Renaissance/Reformation Review

In the time of the Renaissance, cities such as Florence and Venice were important because they were

• under control of the King of Italy.

• home to the best colleges in Europe.

• hubs of trade and commerce.

• locations where artists thrived.

Which location served as the center of Renaissance activity in the Northern Renaissance?

• Venice

• Florence

• Flanders

• Rome

______________ wrote the literature work called "The Prince" from 1532, as he played a vital role in the Italian Renaissance.

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Machiavelli

• Shakespeare

• Harry Osborne

There are many scholars that believe Florence, Italy was at the very beginnings of the Renaissance because

• it was home for many that had migrated from the east.

• it avoided the plague completely.

• it was a rich center of trade in the late Medieval period.

• it remained loyal to the Catholic Church.

Florence, Italy was one of the most prominent European cities during the Renaissance because it was a center of trade and wealth under the Medici Family.

• True

• False

The mid-fourteenth century CE event that led to severe labor shortages in Northern Europe and the remainder of the European continent was

• the Protestant Reformation.

• the Pestilence.

• the invasion of the Hindus.

• the Crusades of the Catholic Church.

What was a key idea of the Renaissance?

• The equality of all people.

• Suppression of artistic thought and innovation.

• An emphasis on the afterlife instead of the present life at hand.

• The interest of classical Greek and Roman knowledge and tradition.

Unlike painting from the medieval period, Renaissance artists used light, shadow, and perspective to carefully recreate the human form.

• True

• False

Leonardo Da Vinci painted the _______________.

• Utopia

• Romeo and Juliet

• The Last Supper

• Julius Caesar

While patrons of the arts during the Northern Renaissance often commissioned works such as tapestries and illuminated manuscripts, patrons of the arts during the Italian Renaissance opted

for

• sculptures and paintings.

• poetry and prose.

• theatre and music.

• drawings and portraits.