The Renaissance

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed

• Rebuilt

• Remade

• Rebirth

The painting seen here is the -

• Madonna

• Mona Lisa

• Margaret

• da Vinci

Artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Perspective

• Patron

Identify this Renaissance art.

• Da Vinci's Last Supper
• Michelangelo's Pieta
• Michelangelo's David
• Durer's St. Jerome in His Study

Which of the following cities was an important center during the early Renaissance?

• Florence
• London
• Ghent
• Paris

One factor that enabled the Renaissance to flourish in Northern Italy was that the region had

• A wealthy class that invested in the arts
• A socialist form of government
• Limited contact with the Byzantine empire
• A shrinking middle class

A period of rebirth and creativity in art, writing, and thought from about 1300 to 1600 A.D., beginning in Italy and eventually spreading throughout Europe.

• Renaissance
• Humanism
• arts
• patron

 A movement in Renaissance Europe, celebrating human potential and achievement and stressing the study of subjects such as history, grammar, literature, and philosophy.

• Renaissance
• Humanism
• arts
• patron

A person who supports an activity or institution by providing financial backing.

• Renaissance
• Humanism
• arts
• patron

 The most famous English writer of the Renaissance, best known for his plays Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.

• Shakespeare
• Michelangelo
• Raphael
• Petrarch