The Renaissance

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The Renaissance was the rebirth of...

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classical art and literature

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Humanism

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placing the study and progress of human nature at the center of interests.

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secular

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not religious

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Changes in art during the Renaissance EXCEPT:

• the use of mathematical perspective was invented
• artists represented space and size in a more realistic way
• more paintings featured saints
• themes from ancient Greece and Rome became more popular

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more paintings featured saints

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The Renaissance began in ____. Options: Florence, Italy; Paris, France; Madrid, Spain; London, England.

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Florence, Italy

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The Medici family influenced the Renaissance in Italy because...

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they paid for many artists to complete their work (they were patrons of the arts)

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DaVinci, Michelangelo and Raphael were all Renaissance...

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artists

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"The School of Athens" by Raphael is a good example of the use of: chiaroscuro (contrasting light and dark), linear perspective, tempera paint, religious iconography

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linear perspective

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Many of the ideas that arose during the Renaissance challenged and rejected ideas of the previous period which was...

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The Middle Ages

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During the Renaissance, authors and artists admired and used themes from which period?

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Ancient Greece and Rome