Renaissance Review

What time period came before the Renaissance?

• The Age of Exploration

• The Reformation

• The Enlightenment

• The Middle Ages

Around what year did the Renaissance begin?

• 400-500

• 1050-1100

• 1350-1400

• 1600-1650

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Rome

• Paris

• Florence

• London

How was Italy divided during the Renaissance?

• city-states

• counties

• regions

• provinces

Why was the Renaissance considered a "rebirth"?

• education, trade, and art flourished

• the Catholic Church grew in power

• the Roman Empire resurged in power

• cities and towns became more isolated

Artists were financially supported by...

• towns and universitites

• powerful nations of Europe

• wealthy families and patrons

• printing and wool industries

In what industries did the Medici family make their fortune?

• banking and wool

• art and land

• weapons

• farming and fruit

Life could be nice, did not have to be all work, and people could enjoy comforts are all elements of what...?

• humanism

• theology

• optimism

• faith

He combined philosophical ideas with those of the church; reason and faith

• Thomas Aquinas

• William Shakespeare

• Johannes Gutenburg

• Michelangelo

Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa and what other work of art?

• ceiling of the Sistene Chapel

• The Last Supper

• The Bean Eater

• The David