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Renaissance Artists & Inventors

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was considered the greatest of all Renaissance figures

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo Buonarroti

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Dante Alighieri

2.

A new technique using watercolor on fresh plaster was known as...?

a)

Chiaroscuro

b)

Fresco

c)

Perspective

d)

Pointillism

3.

Which of the following is a prime example of "perspective" (adding depth to pictures)?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

Donatello di Niccolo di Beto Bardi was a master of what?

a)

Oil Painting

b)

Sketching human anatomy

c)

Fossil excavation and classification

d)

Sculpting

5.

Which Renaissance painter completed this famous work of art?

a)

Leonardo Da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo Buonarroti

c)

Rafael Sanzio

d)

Donatello di Niccolo di Betto Bardi

6.

The use of the vernacular in Europe led to the creation of several new languages such as English, Spanish Italian, and more. What language did these new ones replace?

a)

German

b)

Portuguese

c)

Dutch

d)

Latin

7.

This Spanish writer penned Don Quixote of La Mancha...

a)

Chaucer

b)

Shakespeare

c)

Cervantes

d)

Alighieri

8.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

England

b)

Northern Europe

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

9.

Which Renaissance artist engraved this woodcut about the apocalypse?

a)

Jan Van Eyck

b)

Albrecht Durer

c)

Titian

d)

Sandro Botticelli

10.

The technique of oil painting began where?

a)

Southern Italy

b)

Northern Italy

c)

Flanders

d)

England

11.

What was the first mass produced book using the Gutenberg printing press?

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

The Canterbury Tales

c)

The Bible

d)

Don Quixote

12.

What technique is being highlighted in this painting by Titian? (The use of light and shadows)

a)

Chiaroscuro

b)

Perspective

c)

Fresco

d)

Tempera

13.

Who wrote "The Divine Comedy"?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Miguel de Cervantes

c)

Dante Alighieri

d)

Chaucer

14.

Who is widely considered the greatest play writer of the Renaissance era?

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Miguel de Cervantes

c)

Dante Alighieri

d)

Chaucer

15.

What is the name of this painting by Jan van Eyck?

a)

The Arnolfini Portrait

b)

Wedding Day

c)

The Birth of Venus

d)

Madonna del Prato

16.

Which TWO Renaissance writers wrote in the vernacular of English? Select two options below

a)

William Shakespeare

b)

Johannes Gutenberg

c)

Dante Alighieri

d)

Chaucer

17.

Which of the following was NOT written by Shakespeare?

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

Hamlet

c)

Volpone

d)

Macbeth

18.

Which Renaissance figure sketched many inventions including a flying machine?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Michelangelo Buonarroti

c)

Rafael Sanzio

d)

Donatello di Niccolo di Beto Bardi