Crash Course European History - The Renaissance

Who is considered the first to recognize and call back to light the ancient elegance of the lost and extinguished style?

• Isabella d’Este

• Leonardo Bruni

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Francesco Petrarch

What was the focus of the study of the humanities during the Renaissance?

• Grammar and Rhetoric

• Mathematics and Science

• Theology and Philosophy

• History and Geography

Which Italian city-state was the headquarters of the early Renaissance?

• Milan

• Venice

• Rome

• Florence

Who dominated the second half of the fifteenth century in Florence and was an important patron to artists?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Isabella d’Este

• Cosimo Medici

What did the rise of Roman legal thinking during the Renaissance lead to?

• The rise of socialism

• The rise of matriarchy

• The rise of the Pater Familias

• The rise of democracy

Who sponsored musical events and painters, maintaining contacts with Leonardo da Vinci?

• Beatrice

• Isabella d’Este

• Laura Cereta

• Francesco Petrarch

What did the artists of the Renaissance focus on situating in both its natural environment and its civic setting?

• The plant kingdom

• The celestial bodies

• The human body

• The animal kingdom

What did the Renaissance thinkers believe to be the dramatic change in the era?

• A rise of matriarchy

• A shift towards democracy

• A revival of ancient elegance

• A continuation of the medieval world