Topic 8: Renaissance Figures & Artwork Comparison

Question 1

What time period is this piece of artwork from?

Accepted Answer

Classical

Question 2

How is the Medici family related to the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

They financed/commissioned several pieces of art & buildings

Question 3

Who was the German monk who founded the Protestant reformation?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther

Question 4

Dante Alighieri was...

Accepted Answer

an Italian writer whose best known work is The Divine Comedy

Question 5

Dutch painter who painted realistic scenes and best known work is The Arnolfini Portrait

Accepted Answer

Jan van Eyck

Question 6

Which time period is this piece of artwork from?

Accepted Answer

Medieval

Question 7

German artist who travelled to Italy and brought back new painting and engraving techniques.

Accepted Answer

Albrecht Durer

Question 8

The explosion of literacy on Europe is linked to which figure?

Accepted Answer

Johann Gutenberg

Question 9

Italian painter, sculptor, engineer; famous works include the Last Supper.

Accepted Answer

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 10

British “father of modern physics”, developed the theory of gravity.

Accepted Answer

Issac Newton

Question 11

Italian humanist who believed people should apply Classical Greek and Roman ideas to the world

Accepted Answer

Petrarch

Question 12

Who was the Polish astronomer who theorized of a “heliocentric” solar system?

Accepted Answer

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 13

Who was the author of Don Quixote?

Accepted Answer

Miguel de Cervantes

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