Seminar Renaissance

I was a northern Renaissance artist; I created hundreds of engravings; I painted, too.

I had one of the most brilliant courts of the Renaissance; I ruled for my husband at times.

This painter perfected the use of perspective during the early Renaissance.

Ferdinand and Isabella of Aragon and Castille were known as the Most ___ Monarchs.

This historian argued that the Renaissance was a complete break with the past; a new era.

During the Renaissance, approximately this percentage of the population participated

This was a secret court created by Henry VII to control his rebellious nobles.

This was a 14th century painter from Florence who revolutionized painting in the West.

All of the following were new industries during the Renaissance EXCEPT

The biggest threat to a centralized monarch's power was the ____.

My nickname is "Spider King" and I centralized my power in France in the 15th century.

This artist is better known for the biographies he wrote about the Renaissance geniuses.

I was a musician who used secular tunes in the Mass; I also wrote madrigals.

I was a young, brilliant artist of the High Renaissance; I loved painting Madonnas!

A representative of a city or nation at another city or nation's court was called a(n) ___.

I painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling; I sculpted a Pieta; I am Mrs. Heim's favorite artist!

I was a northern Renaissance artist; I loved detail as you can see in Arnolfini and his Bride

Socially, all of the following lived in towns and cities EXCEPT

This nation had a centralized monarchy for a short time but that ended with Corvinas' death.

This was the author of The Prince.

In the patrician families, all legal power was held by the ________.

I was a High Renaissance architect; I built the Tempietto at Saint Peter's Cathedral.

This man was the greatest of the patrons of the arts in Florence during the Renaissance.

This group threatened Eastern Europe but were held back by the Byzantine Empire.

The trading union of the Baltic and North Seas was called the ____ League.

I translated all of Plato's works and helped to create Neoplatonism.

The war between the Lancasters and the Yorks for the English throne was the War of the ___.

Who was the first to characterize the Middle Ages as the "Dark Ages?"

I was a Florentine artist; I painted "Primavera" and "Birth of Venus."

Patrician marriages involved the girl bringing a ___ to the marriage.

This early Renaissance Florentine travelled to Rome before he sculpted a bronze "David."

I invented moveable type!

I mastered the art of perspective! Mrs. Heim thinks my paintings are cartoonish...she's wrong!

All of the following subjects were considered "liberal arts" EXCEPT

Most slaves in Italy came from ___.

I painted the Mona Lisa; it took me 4 years! I loved art, science, technology, flight, etc....

This was the author of The Book of the Courtier

I created the first dome since antiquity; I built it on the Florence Cathedral.

I developed the idea of "free will" and contributed to the development of Neoplatonism.

I was a High Renaissance artist from Venice; I loved painting nudes and lush cloth.

Diplomatically, the Italian states wanted to maintain this

All of the following countries developed strong centralized monarchies EXCEPT

Renaissance artists were trying to perfect their imitation of ____.

I am called the Father of Humanism; I scoured libraries looking for writings from antiquity.

I am the first Tudor monarch of England; I centralized my power and made myself rich!

I was a ruler of Russia; I started to kick the Mongols out of my country!

I was a northern Renaissance artist; I liked ordinary scenes as you can see in Peasant Wedding.

The artistic Renaissance began in this Italian city-state.

Using your education to benefit your city-state was known as ____ humanism.

I created the dome for the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome.