Renaissance Test Review

What was the focus of Christian humanists?

Renaissance means?

Why was Johann Gutenberg’s movable type so important to the Renaissance?

What is secularism?

Followers of humanism focused on studying ________ to understand ancient values?

Christine de Pizan’s writing focused mainly on?

Thomas Moore, a Northern Humanist writer from England, wrote __________, which imagined an ideal society.

A major part of skepticism used by Greek philosophers & humanists was the _______of traditions and sources of authority?

The Renaissance occurred in roughly what years

How was humanism different from intellectual movements during the Middle Ages?

_______ was the largest city in Europe during the Renaissance and became a major theatrical and literary center?

What was a major reason why the Renaissance began in Italy?

What economic factors led to Italian cities like Venice, Milan, Florence, and Naples becoming cultural centers

Michelangelo’s famous pieces of art include the Statue of David and painting the ceiling of the________?

Renaissance Italy was organized politically into a number of independent states built around a _______

Which of the following was NOT a painting from the Renaissance period?

Flanders became the ______center of the Northern Renaissance because of its wealth?

How did monarchs in England and France (particularly Queen Elizabeth) mainly participate in the Northern Renaissance?

Wealthy people who supported the arts financially were known as_______?

How did the style of portraits and sculptures illustrate the ideas of the Renaissance?

What painting technique did Renaissance artists develop to make paintings appear three dimensional and more realistic?

Which characteristics of William Shakespeare’s writing followed the style of the Renaissance?

Desiderius Erasmus was a northern humanist who bridged the divide between _______ and ________?

Which of the following was a guiding principle to Macchiavelli’s The Prince?

Renaissance writings were often written in local _______, which allowed ordinary people to become aware of Ren. ideals?