Renaissance Test Review

Question 1

3 ideals of the Renaissance

Answer 1

1) Humanism- limitless potential
2) Classicism- relating to Greek and Roman culture
3) Secular- worldly, religious

Question 2

Renaissance man

Answer 2

Someone talented in all areas of study and art

Question 3

Humanism

Answer 3

An optimistic view of human potential

Question 4

3 reasons for the Renaissance

Answer 4

1. End of feudalism
2. Bubonic plague
3. Weakening the Church

Question 5

Vernacular

Answer 5

Common language

Question 6

5 characteristics of art

Answer 6

Humanism, perspective, realism, classicism, emphasis on individual, geometry, and light and shadowing.

Question 7

2 characteristics of art in MA

Answer 7

Unrealistic, always religious, everyone looks the same

Question 8

Machiaveli

Answer 8

Political scientist. Power is all

Question 9

3 Renaissance artists

Answer 9

Michelangelo, Leonardo DaVinci, Donatello

Question 10

Northern artists

Answer 10

Shakespeare, Jan Van Eyck, Cervantes

Question 11

Why is the printing press an advancement?

Answer 11

Rapid spread of ideas

Question 12

3 problems with the Catholic Church

Answer 12

Indulgences, simony, and Priest marriage and kids.

Question 13

3 beliefs of Protestants

Answer 13

Less sacraments, Priest Marriage, Bible can be interpreted by the individuals.

Question 14

Why did the Renaissance start in Italy?

Answer 14

No Feudalism, economic trade, wealthy patron to arts, favorable location in Mediterranean.

Question 15

Shakespeares work

Answer 15

Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth

Question 16

Thomas More’s work

Answer 16

Utopia

Question 17

Michelangelo’s work

Answer 17

The Sistine Chapel

Question 18

DaVinci’s work

Answer 18

Mona Lisa

Question 19

Machiaveli’s work

Answer 19

The Prince

Question 20

Breughel’s work

Answer 20

Peasant Dance

Question 21

Raphael’s work

Answer 21

School of Athens

Question 22

Classicism

Answer 22

Revival of Ancient Greek and Roman thoughts

Question 23

Who were the Medici’s?

Answer 23

A family of rulers and supporters of the arts

Question 24

What WASN’T a characteristic of art?

Answer 24

Uniformity

Question 25

What are characteristics of northern Renaissance arts?

Answer 25

Oil-based paints

Question 26

How was Northern art different from art in Italy?

Answer 26

Everyday subjects, darker/warmer colors

Question 27

What contributed to the Reformation?

Answer 27

Priests giving out indulgences, the writings of Martin Luther, and increase of literacy across Europe.

Question 28

Simony

Answer 28

Selling Church positions

Question 29

Martin Luther’s origional goal was…

Answer 29

Fix corruption in the Catholic Church

Question 30

Why did people support Luther’s ideas

Answer 30

They were tired of the Church not enforcing the morality code and they wanted the reduce power of Pope.

Question 31

What was created by the Anglican Church?

Answer 31

Act of supremacy

Question 32

Why was Elizabeth I important to the Anglican Church’s establishment?

Answer 32

She gave it structure

Question 33

What is Calvin’s idea of predestination?

Answer 33

God selects those who will be saved and very few people will be saved

Question 34

Calvinism…

Answer 34

Had strict rules to govern all aspects of society