Italian & Northern Renaissance*

Question 1

1. Which Renaissance artist depicted biblical verses on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Answer 1

Michelangelo

Question 2

2. A major reason why the Italian Renaissance witnessed a flowering of artistic talent was that

Answer 2

Generous patronage allowed artists to work on and perfect their craft

Question 3

3. Where did the Renaissance begin and ultimately travel to?

Answer 3

Northern Italy –> Germany, England & Flanders

Question 4

4. In the late Medieval period, the Church was criticized for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Answer 4

Modesty

Question 5

5. Compared to Medieval culture, Renaissance culture was LESS

Answer 5

Afterlife-focused

Question 6

6. This style (hair is done up in a fashionable way in two small horns that are held together by hairnets in chequered motifs) of painting reflects the artistic sensibilities of which European country?

Answer 6

Flanders

Question 7

8. The term “Renaissance” describes

Answer 7

A reawakening of interest in the classical past

Question 8

7. Who of the following is not associated with the Northern Renaissance?

Answer 8

Machiavelli

Question 8

10. Which painter from modern-day Belgium painted this masterpiece (Arnolfini Portrait) ?

Answer 8

Jan Van Eyck

Question 9

9. In The Prince, Machiavelli describes which of the following?

Answer 9

Political tactics by which a ruler could remain in power

Question 10

12. The Renaissance departed from the Medieval Period in all of the following ways EXCEPT that the Renaissance

Answer 10

Cities became dominated by a dictatorship of laborers

Question 11

11. The main contribution of the Elizabethan Renaissance in Britain was

Answer 11

Writing

Question 12

13. How did the Roman Catholic Church play an important role in the Italian Renaissance?

Answer 12

Artists, like Michelangelo, were patronized by the Roman Catholic Church

Question 13

14. Which of the following people did not contribute to the Italian Renaissance

Answer 13

Holbein

Question 14

15. The Gutenberg Printing Press impacted European life in all of the following ways EXCEPT

Answer 14

Decreasing the use of vernacular languages

Question 15

16. What was a major difference between European art of the Renaissance and the art of the Medieval Period?

Answer 15

Renaissance art emphasized the individual more than Medieval art

Question 16

17. Which Renaissance artist was proficient in portrait work and produced this life-like likeness of English Queen Anne of Cleeves?

Answer 16

Hans Holbein the Younger

Question 17

18. Which Renaissance artist excelled in capturing large groups on canvas?

Answer 17

Bruegel

Question 18

19. Which Renaissance artist produced works with deeply religious, yet dark, apocalyptic imagery as seen in Melancholia?

Answer 18

Albrecht Durer

Question 19

20. This Renaissance writer was inspired by a love lost to the Bubonic Plague in the late 1300s?

Answer 19

Petrarch

Question 20

21. This Christian humanist authored Utopia, in which he described a perfectly run society.

Answer 20

Thomas More

Question 21

22. The birthplace of the Italian Renaissance was

Answer 21

Florence

Question 22

23. What statement describes a direct effect of the Renaissance on Western Europe?

Answer 22

The philosophy of humanism brought about a decrease in the power of the Roman Catholic Church

Question 23

24. Italy’s status as a birthplace of the Renaissance is understandable for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

Answer 23

The heaven-focused Vatican culture

Question 24

25. The Renaissance would have had the least influence on which of the following areas?

Answer 24

Russia

Question 25

26. Which German craftsman innovated Chinese block printing to create the first modern printing press?

Answer 25

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 26

28. Who of the following was the patriarch of the wealthiest family in Northern Itlay?

Answer 26

Cosimo de Medici

Question 27

27. Which Christian humanist satirized the Roman Catholic Church, merchants and lovers in his masterpiece, The Praise of Folly?

Answer 27

Desiderius Erasmus

Question 28

29. Which person brought the Renaissance to England through widespread patronage of the arts?

Answer 28

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 29

30. Which Italian artist sketched human anatomy, flying inventions and is responsible for the Last Supper.

Answer 29

Da Vinci

Question 30

31. Which Renaissance artist is responsible for the masterpiece called The School of Athens?

Answer 30

Raphael

Question 31

32. Which Renaissance masterpiece is the sculptor of David?

Answer 31

Michelangelo

Question 32

33. Which Northern Renaissance artist created this masterpiece - The Knight, the Devil and Death.

Answer 32

Albrecht Durer

Question 33

34. Who does this self portrait belong to (Man with bald head and long flowing beard) ?

Answer 33

Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 34

35. Which Renaissance master created the La Pieta?

Answer 34

Michelangelo

Question 35

36. What events of the Medieval period prompted the explosion of the Italian Renaissance? Why was Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance?

Answer 35

The events of the Medieval period that prompted the explosion of the Italian Renaissance were the survivors of the black plague who wanted to celebrate. As a way of expressing these feelings they turned to art, literature, and the classics of Greece and Rome. Trad was picking up so there was a lot of exchange of cultures, spices, and ideas. One idea that took off was humanism and that you can live a lavish life without offending God. All these events prompted the artistic explosion that Italy experienced. Italy was the birthplace of the Renaissance because it was the first place the black plague died out in and it was seen as a way to trade with the rest of Europe. Italy was in the middle of everything.

Question 36

37. Explain the legacy of the Italian and Northern Renaissance.

Answer 36

The Italian Renaissance has a reputation for its achievements in painting, architecture, sculpture, literature, music, philosophy, science, technology, and exploration. During the Northern Renaissance the Dutch emphasis on detailed realism prefigured the “Golden Age” of painting that accompanied the nation’s commercial, scientific and military ascendancy in the 17th century and launched Rembrandt and Vermeer into immortality.