Renaissance

The Renaissance began in

• Greece

• Italy

• HRE

• England

The "Renaissance" means

• A renewal of Middle Ages ideas and thought

• A rebirth of ancient Greek and Roman ideas and thought

• A renewal of Christian ideas

• A rebirth of the Roman Empire

Almost everything the people of Europe knew before the Renaissance they learned from

• tutors

• nobles

• the Catholic Church

• the Bible

The Renaissance began in Italy because

• of its central location on European trade routes

• merchants had a lot of money to spend on art

• it was close to ancient Greece and Rome

• All of the above

The belief that all humans have potential and should work hard to achieve their potential is called:

• Individualism

• Secularism

• Humanism

• Patronism

Unlike Italian Renaissance writers, some Northern Renaissance writers were critical of

• The kings of Europe

• The Catholic Church

• Greek and Roman art and writings

• Greek and Roman art and architecture

This is a method Renaissance artists used to make paintings look three-dimensional

• shading

• bright colored paint

• linear perspective

• straight lines

Besides worrying about "food", most people in the Middle Ages were heavily concerned about

• owning land

• going to heaven

• pleasing the lord of the manor on which they lived

• all of the above

A "patron" during the Renaissance was someone who

• paid artists to paint or sculpt

• gave money to the Church

• helped the poor by giving them food

• traded with merchants from China and India