Renaissance Quiz Flashcards
What is the simple definition of Renaissance?
Rebirth
What is the more complex definition of Renaissance?
A period of European History from the 13th century to the 15th century.
What word means putting humans in place or above God?
Humanism
What was the goal of learning?
develop well-rounded individuals=main goal “Renaissance Man”
What were the different humanities you studied?
“liberal arts”, history, science, grammar, classical literature, rhetoric, philosophy, art, music
Where was the birthplace of the Renaissance? and why was it?
Italy, and because it had control of the trade routes.
Who were the financial sponsors of the arts and artists (Church) and the middle class?
Patrons
Who was the richest family?
Medici
What was the most important invention of the last 1000 years and who invented it?
Printing Press, Gutenburg
Who was the father of humanism?
Petrarch
Who wrote “The Prince” and worked in politics and was cunning and sly?
Machiavelli
What means “Im going to do whatever works”?
Pragmatism
Who made the latin translation of the Greek New Testament?
Erasmus
Who was the english author of “Utopia”?
Thomas Moore
Who wrote Don Quixote and was the Spanish satirist of medieval ideas?
Cervantes
Who represents the height of Renaissance literature?
Shakespeare
What did art in the Renaissance emphasize?
physical, present world, and nature
How did the artists change from the Middle Ages?
They went from being anonymous to putting their names on their works.
How did the look of art change?
It went from flat and 2D to realistic, 3D and shading
Why did people create art in the Renaissance?
For money $$$
Who was the father of Renaissance painting and who introduced the painting style of Fresco?
Giotto
What does Fresco mean?
Paintings on wet plaster
Who made the last supper and the Mona Lisa and was a “true” Renaissance man?
Leonardo da Vinci
What were the characteristics of a “true” renaissance man?
sculptor, architect, painter, studied anatomy, botany, geology, astronomy, engineering, math, and music
Who made the Sistine Chapel?
Michelangelo
Who was known as the Leonardo of the North and known for his wood carving and mass production?
Albrecht Duver
How did architecture change?
From cathedrals to palaces and villas
What were the positives of the Renaissance?
Provoked a spirit of inquiry, revived intrests in literature and languages of antiquity, moveable type printing made books accessible to everyone, and education became more widely available and in demand, stressed importance of individual
Negatives of Renaissance
changed emphasis from religious to secular, emphasized material, present world of eternal=greater visible MORAL CORRUPTION, increased nationalism, left humans philosophically empty as did the ancients, ALL LEADING TO REFORMATION
