A technique used to make art look three dimensional, A technique used to create the illusion of depth

Renaissance Flashcards

1

Who was the great English playwright from the time of Queen Elizabeth I?

Sir Thomas More
William Shakespeare
Miguel Cervantes
Johann Gutenberg

2

Who wrote The Prince?

Machiavelli
Castiglione
Botticelli
Medici

3

What is the antonym of secular?

sacred
humorous
simple
old

4

What does Renaissance mean?

Rebirth of Italian culture.
Rebirth of medieval culture.
Rebirth of classical culture.
Rebirth of flowers.

5

The Prince teaches how to gain and keep _____________.

power
fame
pizza
wealth

6

Who wrote Utopia?

Miguel Cervantes
William Shakespeare
Sir Thomas More
Baldassare Castiglione

7

Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Michelangelo
Donatello
Leonardo
Brunneleschi

8

What does the name Florence mean?

flowers
perspective
art
beautiful

9

What family patronized artists in Florence?

Botticelli
Medici
Castiglione
Machiavelli

10

Who was the first known user of movable type in Europe?

William Shakespeare
Ignatius of Loyola
Johann Gutenberg
Sir Thomas More

11

What is perspective?

A technique used to make art look three dimensional
A reason for living
A technique used to create the illusion of depth
A technique used to make sense of mathematics

12

Who rediscovered the technique of perspective?

Michelangelo
Leonardo
Brunneleschi
Botticelli

13

Who painted La Primavera?

Leonardo
Van Eyck
Botticelli
Raphael

14

Who sculpted the first free-standing bronze nude since antiquity?

Leonardo
Brunneleschi
Michaelangelo
Donatello

15

What intellectual movement focused on human potential and achievement?

The Northern Renaissance
The Reformation
The Renaissance
Humanism

16

What does Utopia mean in Greek?

somewhere
where
nowhere
everywhere

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