Renaissance Ducksters Quiz

What was the period of time in Europe called that happened before the Renaissance?

• The Golden Ages

• The Middle Ages

• The Plague Ages

• The Glory Ages

Where did the Renaissance start in Europe?

• France

• Italy

• Greece

• Spain

How was humanism different from the way most people thought before the Renaissance?

• It thought life could be nice

• It said that life did not have to be all work

• It said humans could enjoy comforts

• all of the above

How was Italy divided up during the start of the Renaissance

• fiefs

• provinces

• city-states

• kingdoms

3) From what ancient civilizations did the people in Italy get the idea for humanism?

• Greeks and Romans

• Egyptians and Chinese

• Chinese and Romans

• Egyptians and Perisans

In what wealthy and powerful Italian city did the Renaissance get its start?

• Venice

• Milan

• Florence

• Rome

• Naples

What was Francesco Petrarch famous for?

• architecting huge beautiful cathedrals

• writing Romeo and Juliet

• painting the Mona Lisa

• inventing the philosophy of humanism

What artist is considered the first Renaissance painter?

• Botticelli

• DaVinci

• Michelangelo

• Giotto

What made Renaissance painting different from the previous period of art?

• all of the above

• it was very dull

• it was very plain

• subjects were painted as they appeared in nature

Around what year did the Renaissance begin?

• 1630

• 1215

• 1066

• 1400