The Renaissance: Humanism & Medici

Question 1

Which is NOT one of the three main principles of humanism?

Accepted Answer

Focus on the afterlife

Question 2

Why was the Medici family important to the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

they supported the arts/artists

Question 3

People who paid artists to produce works were....

Accepted Answer

Patrons

Question 4

The Medici Family became wealthy by...

Accepted Answer

Banking

Question 5

Geographically speaking, where did the Renaissance start?

Accepted Answer

Florence, Italy

Question 6

In the Renaissance, texts were written in the vernacular. What is the definition of the term?

Accepted Answer

Language commonly spoken by people who live in that region.

Question 7

Who did the Medici family form a financially successful partnership with in the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

The Church

Question 8

What city did the Medici family rule?

Accepted Answer

Florence

Question 9

Renaissance humanist thinkers studied what kind of texts?

Accepted Answer

Greek and Roman Classical.

Question 10

What factors led to a wider readership during the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Texts written in vernacular.

Question 11

Who was Petrarch?

Accepted Answer

A humanist scholar and poet.

Question 12

Which member of the Medici was the founder of the Medici political dynasty?

Accepted Answer

Cosimo

Question 13

Who controlled Italian city-states in the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Wealthy merchants

Question 14

Which of the following did humanists NOT portray in their art?

Accepted Answer

Only religious scenes.

Question 15

Humanists believed people should use their own minds and question what?

Accepted Answer

Everything

Question 16

What does Renaissance mean?

Accepted Answer

French for "rebirth."

Question 17

Humanist painters found inspiration in..?

Accepted Answer

Classical Greek and Roman Art.

Question 18

Who was considered the "first Renaissance" architect who built Il Duomo and discovered perspective?

Accepted Answer

Brunelleschi

Question 19

Who is the "Father of Humanism" and traveled to find lost manuscripts from Greece and Rome?

Accepted Answer

Petrarch.

Question 20

What is the definition of humanism?

Accepted Answer

Belief in the importance of the individual.

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