The Renaissance

Development in Renaissance art that states distant objects appear smaller than closer objects.

• Contrast

• Perspective

• Calligraphy

• Mosaic

A political, social, economic, and cultural "rebirth" from the 1300's to the 1500's C.E.

• Middle Ages

• Reformation

• Classical Era

• Renaissance

The Renaissance emerged from Italian city-states like Florence, Venice, and Genoa.

• True

• False

Which is NOT an impact of the Gutenberg Press

• Books were cheaper

• Literacy rates increased

• People began to study the Bible for themselves

• Literacy rates decreased

Renaissance art focused on the individual and worldly matters as well as Christianity.

• True

• False

Intellectual movement that focused on human potential and studying subjects like rhetoric, history, poetry, and grammar.

• Humanism

• Middle Ages

• Classical Era

• Crusades

Which of the following italian city-states is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance?

• Genoa

• Venice

• Florence

• Milan

What governing family was known as the largest patrons of the arts produced in Florence, Italy?

• The Medicine family

• The Michelangelo family

• The Medici family

How did Gutenberg's printing press impact Europe?

• it decreased literacy throughout the continent

• it allowed literature to be mass produced

• it allowed more people to train and join the priesthood

• it decreased the production of navigational maps

What was an important influence fr Renaissance humanists?

• the River Valley Civilization cultures

• The Greek and Roman cutures

• The Manorial System