Renaissance Test

Question 0

The Renaissance spanned between which centuries?

Answer 0

14th and 17th centuries

Question 1

What does the term Renaissance mean?

Answer 1

Rebirth or renewal

Question 2

The Renaissance started in…..and worked its way…..through Europe?

Answer 2

Florence Italy, North and East

Question 3

The philosophy centered around the belief that am. Is the center of his own universe started what movement?

Answer 3

Humanism

Question 4

This artist and scholar created scientific studies of flying machines, invention ideas, and the human anatomy

Answer 4

Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 5

How did he learn about the human anatomy?

Answer 5

Human autopsies

Question 6

Name the two famous Da Vinci paintings

Answer 6

The Mona Lisa and the Last Supper

Question 7

What are the three defining characteristics of humanism?

Answer 7

Encouraged to question conventional wisdom
Encouraged to be curious/experimention
Invention encouraged

Question 8

Who built a telescope that proved the earth and other planets revolved around the sun?

Answer 8

Galileo

Question 9

What did Galileo discover by dropping different sized cannon balls off the side of the building?

Answer 9

That all objects fall at the same rate of speed

Question 10

What is a patron?

Answer 10

A wealthy merchant or citizen that would sponsor artists and scholars in their work/research.

Question 11

What three factors played a role of the birth of the Renaissance in Italy at the time?

Answer 11

Wealthy patrons, access to classic roman resources, independent governments not ruled by the church.

Question 12

This artist mastered the use of linear perspective to create the illusion of space in his paintings?

Answer 12

Brunelleschi

Question 13

What important invention changed who learned to read and write in the Renaissance?

Answer 13

The movable printing press

Question 14

Who invented the printing press?

Answer 14

Johannesburg Gutenburg

Question 15

Before the printing press, who was responsible for writing the books?

Answer 15

Monks, clergy of the church

Question 16

Why was early Renaissance music primarily written for vocal choirs?

Answer 16

The church was paying for it-a composers only source of income

Question 17

Why did music in the later Renaissance change to more instrumental music?

Answer 17

Patrons became a new source of income for composers

Question 18

Type of flag that is flown horizontally from the end of a spear is called a:

Answer 18

Pennon

Question 19

Flags were used a s a way to_____ communicate

Answer 19

Visually

Question 20

What does the odor green traditionally symbolize in a Renaissance flag?

Answer 20

Peace and freedom

Question 21

What is the difference between a flag and a banner?

Answer 21

Flags are hung horizontally from the side, and a banner is hung from the top.

Question 22

How many layers of clothing did a women usually wear?

Answer 22

5

Question 23

What two social groups wore brightly colored/patterned clothing?

Answer 23

Wealthy and royalty

Question 24

Two common fashion trends for female head accessories?

Answer 24

Intricate braiding or head pieces/hats.

Question 25

How did parents dress children in the Renaissance?

Answer 25

Like little adults

Question 26

What Renaissance invention spearheaded the common use of woodcut images?

Answer 26

The printing press

Question 27

Artists removed the ______ so that a linear image would be transferred in the printed copy?

Answer 27

Negative space

Question 28

How and why did the subject matter of woodcut art change in the Renaissance?

Answer 28

Depicted everyday images of life around them because the church was not only source of income for the artists

Question 29

What popular modern dessert ingredient was not available during the Renaissance?

Answer 29

Chocolate

Question 30

Meat was usually cooked by?

Answer 30

Braising and boiling it in water (to save fuel)

Question 31

What essential piece of cooking equipment was found in every Renaissance kitchen?

Answer 31

Stew pot

Question 32

Who wrote the play Bisclavet?

Answer 32

Lais of Marie de France

Question 33

The story of Bisclavet includes the subject of _______.

Answer 33

Lycanthropy (werewolf)

Question 34

What are the two Renaissance ideas portrayed in the story of:

Answer 34

The power of love and betrayal

Question 35

Who did the author write this series of stories for?

Answer 35

King Henry II