World History - Renaissance, Reformation, Scientific Revolut

What kind of person represented the ideal of the "Renaissance man"?

• 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

A period of European history, lasting from 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world was ____________________________.

• Catholic Reformation
• Reformation
• Peace of Augsburg
• Renaissance

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.

To become known as an important patron, one most needed to be

• Wealthy
• Creative
• Religious
• Intellectual

Horizontal lines in the perspective view of the object are drawn

• vertical
• to a vanishing point
• horizonta
  horizontal
• angled

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

• relies on realism.
• uses only natural light.
• uses a verse form of writing
• writes in a local, rather than a classical, language.

Richest family in Florence, made wealthy from banking

• Machiavelli
• Medici
• Marco Polo
• Doge

How did Italy's location help make it the starting point of the Renaissance?

• Libraries were made public to house lost Greek and Roman Texts
• Greek merchants moved to Italy to avoid Ottoman trade networks
• Lack of trade with Constantinople inspired more art
• Its geographic location on the Mediterranean Sea increased economic trade

Who sculpted the Pieta, David and painted the Sistine Chapel?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michaelangelo

• Raphael

• Cosimo de Medici

How did Italian Renaissance Art differ from Medieval art?

• It utilized new mediums, like tapestries and illuminated manuscripts

• It was more realistic, had three dimensions, and did not always focus on religious subjects.

• It was almost entirely focused on Greco-Roman themes.

• It was more biblical than the medieval art.