Renasissance Review

Question 0

The renaissance spanned between:

Answer 0

14th to 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 man 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 two famous Da Vinci painting

Answer 6

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 and experimentations
Invention encourages

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 ball off the side if a building

Answer 9

That all objects fall at the same rate of speed

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Brunelleschi

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Movable type printing press

Question 12

Who invented the printing press

Answer 12

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 13

Before the printing press, who was responsible for writing books

Answer 13

Monks, clergy of the church

Question 14

What is a patron

Answer 14

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

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Wealthy patrons, access to a classic roman resource, independent governments not ruled by 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 the flag that is flown horizontally from the end of a spears is called a

Answer 18

Pennon

Question 19

Flags were used to _____ communicate

Answer 19

Visually

Question 20

What does the color 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

A flag flys horizontally from the side, banner is hung from the top

Question 22

How many layers of clothing did 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

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 woodcuts images

Answer 26

The printing press

Question 27

Artist 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 the only source of income for the artist

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

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

Question 34

What are the two Renaissance ideas are portrayed in the story

Answer 34

Love and betrayal

Question 35

Who did the author write this series of stories for

Answer 35

King Henry 2