The Cradle of the Renaissance

The first family of Florence was the __________ family.

• da Vinci

• Medici

• Lorenzo

• Tutor

__________ was the cradle of the Renaissance.

• Rome

• Milan

• Venice

• Florence

What geographical feature helped Florence become the cradle of the Renaissance?

• The Alps

• The Black Sea

• The Apennine Mountains

• The Arno River

• The Tiber River

What does the work "palazzi" mean in Italian?

• Palace

• home

• castle

• money

• place

What were palazzi in the city of Florence during the Renaissance?

• A palace for the King

• shops along a plaza where people bought their everyday goods

• Names given to ancient buildings from the Greek and Roman Era that had survived until the Renaissance

• townhomes built around central courtyards where they wealthy lived

The architect Brunelleschi studied mathematics and ancient ruins. From his studies, he was then able to create....

• St Peter's Basillica

• Vatican city and all of it's ancient buildings that stand today.

• a dome with no internal supports which sits atop the Santa Maria del Fiore church

• A lifelike statue of David

Perspective in art is

• one's own interpretion of what the artist is trying to say in their art.

• a technique which made art appear to be three dimensional

• the use of lines of geometry to make objects appear closer and farther away in a painting

• the use of colors and shading to give a picture depth

During the Renaissance Florentines were greatly inspired by

• humanism

• classicism

• despotism

• nationalism

What building was the center of Florence's religious life during the Renaissance?

• The Piazza de Cristo

• The Casa di Dante

• The Santa Maria del Fiore

• The Palazzo de Vecchio

• The cathedral de Medici

This is what Renaissance artists and architects modeled their work after.

• The ancient Roman and Greeks

• The Middle Ages artists and architects

• The British and the French

• The ancient Egyptians