance were
Isabella d'Este and Medici
pope and Medici family
Sforza and pope
Hapsburg and Medici family
25
What was the role of the newly invented printing press in the Renaissance?
published pictures of paintings
created art books for the rich, who could afford them
allowed art critics to write
spread ideas of the Renaissance