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Renaissance Art & Music

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "Renaissance" mean?

a)

to die

b)

rebirth

2.

Where did the Renaissance begin?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Japan

c)

Northern Italy

d)

Mongolia

3.

What did the Renaissance of Italy refer to?

a)

rebirth of dancing and music

b)

rebirth of art and learning

4.

True or False: Italian city-states, like Florence, Venice and Genoa became rich from trade.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

What did Medieval art and literature focus on?

a)

music and dancing

b)

church and salvation

c)

individual, worldly matters & Christianity

d)

animals

6.

What did the Renaissance art and literature focus on?

a)

music and dancing

b)

church and salvation

c)

individuals, worldly matters & Christianity

d)

animals

7.

Artists from which time period used great detail and perspective in their artwork?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Medieval

8.

Who invented the printing press?

a)

Francesco Petrarch

b)

Dante Alighieri

c)

Johannes Gutenberg

d)

Leonardo da Vinci

9.

Mass and motet are.....

a)

Vocal and religious

b)

Instrumental

c)

Vocal and secular

10.
In the Renaissance, what was the difference between a motet and a madrigal?
a)
A motet is sacred and a madrigal is not
b)
A madrigal is sacred and a motet is not
c)
Loudness
d)
Ravenclaw rules
11.

True or false: Polyphony became more complex during the Renaissance.

a)

False

b)

True

12.

What is a man called who is multi-talented in many different areas?

a)

Rocket man

b)

Renaissance man

c)

Clairvoyant

d)

Flutist

13.

Who is known as the original Renaissance man?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo Da Vinci

c)

Rembrant

d)

Titian

14.

What painting is considered the ultimate Renaissance portrait?

a)

Birth of Venus

b)

Mona Lisa

c)

School of Athens

d)

Tribute Money

15.

Why did the Mona Lisa become so famous?

a)

It caught on fire.

b)

It was fake.

c)

It was actually a man.

d)

It was stolen.

16.

Which famous artist refused to train apprentices or let anyone watch him work?

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Leonardo

c)

Raphael

d)

Titian

17.

Which famous sculpture made Michelangelo the greatest sculptor in Italy?

a)

Tribute Money

b)

Venus di MIlo

c)

Mary

d)

David

18.

Michelangelo painted the ceiling of

a)

Notre Dame

b)

Hagia Sophia

c)

The Sistine Chapel

d)

Vatican

19.
What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?
a)
realism
b)
perspective
c)
idealism
d)
distancism
20.
Who painted "The Last Supper"?
a)
Machiavelli
b)
Botticelli
c)
Kepler
d)
Leonardo da Vinci
21.

Who is the creator of this sculpture, La Pieta?

a)

Michelango

b)

Raphael

c)

Leonardo da Vinci

d)

Donatello

22.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Renaissance art?
a)
Perspective
b)
Incorporation of nature
c)
Flat/2-D
d)
Realistic/3-D
23.
______________ art was flat with rigid, emotionless figures, while ______________ art had full backgrounds with figures that showed emotion and detail.
a)
Renaissance, Medieval
b)
Renaissance, Classical
c)
Classical, Medieval
d)
Medieval, Renaissance
24.
Title...
a)
Madonna
b)
Mona Lisa
c)
Margaret
d)
da Vinci
25.
Title...
a)
School of Athens
b)
Last Judgment
c)
Last Supper
d)
Sistine Chapel