Renaissance Ideas

What was the focus of Christian Humanists?

• Maintain peace

• Restore trade

• Reform society

• Follow tradition

In England and France who governed?

• Monarchs

• Dictators

• Merchants

• Scholars

Which is a dominant feature of Renaissance art?

• Humanism

• Sfumato

• Utopian

• Realism

Da Vinci was considered a Renaissance Man because he excelled at what?

• Politics, writing, religion sculpting

• painting, science, inventing, sculpting

• painting, poetry, politics, sculpting

• painting, architecture, politics, banking

How did Italy's location help it become the centor of the Renaissance

• The Black Death never reached Italy

• Exposed to Roman ruins and scholars from Greece and Constantinople

• Italy was protected by the Alps

• Ideas spread by the Italian fleet

Which is a cause of the Renaissance?

• Ancient English texts were brought by people fleeing wars

• The Black Death did not reac h Italy

• Trade created the Middle Class who used their wealth to beautify their cities

• literacy rates decreased among the wealthy

Which is a similarity between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance?

• Religion was a focal point

• Use of oil based paints for realistic detail

• People lacked emotion

• Humanism influenced creation and look

Which is the guiding principle of The Prince?

• Rulers should take advice from religious leaders

• Rulers should allow the given needs of a situation to dsecide their decisions

• Rulers should base their actions on similar situations from the past

• Rulers should be honest with their citizens

Why was Johann Gutenberg's printing press so important to the Renaissance?

• Helped Monarchs correspond withother rulers

• Helped spread ideas by making books faster and cheaper

• Made printing profitable enough that writers could make a living

• Helped wealthy merchants sponsor copyists by making books luxury items

The word Utopia means?

• Highest

• Everywhere

• No place

• Ideal Place