Renaissance

1. The Renaissance started here:

• Germany

• England

• Italy

• Spain

Renaissance means the "rebirth" of

• Ancient Spanish and Rome writings and ideas

• Ancient Greek and Spanish writings and ideas

• Ancient Greek and Roman writings and ideas

• Ancient English and Roman writings and ideas

The Renaissance started in Italy because

• Of its location on the Mediterranean Sea

• Wealthy merchants had a lot of money to spend on art

• Close to Greece and Rome

• All of the above

The idea of "Humanism" means

• People should work to reach their full potential through learning

• People should NOT become educated in the liberal arts

• God was more important than the individual person

• The Bible was not as important as the individual

True or False: Many of William Shakespeare's plays are to this day used as themes for movies

• True

• False

The invention of "moveable type" by Johannes Gutenberg led to

• Books be coming more expensive so people could not afford to buy them

• More people learning to read about many subjects

• Fewer people learning to read the Bible

• the Catholic Pope encouraging people to read Martin Luther's writings

Renaissance art was different from the Art of the Middle Ages in this way

• Renaissance art did NOT show three dimensional images while Middle Ages art did

• Middle Ages art showed people in three dimensional images while Renaissance did not

• Renaissance art showed a perfect human form in three dimensional images while Middle Ages art did not

• Both periods of art were the same

The Renaissance is considered to be

• the beginning of the Middle Ages

• the beginning of the Modern World

• an unimportant period in history

• the end of the Roman Empire

True or False: God was NOT important to artists of the Renaissance

• True

• False

Writers of the Renaissance thought this was MOST important

• People should get a "liberal arts" education

• Women should have the same opportunities as men

• Art should only be created to glorify God

• Art should only be created to glorify the human body