The Renaissance

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

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

What provided the major economic support for the Renaissance?

• wealthy patrons
• church officials
• government grants
• kings competing for prestige

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?

• realism
• perspective
• idealism
• distancism

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CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

Which of the following is associated with Humanism?

• the ideas of the middle ages
• the ideas of Greece & Rome
• the ideas of ancient China
• the ideas of ancient India

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Italy
• France
• England
• Germany

Who painted "The Last Supper"?

• Machiavelli
• Botticelli
• Kepler
• Leonardo da Vinci

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

• Michelangelo
• Boticceli
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Donatello

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Renaissance began in Italy?

• Wealthy Italian patrons supported the arts
• Cultural diffusion encouraged curiosity and spread Arab and African ideas
• The Black Plague did not hit Italy as a result of the Alps 
• Renewed interest in the cultures of Ancient Greece and Rome

What was the Renaissance a "rebirth" of?

• Religion
• Classical culture
• Life (after the black death)
• Middle Ages

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