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Ch1 Part 1 WH9
The Renaissance in Italy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does the Latin phrase Anno Domini mean? | The year of our lord |
| What does renaissance mean? | “Rebirth” of civilization |
| Which Italian City-State is the birthplace of the Renaissance? | Florence, Italy |
| Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy and not in another European country? | Wealthy merchants to support artists |
| Which family was the powerful de facto ruler of Florence? | The Medici Family |
| How did the above mentioned family acquire their wealth? | F rom banking |
| Which member of the family was called the Magnificent because of his patronage of artists? | Lorenzo |
| True or False: the people of the Renaissance age value a life of activity and adventure | True |
| Humanists focus on what instead of religious issues? | Worldly subjects |
| The “Classics” were subjects taught in which two ancient empires? | Greece and Rome |
| What is perspective? | Make distant objects smaller to show depth |
| What type of figures did Renaissance artists often portray? | Religious |
| Name one of da Vinci's famous paintings. | Mona Lisa |
| Name Michelangelo’s famous paintings and sculptures. | David sculpture, painted cathedral ceiling |
| Raphael painted many beautiful portraits of what two religious figures from the Bible? | Mary and Jesus |
| Baldassare Castiglione gave what type of guidance in his book “The Book of the Courtier”? | How to behave in front of royals |
| What was Machiavelli’s book “The Prince” about? | How to get and keep power |
| Female artists during the Renaissance had to keep their work a __________from the public. | secret |
| What disease delayed the Renaissance in northern Europe? | Black Plague |
| There was also a lack of _______________________ that delayed the Renaissance experience in northern Europe. | economic growth |
| Who is credited with bringing the Italian Renaissance to Germany? | Albrecht Burer |
| What was the nickname of Albrecht Burer? | German Leonardo da Vinci |
| The Van Eyck brothers were artists from Flanders who developed a new medium to produce vivid colors. What was it? | Oil paints |
| What does vernacular mean? | Everyday language |
| Who was the English poet and playwright whose works are still being performed today? | William Shakespeare |
| What was the name of Thomas More’s book about reforming society? | Utopia |
| Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes wrote the first modern novel in Europe. It was about the tale of a foolish medieval knight. What is the name of the book? | “Don Quixote” |
| What did Johann Gutenberg invent? | Used printing press with movable type to print on paper |
| What book did Gutenberg print a completed edition of? | The Bible |
| Gutenberg built upon earlier advances from what Asian country? | China |
| What happened to the price of printed materials/books after the printing press? | They decreased |
| How did the printing revolution affect Europe? | M ore people were literate. |
| Name a new word that Shakespeare added to the English language. | Bedroom |
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