Renaissance

Niccolo Machiavelli is representative of individuals who

• received financial support from the Church for their scholarship.
• attempted to reform the Church through the Italian Renaissance.
• promoted secular models for individual and political behavior.
• articulated new theories of inductive and deductive reasoning.

Leonardo’s “Last Supper” provided a general inspiration for Raphael’s “School of Athens.” This can be particularly seen in their use of…

• Strong asymmetry, which adds imbalance to the composition
• Hidden Portraits
• Contemporary faces placed on the people from the past
• Linear Perspective that unifies the architectural background and the figures in the foreground

What is one way that Medieval and Renaissance artists differ?

• Renaissance art focused more on religious themes
• Medieval art was more realistic
• Renaissance artist turned to Roman and Greek works for inspiration
• Medieval art focused peasants and everyday life

Baldassare Castiglione's "The Book of the Courtier" was important because it

• provided a new definition of the "civilized" and "refined" man
• called for a new social system based on communal charity
• celebrated the great emperors of classical Rome
• advocated Neo-Platonism, emphasizing ideal forms

Which of the following was a major factor in the spread of humanist culture in late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries?

• The creation of new religious orders by the papacy
• A major increase in government funding for elementary education
• The development of the printing press
• The sale of basic textbooks written in the vernacular

Renaissance humanism is primarily defined as

• an antireligious program dedicated to the destruction of the Church

• a curriculum based on the study of the classics, rhetoric, and history

• an artistic style that portrayed the depraved state of human beings

• a religious movement that attempted to make Christianity relevant to daily experience

Which was a major difference between Medieval and Renaissance Art?

• Heavier influence on themes of morality and emotion

• Subjects where more often Christian in nature.

• Dull use of color

• Better representations of perspective

The Renaissance was able to begin in Italy primarily because of

• the dominance of the Catholic Church in Italy
• strong alliances between Italian city-states
• Italy's strong sense of nationalism
• wealth created from Italy's extensive trade network

What do Petrarch and Pico della Mirandola share in common?

• Italian humanists promoting a revival of classical themes
• Christian humanists who tried to reform the church
• Artists who employed naturalism and geometric perspective
• Wealthy elite who patroned and commissioned great works of art

Niccolo Machiavelli is representative of individuals who

• received financial support from the Church for their scholarship.
• attempted to reform the Church through the Italian Renaissance.
• promoted secular models for individual and political behavior.
• articulated new theories of inductive and deductive reasoning.