The Renaissance in Italy

The painting shown in the image is called the ______.

• Starry Night

• The Last Supper

• Mona Lisa

• The Scream

Which of the following best describes a characteristic of the Renaissance?

• A) Emphasis on religious themes

• B) Focus on humanism and individualism

• C) Isolation from other cultures

• D) Decline in artistic expression.

The Renaissance began in ______.

• France

• Germany

• Italy

• Spain

What is humanism?

• A modern art movement

• The Renaissance intellectual movement that studied classical cultures to increase understanding of their own times

• A type of government

• A scientific theory.

Humanities include subjects such as grammar, poetry, rhetoric, and ____. A) Mathematics B) History C) Science D) Music.

• Mathematics

• History

• Science

• Music

Who was Petrarch?

• A) A Roman emperor

• B) A Florentine humanist, poet, and scholar who assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts to encourage learning

• C) An Italian painter

• D) A French philosopher.

Florence is known as an Italian city-state that produced many gifted artists, scholars, scientists, and ____.

• Politicians

• Architects

• Musicians

• Writers

What is a 'patron'?

• A person who paints artworks

• A person who provides financial support for the arts

• A person who critiques art

• A person who sells art.

The artistic technique that allows an artist to portray depth and three-dimensional qualities by making distant objects smaller is called ______.

• Shading

• Perspective

• Proportion

• Symmetry

Who is known for the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper?

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

• Leonardo

• Donatello