Renaissance Flashcards
Q:What does the word Renaissance mean?
A: Rebirth
Q: Where did the Renaissance begin?
A: Italy
Q: Who did people of the Renaissance become interested in again?
A: The Greeks and Romans
Q: The Renaissance was a period of change in what five things?
A: Literature, art, philosophy, science, and architecture?
Q: What is the art of designing buildings?
A: architecture
Q: What word describes books and writing?
A: Literature
Q: What is the study of life, knowledge, and how we think?
A: philosophy
Q: In Medieval Europe, where did monks live?
A: Monasteries
Q: What poet admired the values of Greece and Rome, and helped start the Renaissance?
A: Petrarch
Q: What is the name of the people who admired and studied Ancient Greece and Rome?
A: Humanists
Q: What is the group of people that were the class between those who worked the land and nobility?
A: Middle-Class
Q: How were patrons rewarded?
A: They became famous.
Q: What was another name for the Eastern Roman Empire when Rome split up?
A: Byzantine
Q: Who was Leonardo da Vinci’s teacher who was rumored to have quit when da Vinci painted an angel so much better than his?
A: Verrochio
Q: Who was the greatest sculptor of the early Renaissance?
A: Donatello
Q: How did Brunelleschi end up getting the Guild to leave him in charge of the Cathedral of Florence?
A: Pretended to be sick, showing that Ghiberti didn’t know what he was doing.
Q: What is the most famous sculpture of Donatello’s called?
A: St. George
Q: What does Botticelli mean in Italian
A: Little Barrel
Q: What is on the base of St. George?
A: St. George battling a dragon
Q: What are Leonardo da Vinci’s two most famous paintings?
A: Mona Lisa and Last Supper
Q: In art, what is a way of showing depth on a flat surface?
A: Perspective
Q: Who painted the School of Athens?
A: Rafael
Q: What family were the most famous patrons of the Renaissance?
A: The Medici Family
Q: Who are artists who design buildings?
A: Architects
Q: Who is the most famous writer in the Renaissance?
A: William Shakespeare
Q: What are people who commissioned artists called?
A: Patrons
Q: What did Leonardo construct out of Terra Cotta for the Duke of Milan?
A: A horse
Q: What happened to Leonardo’s horse?
A: French soldiers used it for target practice.
Q: What military vehicle did Leonardo da Vinci design look like?
A: Tank
Q: What is Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the dinner he had with his apostles?
A: The Last Supper
Q: What did Leonardo tell the prior who said that he was taking too long?
A: “If you’re in a hurry, then I could always use your face for Judas.”
Q: Where was the Last Supper painted?
A: On the wall of a monastery.
Q: What technique do artists use to make a 2-dimensional painting look like it has depth?
A: Perspective
Q: What was it called when Leonardo wrote everything backwards?
A: Mirror writing
Q: What did people in the Renaissance call Lorenzo de’ Medici?
A: The Magnificent
Q: Who won Lorenzo de’ Medici’s competition to make the best sculpture?
A: Michelangelo
Q:Why did Michelangelo run away from his school a lot?
A: He was more interested in art than scholarly school stuff.
Q: What is the name of the sculpture Michelangelo sculpted of Mary holding her dead son in her lap?
A: Pieta
Q: What is the church in Rome that houses the Pieta?
A: St. Peter’s Basilica
Q: What is the only piece of art that Michelangelo ever signed?
A: Pieta
Q: Why did Michelangelo go back and sign the sash on Mary?
A: He wasn’t happy that a group of visitors didn’t know who sculpted it.
Q: Who ended up becoming a more famous sculptor than Donatello in the Renaissance?
A: Michelangelo
Q: What are paintings on walls or ceilings?
A: Frescos
Q: What church did Michelangelo paint frescos of the old testament in the Bible?
A: Sistine Chapel
Q: Who are people who commissioned artists to make art, sculptures, or literature?
A: Patrons
Q: What is a painting of Mary holding Jesus called?
A: Madonna
Q: What kind of paintings did Rafael paint at least 17 of?
A: Madonnas
Q: What was Niccolo Machiavelli’s famous book called?
A: The Prince
Q: What was Miahiavelli’s purpose for writing the Prince?
A: To teach people in power how to stay in power.
Q: If someone calls you Machiavellian, what are they calling you?
A: Sneaky and Untrustworthy
Q: What is the Italian word for making difficult things look easy?
A: Sprezzatura
What was Miguel de Cervante’s most famous novel?
Don Quixote
Who was known as the Young Bard of Avon
William Shakespeare
What is a Bard?
a poet
Who was William Shakespeare’s wife?
Anne Hathaway
Where were William Shakespeare’s plays performed?
The Globe Theater
Where is the Globe Theater located?
London, England
What river in London was the Globe built near?
Thames River
