Renaissance

An intellectual movement that focused on human potential and achievements

• Secular
• Patrons
• Merit
• humanism

What economic change occurred during the Renaissance that allowed for the flourishing of the art?

• Introduction of paper money

• People began to Barter again

• The Governments of Europe paid to educate Artists

• Growth of a wealthy Merchant Class that became patrons the Arts

Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

• Italians were better Catholics

• Italy had better means of transportation

• Italy sat in the middle of the Silk Road

• Extreme wealth that Italians made from trade

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

• Renewed
• Rebuilt
• Remade
• Rebirth

What is one way that Medieval and Renaissance artists differ?

• Renaissance art focuses more on religion

• Medieval artists were more realistic

• Renaissance artist turned to Roman and Greek works for inspiration

• They are the same

This Renaissance artist painted the Mona Lisa

• Leonardo daVinci
• Filippo Brunelleschi
• Machiavelli
• Cervantes

Which of the following is associated with Humanism?

• the ideas of the middle ages
• the ideas of Greece & Rome
• the ideas of ancient China
• the ideas of ancient India

The best synonym for secular is

• New
• Worldly
• Humane
• Religious

A period of European history, lasting from 1300 to 1600, during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world was ____________________________.

• Catholic Reformation
• Reformation
• Peace of Augsburg
• Renaissance

An Italian city-state and leading cultural center during the Renaissance.

• Florence
• city-state
• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Brunelleschi