Unit 2.2 Origins of the Renaissance

What is humanism?

• A religious philosophy

• a celebration of the potential of individual humans

• A belief in the afterlife

• A rejection of reason

What was the main philosophy of the Renaissance?

• faith based philosophy

• Buddhism

• Humanism

• classicism

What does humanism value more than faith?

• Religious teachings

• Rituals

• Miracles

• Reason

(a)   believed that reason is more important that faith.

Humanists looked back to these ancient cultures to understand humanity's potential?

• Ancient China

• Ancient India

• Ancient Greece and Rome

• Ancient Bible Stories

Humanists painted ___during the Renaissance?

• Abstract art

• Nature scenes

• Bible stories

• Realistic portraits of individuals

This is the head of the statue of David. The artist who made this sculpture also painted the Sistine Chapel. Who made this sculpture?​ ​ (a)  

• Michelangelo
• DaVinci
• Erasmus
• Mona Lisa
• La Giaconda

We use this word to describe something from ancient Greece or Rome?

• Medieval

• Classical

• Isolationism

• Romanticism

This painting is called "La Mona Lisa." Who painted it?​ (a)  

• Leonardo DaVinci
• Erasmus
• El Greco
• Michelangelo

Who wrote "In Praise of Folly" and advocated for church reform during the Renaissance?

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Erasmus

• Gutenberg