Chapter 12: Renaissance Art and Literature

Fill in the Blank: Renaissance artists developed the technique of ____________ to depict depth and distance in their paintings.

• perspective

• fresco

• mosaic

• engraving

Fill in the Blank: The painter ____________ is known for his work, La Primavera, which celebrates the arrival of spring.

• Botticelli

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Raphael

Fill in the Blank: ____________ was an architect known for designing the impressive dome of the Florence cathedral.

• Brunelleschi

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Michelangelo

• Donatello

During the Renaissance, many writers chose to write in the ____________, or their native language, instead of Latin.

• vernacular

• dialect

• scripture

• rhetoric

Fill in the Blank: ____________ was a poet who wrote The Divine Comedy in Italian.

• Dante

• Shakespeare

• Homer

• Virgil

What architectural feature did Renaissance architects incorporate from ancient Rome?

• Flying buttresses

• Steel frames

• Arches and domes

• Glass facades

Which artist drew inspiration from religious subjects?

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Titian

• Michelangelo

• Sandro Botticelli

Who won the competition to design the dome for the cathedral of Florence?

• A) Leonardo da Vinci

• B) Michelangelo

• C) Brunelleschi

• D) Raphael

What language did Dante use to write The Divine Comedy?

• Latin

• French

• Spanish

• Italian

Renaissance artists used which technique to create the illusion of depth and three-dimensionality in their artwork?

• Perspective

• Chiaroscuro

• Fresco

• Sfumato