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Great Artists of the Renaissance

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the Renaissance mean?

a)

Rebirth or awakening

b)

Respectful Art

c)

Architecture

d)

Aristocracy

2.

What age led into the Renaissance?

a)

The Stone Age

b)

The Prehistoric Age

c)

The Middle Ages

d)

The Bronze Age

3.

What two ancient civilizations inspired the Renaissance?

a)

Greece

b)

Mongolian

c)

Prussia

d)

Rome

4.

A patron is a __________?

a)

famous; known an admired by many people.

b)

money that is paid to free someone who was captured.

c)

person who gives money and support to an artist in exchange for works of art.

d)

something someone owns that shows he or she is wealthy or important.

5.

New ideas were born and old ideas were reborn. The Renaissance was a particular period of change in...

a)

hospitals, medicines, and healthcare.

b)

literature, art, philosophy, science, education, and architecture.

c)

war strategies, tanks, and weapons.

d)

sports like football, basketball, and hockey.

6.

The Renaissance was focused in what region?

a)

England

b)

Istanbul

c)

France

d)

Italy

7.

During the Renaissance more people had the opportunity to learn about the literature, art, and government of ancient Greece and Rome. These people who admired these ancient civilizations were called _______.

a)

Scientist

b)

Romanesque.

c)

humanist.

d)

scholar.

8.

Brunelleschi battled against Ghiberti and lost designing of the doors of the Baptistery, but won in building the...

a)

dome of the Cathedral of Florence.

b)

Vatican.

c)

Hagia Sophia.

d)

The Alhambra.

9.

Donatello was the

a)

Author of Don Quixote

b)

Painter of Madonna and Child

c)

Architect of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence

d)

Sculptor of St. George

10.

Leonardo da Vinci was a man whose boundless curiosity, multiple talents, and visionary imagination summed up the spirit of the Renaissance. What are some of the things he is known for?

a)

Sculptures

b)

Paintings

c)

using perspective

d)

inventing

11.

The most famous things Leonardo is known for is the...

a)

the book Don Quixote

b)

painting of Mona Lisa and the Last Supper

c)

Sculpture of David

d)

the dome of the Cathedral of Florence

12.

Perspective is...

a)

where lines meet at the vanishing point to create a sense of depth and space.

b)

where plaster and paint dry together creating a hard shell.

c)

the subtle chipping by a hammer and chisel

d)

the ancient Roman technique to create a rounded vault to form the roof of a building or structure.

13.

Michelangelo was the...

a)

Artist of the Mona Lisa.

b)

Architect of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence.

c)

Painter of Madonna and the Grand Duke.

d)

Sculptor of the Pieta and David & Painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

14.

Raphael was the...

a)

Sculptor of the Pieta and David & Painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

b)

Architect of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence.

c)

Painter of Mona Lisa and the Last Super

d)

Painter of Madonna and the Grand Duke & The School of Athens.

15.

The Medici family was known for being...

a)

Famous Painters

b)

Famous Scientists

c)

Famous Patrons.

d)

Famous Architects.