Social 8 Chapter 3 Test

Question 1

What is a patron?

Answer 1

A patron is someone who pays an artist to create a work of art

Question 2

What does renaissance literally mean?

Answer 2

Rebirth

Question 3

What is a vernacular?

Answer 3

The language of the common people (normal language people speak in an area)

Question 4

What is a philosopher?

Answer 4

A person who studies the truth and principles underlying human conduct and knowledge and the nature of the universe

Question 5

What is a humanist?

Answer 5

A person who has a system of thought that centers of humans and their values

Question 6

What is an architect?

Answer 6

A person who designs buildings

Question 7

What is an aqueduct?

Answer 7

A channel used to transport water

Question 8

What is a petroglyph?

Answer 8

Art that is carved into rock (with grooves in the rock)

Question 9

What are pictographs?

Answer 9

Drawings or paintings on rock walls

Question 10

What is literature?

Answer 10

Stories and poems

Question 11

What is democracy?

Answer 11

A system of government in which people are involved in decision making

Question 12

What is a sculpture?

Answer 12

A 3D piece of art

Question 13

What is a sonnet?

Answer 13

A poetic form that consists of 14 lines

Question 14

What was the humanist worldview?

Answer 14

Humanists believe that people should use the power of reason to find truth for themselves, people should have open, curious, and questioning minds, people can achieve a lot through learning, and people should be skilled in many areas

Question 15

Where did Humanist ideas originate?

Answer 15

Humanism came from 2 main ideas. The Greek and Roman civilizations that formed “Classical civilization” and the Islamic civilization. The Islamic civilization preserved the knowledge of the Classical civilization and further developed it. Math, sciences and medicine of the great civilizations were especially developed. The Islamic civilization was in India and the Far East

Question 16

What Humanist ideas were expressed in most paintings?

Answer 16

There was a growing interest in portraits and landscapes, more reflection of interest in the individual, present world, beauty, and human excellence.

Question 17

What did it mean when artists signed their work?

Answer 17

It meant they wanted to take the credit for it. Sometimes, this meant gaining fame

Question 18

Who was Francesco Petrarch and what were his ideas?

Answer 18

Francesco Petrarch was an early Renaissance humanist thinker. Petrarch believed the Classical past was superior to the dark ages and the time he lived. He and other humanists believed that in order to be truly cultured, a person should read good books and look at great works of art. Petrarch collected Greek and Roman manuscripts, made copies and translations of them, and wanted to spread the ideas in them to everyone.

Question 19

What are differences between art in the Middle Ages and Renaissance art?

Answer 19

Art in the Renaissance used perspective, proper proportions, light, more on realistic aspects of life (instead of religion), texture and pattern, elegance, and the natural world. Art in the Middle Ages was flat, less colourful, had unrealistic proportions, and had religious themes

Question 20

What is civic humanism?

Answer 20

Civic humanists believed that being a responsible citizen meant educating yourself about history and political issues and working to improve society

Question 21

How do we know Humanists based their ideas on the Ancient past?

Answer 21

They studied literature and Classics from Ancient Romans, based ideas off of Islamic civilization, influenced by 10 commandments, they used science and math ideas developed by Greeks, and they modelled their buildings after ones in Rome and Athens.

Question 22

What was the most important philosophy regarding humanism?

Answer 22

The belief in the dignity and potential in the human being. This reflected the Christian worldview of dedicating and living a whole and good life for God

Question 23

What did humanist education emphasize?

Answer 23

“Educating the whole child” character, body, and mind

Question 24

What groups of people were patrons?

Answer 24

The Church, wealthy merchants, government

Question 25

What were the 4 main types of art in the Renaissance?

Answer 25

Paintings, Sculptures, Literature, and Architecture

Question 26

What elements were used to create naturalism and beauty in art?

Answer 26

Elegance, nature, texture, light and shadow, and details