World History Chapter 11 Test

Which three of the following Renaissance artists exemplify the best of the High Renaissance?

Which of the following is not true about Botticelli?

Machiavelli’s The Prince promotes the concept of an expedient ruler free from moral restraints.

Which humanist wrote that a successful ruler uses force when necessary, for “it is much safer to be feared than loved”?

Father of Renaissance Painting

Sistine Chapel wall painting The Last Judgment

Which of the following is not a distortion found in Michelangelo’s Pietà?

Which of the following is not a reason that Italy led the Renaissance?

The Renaissance humanists stimulated a rebirth of interest in the literature, art, and philosophy of the classical age.

What ceiling depicts in fresco the story of Creation, the Fall, the Flood, and Redemption?

book of manners

cast the first full-scale equestrian statue since Roman times

The Italian painter Giotto is known for his frescoes, which are

What Italian city, because of its beauty, pride, and wealth, became known as the Queen of the Adriatic?

The Venetian love of money, rich clothing, and decoration is manifested in the Venetian artists’ emphasis on merchants,

Who was the most versatile man of the Renaissance?

The Renaissance’s focus on man’s worth and capacities has been called what?

adviser to Henry VIII who described an ideal state

leading Venetian painter known for portraits and rich colors

painted The School of Athens

Who was the Dominican friar who tried to bring reform to the church in Florence?

artist who painted portraits of Henry VIII, More, and Erasmus

added movement to paintings with figures that seemed to sway

People of the Renaissance praised the wonders of group achievement.

artist who was best known for his engravings and woodcuts

The birthplace of the Renaissance was

The secular age of the Renaissance prepared the way for the

movable-type printing

satire on chivalry

Renaissance is a French word meaning what?

Although many Renaissance humanists were primarily interested in classical learning, most of them were church members an

Erasmus’s In Praise of Folly points out the evils and the follies of Renaissance society.

genre painter of scenes from everyday life

Brunelleschi defeated Ghiberti in a competition to build the

created a three-dimensional effect by shading

versatile artist who also studied the sciences

The most famous Renaissance patrons were members of which family?

“little dyer” from Venice

new edition of the Greek New Testament

doors made of ten bronze panels known as the “Gates of Paradise”

Which of the following was the most popular instrument of the Renaissance?

Movable-type printing brought about all the following consequences except

The Renaissance’s emphasis on the secular helped weaken moral restraints, making the need for reform more readily appare

The best-known composer of Renaissance church music was

Renaissance artists differed from medieval artists in that Renaissance artists wanted no recognition for their work.