Humanities final exam Chapters 15, 16,17, & 19

Question 1

New art of music. New musical style developed in 14th Century characterized by greater richness of and complexity of sound.

Answer 1

Ars Nova

HINT: Nova means new

Question 2

Famous painting by Giotto. Depicts Mary holding Jesus, John flinging arms.

Answer 2

The Lamentation

Question 3

Located in Rome, the official residence of the pope. Famous for its architecture, evocative of Solomons temple of the old testament. Frescoes done by the greatest Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, and Sandro Botticelli.

Answer 3

Sistine Chapel

Question 4

Collection of stories with a plague setting.

Answer 4

The Decameron

Question 5

Birthplace of the Renaissance. Thriving commercial center. Financial center dominated by prosperous middle class. Political and cultural leadership in the wealthy and sophisticated Medici family.

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Florence, Italy

Question 6

Book writen by Fancisco Petrarch. Imagines conversation with St. Augustine.

Answer 6

Secretum “My Secret”

Question 7

Idea of Thomas More, classical political satire - means “no place” and “good place”

Answer 7

Utopia

Question 8

Elizabethan drama became the ideal vehicle for exposing the psychological forces that motivate human behavior. Written by William Shakespeare.

Answer 8

Hamlet

Question 9

A triptych work. 3 separate works. Adam & Eve on left, youthful nudes in center, and hell on right.

Answer 9

The Creation of Eve: The Garden of Earthly Delights: Hell.

Question 10

Written by Thomas Kempis. Put message of Jesus into daily practice. After bible, this book was the most frequently published book in the Christian west well into modern times.

Answer 10

Imitatio Christi (Imitation of Christ)

Question 11

Between the Eastern Church and the Western Church in 1054. A split within the Roman Catholic Church that lasted from 1378 to 1417.

Answer 11

The Great Schism

Question 12

Bubonic plague. Originated in Asia, spread by Mongol tribes. Spread by flea bearing black rats into Mediterranean ports.

Answer 12

The Black Death

Question 13

The movement to recover, edit, and study Ancient Creek and Latin manuscripts, took in the 14th century Italy, where it marked the beginnings of the Renaissance.

Answer 13

Classical humanism

Question 14

Religious movement in the Neverlands. Harnessed the dominate strains of anticlericalism, lay piety, and mysticism

Answer 14

Devotio Moderna

Question 15

The relocation of the popes from Rome to Avignon.

Answer 15

Avignon Papacy

Question 16

Attention to human society and social interaction.

Answer 16

Social Realism

Question 17

Total emphasis on Christian conscience and voluntary acceptance of Christ- Rejected sacraments as sources of God’s grace- (Baptists, Quakers)

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Anabaptism

Question 18

Means re-birth.

Answer 18

Renaissance

Question 19

Belief Christians predestined from birth for salvation or damnation (Presbyterians).

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Calvinism

Question 20

Italian diplomat and man of letters- established ideal for well rounded individual. Ideal man, ideal woman.

Answer 20

Castigliogne

Question 21

The wests first political scientist. Wrote The Prince- argued need for strong state justifies strong ruler.

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Machiavelli

Question 22

Greatest English Writer of the century. Wrote the Canterbury Tales.

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Question 23

A Florentine Italian artist of the Early Renaissance best known as the creator of the bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery, called by Michelangelo the Gates of Paradise.

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Lorenzo Ghiberti

Question 24

Was the voice of the Protestant reformation- son of a rural coal miner- became Augustinian monk- married and had 6 children.

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Martin Luther

Question 25

One of the two most voval critics of the Catholic Church. Oxford scholar. Followers called Lollards.

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John Wycliffe

Question 26

Architect, poet, engineer, sculptor, painter, and genius of late 15th century.

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

Question 27

Known as “Father of Humanism”.

Answer 27

Francisco Petrarch

Question 28

Leading Christian humanist, led the critical study of the Bible and writings of church leaders.

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Desiderious Erasmus

Question 29

Italian writer. Wrote the Decameron. Collection of stores with a plague setting.

Answer 29

Giovanni Boccaccio

Question 30

Created the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper. Artist/Scientist tried to reconcile empirical experience with abstract principles of design.

Answer 30

Leonardo Da Vinci

Question 31

Educated aristocrat. Father of the personal essay.

Answer 31

Montaigne

Question 32

Revolutionary figure. Decisive break with the tradition.

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Giotto da Bondone

Question 33

Artist- infused traditional religious subjects in unique moralizing motifs.

Answer 33

Hieronymus Bosch

Question 34

Pioneer role as one of Europes first feminist and professional female writers.

Answer 34

Christine De Pisan

Question 35

Foremost master painter

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Raphael Sanzio

Question 36

Apart of the Medici family. Collector of books, ancient manuscripts. Greek language, philosophy. Opened Platonic Academy.

Answer 36

Cosimo de’ Medici.

Question 37

Created the first free standing life-size sculpture of a human since antiquity.

Answer 37

Donatello

Question 38

Wrote Don Quixote. The first western novel.

Answer 38

Miguel de Cervantes.

Question 39

Won a competition to design the dome (after losing the competition to design the doors of the Baptistery)

Answer 39

Filippo Brunelleschi