Leading Figures of the Renaissance

Think of what it means today to call someone a "Renaissance person." How does that label fit Leonardo da Vinci?

• He lived in Italy in the 1400's

• He cared greatly about animals

• He was skilled in many fields

• He took ideas from ancient Rome

How did trade help to spread Renaissance ideas across Europe?

• Traders from Asia and Africa sent goods by ship

• Traders in Italy became rich enough to hire artists

• Traders followed the Silk Road to find out about china

• Traders from many places visited Italy and took new ideas home

Why did artists from other countries travel to Italy?

• They wanted to learn new tecchniques

• They planned to sail across the sea

• They hoped for Italian patrons

• They wanted to teach Italian students

One result of Johannes Gutenberg's invention was that more people

• learned how to read

• got jobs in cities

• became great artists

• bought Chinese silks

What great work by Michelangelo might a visitor to Rome see today?

• A performance of Romeo and Juliet

• A Renaissance law book

• the Mona Lisa

• The Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Which Renaissance figure is a German artist that writes about art and likes to engrave pictures on metal?

• Brunelleschi

• Durer

• Botticelli

• Michelangelo

The artist Titan was especially known for the ways he used

• nature and sunlight

• shape and perspective

• color and brushwork

• woodcuts and etchings

The Roman Catholic Church forbade people to read a book by Copernicus because the book

• revealed the location of the Silk Road

• told people to question everything

• said Earth went around the sun

• criticized actions by the pope

What is significant about Michelangelo’s marble sculptures?

• They show his unique abstract style and perspective.

• They show his talent for sculpting miniature figures.

• They show his ability to create lifelike sculptures.

• They show his technique of mixing clay and marble.

Andreas Vesalius’ book, On the Structure of the Human Body, is considered to be the first

• written work on anatomy.

• modern medical textbook.

• theory on the human body.

• book that was not secular.