Renaissance Final

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Rebirth
• Stagnation
• Traditional
• A Latin term for art

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Italy
• France
• England
• Germany

The Medici Family...

• Were the first mafia family to live in Italy
• Were the most famous painters in Florence
• Were the family of Mona Lisa
• Were patrons of the arts in Florence

"The end justifies the means" was a key belief of this man, who wrote "The Prince" 

• Machiavelli
• Castiglione
• Shakespeare 
• Petrarch

Advantages of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press include all of the following EXCEPT:

• Cheaper book prices
• Increase in education/literacy
• Increase in church power
• Rapid spread of ideas

While Gutenberg introduced the printing press in Europe, this country was the first to develop moveable type, which influenced his invention.

• Japan
• Korea
• England
• China

Humanism is a way of thought that focuses on which of the following?

• The human potential for achievement
• the needs of the group over the individual
• the works of medieval writers
• the doctrines of the Christian Church

Renaissance writers, Dante and Chaucer, wrote their poems and stories in language that everyday people could understand. This was known as

• translation
• humanism
• vernacular
• realism

The Renaissance first began in the city-state of

• Florence
• Rome
• Venice
• Milan

Which describes how the subjects of Renaissance art were different than art during Medieval times?

• The subjects of art were always religious figures.
• Artists painted individuals in everyday life and showed them more realistically.
• The art was usually very dark and depressing.
• Subjects' bodies were not shown in proportion.