Renaissance HW Check Quiz

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

• The Golden Ages

• The Age of Glory

• The Middle Ages

• The Feudal Ages

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

• It thought that life could be nice

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

• It said that humans could enjoy comforts

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

• The Romans and Greeks

• The Greeks and Egyptians

• The Egyptians the Chinese

• The Persians and the Romans

How was Italy divided up during the start of the Renaissance?

• Fiefs

• City-States

• Kingdoms

• Provinces

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

• Rome

• Venice

• Florence

• Naples

What was Francesco Petrarch famous for?

• Writing the book Devine Comedy

• Many famous paintings such as the Mona Lisa

• Being ruler of the city of Florence at the start of the Renaissance

• Inventing the philosophy of humanism

What artist is considered the first Renaissance painter?

• Giotto

• Botticelli

• Da Vinci

• Mr. Hastings

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

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• Subjects were painted as they appeared in nature

• It was very abstract

• Emphasis was on symbolism, not realism

True or False: The Italian Renaissance stayed in Italy and never touched the rest of Europe.

• True

• False

Around what year did the Renaissance begin?

• 476 CE

• 1400 CE

• 600 CE

• 1942 CE