15.2 Ideas & Art of the Renaissance

[p1] What was "humanism"? Select THREE from this list.

• A key intellectual (ideas) movement of the Renaissance

• An intellectual movement based on the study of the classics

• Its followers studied grammar, rhetoric, poetry, moral philosophy, & history

• A political system that glorified the state above the individual

• Painting done on fresh, wet plaster with water-based paints

[p1] Finish this sentence: As a result of Petrarch's finding & using classical Latin manuscripts,...

• other languages became important during the Renaissance.

• humanist ideas spread throughout scholarly works.

• people found it more difficult to study.

[p2] The textbook says that Dante & de Pizan wrote in their vernacular. What is "vernacular"?

• The language of everyday speech in a particular region

• An intellectual movement based on the study of the classics

• Small insects such as fleas that live in or on the human body

[p3] The textbook says that humanist education became increasingly secular. What does "secular" mean?

• Less focused on religion

• Having a distinctive quality or form

• A soldier who fights primarily for money

• Belonging to the government of the Daleks

[p3] Which of these subjects were included in the humanists' "liberal studies"? Select THREE from this list.

• History, ethics, & logic

• Grammar, poetry, & public speaking

• Mathematics, astronomy, & music

• Christianity, Islam, & Judaism

• Spanish, biology, & algebra

[p3] What was the goal of a humanist education?

• To create well-rounded citizens, preparing aristocrat sons for leadership roles.

• To prepare people for religious lives, as priests and monks.

• To produce scholars of ancient literature, entirely focused on studying Greek classics.

• To make people more artistic.

[p3] Who pioneered the use of movable type & the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century?

• Tommaso di Giovanni

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Martin Luther

• Christine de Pizan

[p4] The human-focused style of Renaissance artists resulted in art that...

• celebrated religion.

• imitated the flat art of the Medieval era.

• fit into small spaces.

• used perspective to represent three dimensions.

[p4] Which of these terms means "artistic techniques used to give the effect of three-dimensional depth to two-dimension surfaces"?

• Perspective

• Fresco

• Style

• Circumstance

[p5] What did Filippo Brunelleschi build using his mathematical & artistic skills?

• A large exterior dome (the cathedral of Florence)

• A 40-foot statue of David

• A catapult for attacking enemy castles