Renaissance/Exploration Flashcard 1

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This painting displays perception and realistic detail, making it an example of art from the:

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Renaissance

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This famous Renaissance artist not only created works of art, he also drew inventions and anatomical drawings of the human body:

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Leonardo da Vinci

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This painting lacks perspective, making it appear flat and "cartoonish". This is an example of a painting from the:

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Middle Ages

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The ideas of the Renaissance were inspired by: Japan, France, Greece & Rome, England

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Greece & Rome

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The ability to read and write, which became increasingly important during the Renaissance:

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Literacy

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This artist painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: Michaelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, Raphael

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Michaelangelo

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Which statement explains why the Renaissance began in Italy? Options: The Catholic Church did not have any influence in Italy. The Italian city-states became centers of trade and banking. Italy was not influenced by civilizations of the past. Italy was politically unified by a king.

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The Italian city-states became centers of trade and banking.

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the leading English language poet and playwright of the Renaissance

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Shakespeare

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printer who invented a printing press with movable type

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Gutenberg

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The printing revolution meant that

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exposed educated readers to new ideas and places.