Humanities Test

Question 1

Humanism

Answer 1

The focus on an individual and their possible achievements

Question 2

Italian Renaissance

Answer 2

Christian idea of fantasy; darker colors and lighter colors; mostly based on Jesus

Question 3

Marco Polo

Answer 3

Explored areas in Asia and the Silk Road; wrote a book with a fellow prisoner

Question 4

Patron

Answer 4

A wealthy person who would pay artists to make paintings

Question 5

Cosimo de Medici

Answer 5

Man who paid Brunelleschi to build the dome on the Dubbo Chapel and supported many artists

Question 6

Lorenzo de Medici

Answer 6

Grandson of Cosimo; takes over the Medici family after the death of his grandfather

Question 7

Filippo Brunelleschi

Answer 7

Man who built the dome on the Dubbo Chapel and created linear perspective (also a talented artist)

Question 8

Perspective

Answer 8

A method of showing three-dimensional scene on a flat surface so that it looks real

Question 9

Leonardo da Vinci

Answer 9

Painted Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Made sense of the human body.

Question 10

Michelangelo

Answer 10

Italian artist who sculpted the marble statute of David and painted the roof of the Sistine Chapel

Question 11

Sandro Botticelli

Answer 11

Painted Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist

Question 12

Raphael

Answer 12

Valued humans in his paintings and showed clear personalities of the people

Question 13

Petrarch

Answer 13

Italian poet, had a lot to say about human behaviour, believed God set humans at the center of the world; developed humanism

Question 13

Northern Renaissance

Answer 13

Focused on daily life scenes and less on religion and people. Also focused less on symmetry and 3D-ness

Question 13

Niccolo Machiavelli

Answer 13

Wrote a book on how leaders should rule; his works are a good example of how interest in human behavior affected politics/society

Question 13

Albrecht Durer

Answer 13

Famous artist from Germany; showed objects in great detail; created paintings for churches but was more famous for his prints

Question 14

Jan Van Eyck

Answer 14

Originated a style of painting by characterizing realistic sunrise effects and natural light

Question 15

Printing Press

Answer 15

Press used to print letters on paper

Question 15

Miguel de Cervantes

Answer 15

Wrote Don Quixote; thought his time was better than the Middle Ages

Question 16

William Shakespeare

Answer 16

Greatest writer in English Language; famous for his plays

Question 16

Johann Gutenberg

Answer 16

Developed a printing press where each letter was a different piece

Question 16

Elizabethan Age

Answer 16

Age named after Queen Elizabeth; when Queen Elizabeth Ruled

Question 17

Explain Humanism:

Answer 17

Humanism is different from the beliefs of the middle ages because they were interested in ideas besides religion. They wanted to learn to lead successful lives. They were interested in the positive qualities that make us human.

Question 17

Explain the Role of the Medici family in the Italian Renissance:

Answer 17

The Medici family was the start of the Italian Renaissance because they were patrons of the best painters. Lots of very detailed paintings were made because of this.

Question 18

The art of the Italian Renaissance:

Answer 18

The Italian Renaissance used fading points and perspective to make paintings look 3D. Most of them were Christian based, but others were based on Roman or Greek beliefs. The paintings focused more on symmetry and anatomy.

Question 18

The art of the Northern Renaissance:

Answer 18

The Northern Renaissance focused more on daily life scenes and less on symmetry and anatomy and 3D-ness

Question 19

What effect did the printing press have on European Society:

Answer 19

The printing press made the bible more accessible to ordinary people who couldn’t read Latin. Bibles were printed in ordinary languages, which made people want more education, which led to Italian universities being more popular.