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Total questions: 72
Worksheet time: 38mins
What does the word "Renaissance" mean?
Renewed
Rebuilt
Remade
Rebirth
Who sculpted Moses found in the San Pietro in Vincoli of Rome?
Leonardo
Donatello
Michelangelo
Bernini
Who is this Italian scholar, poet and philosopher known today as the father of Humanism.
Gutenberg
Brunelleschi
Botticelli
Petrarch
What Italian artist from the Tuscany region painted the Mona Lisa?
Raphael
Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Botticelli
Michelangelo painted the cieling and back wall this chapel found on the grounds of Vatican City in Rome, Italy.
Cornaro Chapel
Sixteen Chapel
Santa Maria delle Grazie
Sistine Chapel
Name this altar piece for St. Peter's Basilica by Michelangelo?
Pieta'
Ecstasy of Theresa
Madonna
Grieving Mary
Name this fresco by Raphael that is found in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican.
School of Athens
Birth of Venus
Holy Trinity
The Annunciation
Where is "The Last Supper" by Leonard da Vinci located?
The Louvre', Paris
St. Peter's Basilica, Rome
Florence Cathedral
Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan
Identify this Renaissance art found in Florence, Italy.
Donatello's David
Michelangelo's Pieta'
Michelangelo's David
Michelangelo's Adam
Who is this "Renaissance Man" ?
Albrecht Durer
Hugo Van der Goes
Brunelleschi
Leonardo da Vinci
Name this painting by Verrocchio and his student Leonardo done in 1475.
Holy Trinity
The Annunciation
Last Judgement
Baptism of Christ
Who invented the printing press ?
Machiavelli
Gutenburg
Galileo
Donatello
Using his telescope, who was able to prove that the sun was at the center of the universe?
Galileo
Copernicus
Robert Boyle
Isaac Newton
Who is the famous for their sonnets and plays and added 1700 words to the dictionary?
Shakespeare
Othello
Hamelt
Machiavelli
Hey Ya'll ....what is the everyday language of ordinary people??
Sanskrit
Vernacular
Greek
Pig Latin
What Flemish artist painted Giovanni Arnolfini and Bride?
Leonardo da Vinci
Botticelli
Jan van Eyck
Donatello
What Italian artist from Florence painted Birth of Venus and Primavera in the 1480s ?
Botticelli
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Jan van Eyck
What artist from Florence painted Creation of Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel around 1511 ?
Botticelli
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
This sculpture was finished by Michelangelo in 1499 and can be seen in St. Peter's Basilica; the only work he signed.
The Pieta'
Ecstacy of Theresa
Burden of Mary
The Madonna
Who designed the Florence Cathedral dome?
Masaccio
Michelangelo
Raphael
Brunelleschi
What artist was known for painting many Madonnas; his most famous piece was School of Athens.
Michelangelo
Leonardo
Botticelli
Raphael
Not knowing he was a sculptor, who asked Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel?
Leonardo
Pope Julius II
Machiavelli
Erasmus
He also painted Birth of Venus; Who painted Primavera ?
Brunelleschi
Filippo Lippi
Botticelli
Titian
Lady with an Ermine was painted by
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Titian
Raphael
__________ is the Renaissance artist known for his many great sculptures including David, Moses, and the Pieta'.
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Donatello
Raphael
What was the Catholic Church give when you paid for indulgences?
automatic entrance into Heaven
predestination
charity
A chance to fight in the 30 years war
What are the complaints called that Martin Luther wrote against Indulgences?
The 90 Thesis
The 95 Theories
The 95 Arguements
The 95 Theses
What group was responsible for prosecuting individuals accused of heresy, Protestantism, sorcery, immorality, blasphemy, witchcraft an also censored all printed material?
Maroon 5
Magna Carta
Roman Inquisition
Vulture
What break through graphic system developed by Brunelleschi created space and depth within the paintings?
chiaroscuro
Impasto
perspective
tenebrism
A style of art became popular at the end of the Renaissance and had harsh colors and obscure subject matter.
Baroque
Mannerism
Flemish
Rococo
One of the first paintings done in perspective; by Masaccio.
Holy Trinity
Last Judgement
Primavera
Pieta'
What did Galileo utter after the Roman Inquisition made him recant his Heliocentric Theory?
what school did you go to again?
You stupid people
and yet it moves
and the Earth is still round
A printing process using a flat stone or metal plate which is etched and inked for multiple prints.
Block print
lithograph
mosaic
Impasto
What did Michelangelo dub the Ghiberti's doors on the Baptistery?
Gates of Heaven
Doors of Eden
Heavenly Gate
Gates of Paradise
After losing the job for the doors on the Baptistery who became the greatest architect from Italy?
Caravaggio
Albrect Durer
Brunelleschi
Botticelli
Why was Raphael's School of Athens painting so popular?
It was his last painting
it had one point perspective
it depicted many influential people
it was extremely large
It is believed that Raphael died on his 37th birthday; his tomb lies in what famous Roman building?
Sistine Chapel
St. Peter's Basilica
Pantheon
Maison Carree
People who were north of Italy were called what during the Renaissance?
Mannerist
Flemish
Germanic
Goths
An English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. Wrote Utopia.
Sir Christopher Wren
Sir Thomas More
Sir Elton John
Sir Albrecht Durer
Michelangelo was a sculptor and a reluctant painter who depicted women ___________________.
without faces
like prostitutes
elongated
masculine
This was Raphael's last painting which was evidence of his evolving talent.
Burial of Count Orgaz
Primavera
Holy Trinity
Transfiguration
Name this famous sketch of man in perfect proportion by Leonardo da Vinci.
Vitruvian Man
Son of Man
David
Primavera
This mannerist was the greatest Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school.
El Greco
Tintoretto
Donatello
Titian
These cute cherubics were taken from whose painting?
Leonardo da Vinci
Botticelli
Masaccio
Raphael
Name this sculpture done by Donatello.
King Henri VIII
Napoleon Bonaparte
Gattamelata
Knight of Tuscany
One of King Henri Viii daughter's that burned over 290 protestants at the stake in her attempt to restore the Catholic church.
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
Queen Mary
Queen Anne
King of England that had six wives in his attempt to gain a male air to throne; he formed the Church of England so he could annul his first marriage.
King Henri V
King George
King Louis XIV
King Henri Viii
Who sculpted Mary Magdalene, Jesus's closest confidant?
Michelangelo
Bernini
Brunelleschi
Donatello
Name this Mannerist style painting by El Greco
Holy Trinity
Last Judgement
Burial of Count Orgaz
Transfiguration
German artist Albrecht Durer was known for these.
embossing
Block Prints
Madonnas
sculptures
What Renaissance artist had an obsession with flight?
Botticelli
Brunelleschi
Albrecht Durer
Leonardo da Vinci
What artist is credited with one point linear perspective?
Albrecht Durer
Brunelleschi
Masaccio
Ghiberti
Somethimes called the Virgin Queen; what daughter of King Henri VIII ruled England and Ireland for 45 years?
Queen Mary
Queen Anne
Queen Latifah
Queen Elizabeth
Name this artist that is known for his Mannerist style paintings; the most famous being Burial of Count Orgaz.
Albrecht Durer
El Greco
Peter Paul Rubens
Masaccio
What Renaissance writer and politician said, "Is it better to be feared than loved or better to be loved than feared?"
Niccolo' Machiavelli
Dante Alighieri
Lorenzo de' Medici
Francis Bacon
