The Renaissance

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed

• Rebuilt

• Remade

• Rebirth

During the Renaissance, there was a revival of interst in 

• perspective
• humanism
• Greek and Roman civilizations
• individual achievement

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

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

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 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

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An Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance.

• Florence
• city-state
• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Brunelleschi

  An Italian Renaissance painter, born in 1452 A.D., who painted many masterpieces, such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and also excelled in scientific research.

• Florence
• city-state
• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Brunelleschi

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

• Shakespeare
• Michelangelo
• Raphael
• Petrarch

 An Italian Renaissance artist, born in 1475 A.D., who worked mainly as a sculptor but also painted such famous works as the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

• Shakespeare
• Michelangelo
• Raphael
• Petrarch

 One who excels in many different fields of study.

• Johann Gutenberg
• Elizabethan Age
• Renaissance Man
• vernacular