The Renaissance and Reformation Semester Exam Review

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What was the Renaissance a rebirth of? Christian devotion, art and learning, chivalry and tournaments, good health after the plague

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art and learning

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Humanists would encourage someone to ____________.

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learn, read, and enjoy life

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What artist painted the Mona Lisa?

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Leonardo da Vinci

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In what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man?

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He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.

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The best synonym for secular is

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worldly.

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The technique known as perspective is most useful in the creation of

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two-dimensional art.

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A person who produces work "in the vernacular" is one who

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writes in a local, rather than a classical, language

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What kind of person represented the ideal of the "Renaissance man"? Options: someone who enjoyed worldly pleasures, someone who excelled in many areas of study, someone who specialized in a particular field of study, someone who supported and appreciated the arts without creating art

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someone who excelled in many areas of study

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For what is the Medici family famous? Options: for being artists, for being writers, for being rulers and supporters of the arts, for being religious reformers

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for being rulers and supporters of the arts

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The intellectual and cultural movement known as humanism arose from the study of: medieval scholarship, original Christian writings, classical Greek and Roman culture, the contributions of the Tang and Song dynasties.

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classical Greek and Roman culture.