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OC Ren./Ref. #1
OC Part I of Renaissance through Reformation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does the word "renaissance" mean? | re-birth |
| In what country did the Renaissance begin? | Italy |
| What ancient cultures were the basis for the Renaissance? | ancient Greek and Roman |
| What body of water helped Italian port cities become very prosperous? | Mediterranean Sea |
| What famous family ruled Florence, Italy in the mid-1400s? | Medici |
| How did the Medici Family become the richest in Florence? | banking (charging interest on loans) |
| Someone who hires an artist to create a painting, sculpture, or other work of art is called a ____________ of the arts. | patron |
| Who is Francesco Petrarca, or Petrarch? | famous Italian poet who pioneered the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman classics |
| What is the word for the intellectual movement that emphasized the actions and abilities of humans? | humanism |
| What is one subject that could be considered part of the "humanities"? | history, literature, public speaking, or art |
| Two of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings are: | "Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa" |
| One of Michelangelo's most famous sculptures is the statue of the biblical hero named: | David |
| Who painted the frescos of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican? | Michelangelo |
| Where is Michelangelo's only known self-portrait located? | in one of his paintings in the Sistine Chapel (loose skin of a tortured saint with an image of his face on it!) |
| What Renaissance writer shocked people with his writings on politics and government and helped influence the rulers of Florence? | Machiavelli |
| What is the name of Machivelli's famous book that helped influence the rulers of Florence? | The Prince |
| What actor and playwright is considered one of the greatest writers of the English language? | William Shakespeare |
| What was the name of the theater in which Shakespeare's plays were performed, one of the first permanent stages during the Renaissance? | The Globe Theater |
| What major invention helped the spread of ideas during the Renaissance? | printing press |
| What was an effect of Marco Polo's journey to China? | Europeans became intersted in Asia and Asian products |
| What is German artist Albrecht Dürer most famous for? | his detailed prints, carved into a metal sheet or wooden block, that could be reproduced several times |
| What was the significance of the development of printing during the Renaissance? | helped spread ideas throughout Europe; people could read books and share ideas about them for the first time ever |
| Johann Gutenberg – Who was he, why is he an important historical figure? | German, mid-1400s developed a printing press w/ movable type: each letter a separate piece; could print an entire page at once, then rearrange the letters to create and print additional pages |
| What was the first printed book? When, what language? | 1455, the Bible, Latin |
| Desiderius Erasmus wrote the book, In Praise of __________, which criticized who? | Folly; corrupt clergy |
| Christian humanism combines humanist ideas with the study of the history of ____________. | Christianity |
| One of Italian artist Sandro Botticelli's most famous paintings is of this Roman goddess: | Venus |
| A major development in mathematics during the Renaissance was the creation of symbols for: | square root, postive (+) and negative (-) numbers |
| Before Renaissance advancements in astronomy, scientists thought the sun and stars revolved around: | the earth |
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