ch 17- the Renaissance sec. 2

Question 1

New information about the Greeks and Romans came from the Arabs during the many years of the _______. Also, many scholars from _______ fled to Italian city-states when the Turks conquered their city in 1453.

Answer 1

Crusades

Constantinople

Question 2

Name the Italian poet/scholar who searched Europe for Greek and Roman manuscripts. He translated many and wrote biographies of famous Romans like Cicero, Virgil, Julius Caesar, and Livvy.

Answer 2

Francesco Petrarch

Question 3

Scholars and Theologians wrote mostly in Latin. What is the term for everyday languages spoken throughout Europe?

Answer 3

vernacular

Question 4

Name the Florentine poet who wrote The Divine Comedy. It was a 14,000 line poem that described, in detail, the journey from heaven to hell.

Answer 4

Dante Alighieri

Question 5

Name the English writer who wrote The Canterbury Tales. This book told of the pilgrimage of 29 individuals, and show how different levels fo English society lived.

Answer 5

Chaucer

Question 6

Who created the first movable type printing press in Europe? The printing press was important because books could be made cheaper and faster. More books were created, and more people could read. ALL THESE NEW HUMANIST IDEAS SPREAD!

Answer 6

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 7

What was the first book he printed?

Answer 7

Gutenberg’s Bible

Question 8

Humanists were curious. Who was the best example of a “Renaissance Man”, because he was a painter, sculptor, scientist, inventor, and engineer? His notebook has sketches of machines that would be created hundreds of years after his death.

Answer 8

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 9

What Renaissance art technique made subjects look like they would in everyday life? (physically and emotionally)

Answer 9

realism

Question 10

What Renaissance art technique made subjects look 3-dimensional?

Answer 10

perspective

Question 11

What Renaissance art technique softened edges and used light and shadows to create drama and emotion?

Answer 11

Chiaroscuro

Question 12

Which Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper?

Answer 12

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 13

Which Renaissance artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted a 13 foot tall David?

Answer 13

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Question 14

Which Renaissance artist painted The school of Athens in the Vatican and is famous for his various Madonna portraits?

Answer 14

Raphael Sanzio

Question 15

The Renaissance spread to Northern Europe and England through the printing press and people traveling. Art in the north still used realism, but used a different method of painting, which was the use of _____.

Answer 15

oil painting

Question 16

Two examples of Northern Renaissance painters are _______and _______.

Answer 16

Jan van Eyck

Albrecht Durer

Question 17

In England, the Renaissance showed in writing and theater. Name the English playwright who wrote many comedies, tragedies, and historical productions. Example are: Hamlet, MacBeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Much Ado About Nothing, Henry V, and Richard III.

Answer 17

William Shakespeare

Question 18

During the Renaissance, a movement known as _________ was an important factor in art, politics, religion, and government. People of this movement looked back at Greek and Roman civilization and used ideas to shape a new world view.

Answer 18

Humanism