Renaissance Review

What does the term Renaissance mean?

• Remodel

• Love of Knowledge

• Rebirth

• Love of the Arts

Which of the following was a reason the Renaissance started in Italy?

• Italy was a center of trade.

• Italy was a center of Europe.

• Italy was a center of the Plague.

• Italy was a center of military power.

Which of the following did NOT occur during the Renaissance?

• Dante Alighieri wrote The Divine Comedy.

• Scientists discovered a cure for the plague.

• Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press.

• William Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.

Italian artist who also excelled in astronomy, geometry, and anatomy

• Leonardo da Vinci

• William Shakespeare

• Michelangelo

• Filippo Brunelleschi

Artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome

• Leonardo da Vinci

• William Shakespeare

• Michelangelo

• Filippo Brunelleschi

Artist who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

• Leonardo da Vinci

• William Shakespeare

• Michelangelo

• Filippo Brunelleschi

Author of Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream

• Leonardo da Vinci

• William Shakespeare

• Michelangelo

• Filippo Brunelleschi

Italian poet who was an early Humanist and helped reintroduce the works of classical writers

• Petrarch

• Patron

• Michelangelo

• Dante

Renaissance artist who sculpted the statue Moses

• Petrarch

• Patron

• Michelangelo

• Dante

Person who encourages artists and supports them financially

• Petrarch

• Patron

• Michelangelo

• Dante