Vocabulary - Renaissance Terms

Fill in the blank: ________ is a philosophy popularized during the Renaissance that celebrates human accomplishments and culture.

• Humanism

• Rationalism

• Existentialism

• Stoicism

Fill in the blank: ________ refers to things that are not religious and increased during the Renaissance.

• Secular

• Religious

• Medieval

• Spiritual

Fill in the blank: ________ is someone who supports the arts by paying artists and purchasing their works.

• Patron

• Artist

• Critic

• Curator

Fill in the blank: ________ is a famous portrait by Leonardo da Vinci.

• Mona Lisa

• The Starry Night

• The Scream

• Girl with a Pearl Earring

Fill in the blank: ________ is a painting accomplishment that came of age during this period and shows sizes relative to distance.

• Perspective

• Cubism

• Impressionism

• Surrealism

Fill in the blank: ________ is a famous book by Machiavelli about power.

• The Prince

• The Art of War

• The Republic

• The Social Contract

Fill in the blank: ________ is the everyday language of a group of people like Italian or German compared to Latin.

• Vernacular

• Latin

• Dialect

• Slang

Fill in the blank: ________ is the most powerful banking family that became patrons of the arts.

• Medici Family

• Rothschild Family

• Rockefeller Family

• Vanderbilt Family