New Ideas and Art

During the Renaissance, humanist scholars ______.

• thought religion was more important than scholarship

• thought communities were more important than individuals

• studied ancient Greek and Roman works.

• believed people should not develop their talents

Petrarch studied old Latin manuscripts found in monastaries

• True

• False

Humanist scholars began to write ______, which allowed more people to read the works.

• only in English

• only in Italian

• in classical languages (Greek and Latin)

• in vernacular languages

Johannes Gutenberg produced the first printed book in Europe.

• True

• False

Humanists wrote literature but did not study science.

• True

• False

Leonardo da Vinci ______.

• was a scientist, but not a painter

• cut open dead bodies to learn more about the human body

• was a painter, but not a scientist

• was a famous novelist

Renaissance artists wanted to create works that made humans look like gods and goddesses.

• True

• False

In art, the way of showing people and things as they appear at different distance is called __________.

• contour

• perspective

• rendering

• composition

What was one way in which the paintings of the northern Renaissance artists were different from those of Italian artists?

• The used oils instead of water-based paints.

• Their paintings were more abstract.

• Their style was less advanced.

• They only painted religious images.

Why did Shakespeare become famous?

• He introduced the idea of using oil-based paints.

• He wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost.

• He painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

• He wrote many well-known plays.