Renaissance Practice

1.) Which Italian family will be HUGE patrons of the arts? They run Florence.

• Medicis

• Shakespeares

• Hufflepuffs

• Lamothes

2) The word "RENAISSANCE" is French and means _________.

• rebirth
• death
• kindness
• Jeuse

3) What was being revived or reborn during the Renaissance? Meaning: What did they focus on?

• learning from Ancient Greece & Ancient Rome to improve their own world (art, literature, architecture)
• to host very elaborate, fancy dinner parties with Presidents
• they focused on Jesus, Moses, and Mary
• a kind of light meal served before dinner time

4) The Renaissance was a rebirth of culture and ideas from _________.

• Russia and Scandinavia
• North Africa
• Far East (Japan & Korea)
• Ancient Greece & Ancient Rome

5) When was the Renaissance in Europe?

• 500 - 1500
• 400 B.C.E. to 2000
• 1400s - 1600s
• 2008 - 2025

6) Where did the Renaissance in Europe begin? (which country?)

• Russia
• United States
• Canada
• Italy
• New York City

7) Art in the Middle Ages (500-1400s) is described as what?

• the most beautiful, advanced work
• flat, 2D, lacking proportion, background and shapes
• architects making the most advanced bridges
• serfs and knights praying to Jeuse

8) ________ are financial supporters and investors of the arts. They will help fund all the art you saw.

• dancers
• patrons
• architects
• serfs

9) The _________ family were a powerful group of patrons who ran the city-state of Florence. They made their money through banking, manufacturing, and trading.

• Rodriguezes
• Capones
• Trumps
• Medicis

10) Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?

• Italy was the poorest area
• it was divided into city-states
• they were the first area/place to recover from the plague (they were hit first)
• they took the longest time to recover from the 1300s