The Medici Family and Renaissance Art

Vocab: Based on Greek and Roman ideas, this gave importance to the individual as well as encouraged people to be active in their cities?

• Urban

• Humanism

• Patron

• Secular

Florence Italy is known all of the following except?

• Birthplace of the Renaissance

• Home of the Medicis

• The city of wool

• Banking

Who was Lorenzo de Medici's son who changed the Catholic church forever?

• Martin Luther

• Marco Polo

• Pope Urban II

• Pope Leo X

What effect did the the Medici family and other merchant families have on the Renaissance in Italian cities?

• The families wanted everyone to see what their money could buy.

• The families used their wealth to keep their trade routes safe.

• The families supported, through patronage, the arts and education with money.

• The families supported the work of John Calvin to overthrow the Catholic Church

Which Renaissance artist was known to paint portraits of the Medici family, like the one attached of Giuliano de' Medici?

• Botticelli

• Da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Gutenberg

Which statement BEST explains why the Renaissance began in Italy in city-states like Florence?

• Italy was the victor in the Hundred Years War.

• Italian cities were wealthy trade centers in the late fourteenth century.

• Northern Europe artists arrived bringing their artistic style that the artists copied.

• The successful creation of a unified Italian monarchy meant resources were available for art.

The age of "rebirth" in Europe after the Middle Ages marked by renewed interest in classical learning and the arts is called what? It emphasized education, art and critical thinking.

• Neolithic Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Renaissance

• Reformation

Which powerful family was a major patron of the arts during the Renaissance in Florence?

• A) The Borgia Family

• B) The Medici Family

• C) The Sforza Family

• D) The Este Family

What was the primary role of the Medici family in the development of Renaissance art?

• A) They were famous artists themselves.

• B) They were patrons who funded artists.

• C) They were art critics.

• D) They were art thieves.

Which Medici family member is known for establishing the Platonic Academy in Florence?

• A) Cosimo de Medici

• B) Lorenzo de Medici

• C) Giovanni de Medici

• D) Catherine de Medici