AP Euro 1.2 (The Italian Renaissance)

Question 1

The Renaissance grew out of the rediscovery of classical texts from????

Answer 1

Ancient Greece and Rome

Question 2

Who’s considered the father of the Renaissance?

Answer 2

Petrarch

Question 3

Humanism:

Answer 3

(Developed by Petrarch) Focuses on the unlimited potential of humans as an end in themselves

Question 4

Philology:

Answer 4

The study of the history/development of languages, specifically Latin. Heavily used by Lorenzo Valla

Question 5

The Renaissance gave rise to which 2 other ideologies?

Answer 5

Secularism and Individualism. Both expressed by Niccolo Machiavelli

Question 6

Renaissance artists emphasized ____, which was a style that portrayed the world as it was

Answer 6

Naturalism