What were two significant features of the Renaissance?

Interest in Greece and Rome; humanism

What was the Renaissance?

A period of renewed interest in art and learning in Europe

What is contrapposto?

Body of sculpture is facing opposite of torso

Why was Leonardo da Vinci known as the "Renaissance Man?"

Sculptor, architect, inventor, mathematician; Mona Lisa

What does chiaroscuro mean?

Use of light, shading, and perspective

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1
Where did the Renaissance begin?
Italian city-states
Mesopotamian city-states
Egyptian city-states
Greek city-states
2
What city-state is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance?
Egypt
Florence
Athens
Harappa
3
What were two significant features of the Renaissance?
Irrigation and castes; triumvirates
Pax Romana and consuls; dictatorship
Ziggurats and levees; manorialism
Interest in Greece and Rome; humanism
4
What was the Renaissance?
A loss of interest in anything art related in Europe
A period in which churches were important
Time of reflection in feudalism & the structure of churches
A period of renewed interest in art and learning in Europe
5
What did Niccolo Machiavelli write?
The Prince
Mona Lisa
The Republic
Socratic Method
6
What family served as patrons of such artists as Michelangelo. Botticelli, & Machiavelli?
Medici family
Socrates family
Plato family
Aristotle family
7
The belief that human society was important was known as what?
Philosophy
Manorialism
Reformation
Humanism
8
What is contrapposto?
Gothic style with dragons, demons, and saints
Body of sculpture is facing opposite of torso
Animals are the only objects in the painting
Use of gardens, waterways, and high windows
9
What are two major examples of the dome and arch built during the Renaissance?
Duomo and St. Peter's Basilica
Temple and the Mastaba
Pyramids and the Ziggurat
Parthenon and the Colosseum
10
What does the word Renaissance mean?
death
alive
rebirth
art
11
How did the Renaissance affect music, art, and philosophy?
3D effects were used
It had no effect
Works were dull
It became more secular
12
Why was Leonardo da Vinci known as the "Renaissance Man?"
Sculptor, architect, inventor, mathematician; Mona Lisa
Philosopher, monarch, scientist, and king; painted ziggurats
Plebeian, dictator, patrician, and keystones; David
He danced atop ziggurats and sang Crusades Karaoke songs
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What does chiaroscuro mean?
Use of flat, two dimensional techniques
Use of dark colors and animals
Use of light, shading, and perspective
Use of graphics, colors, and shapes

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