Unit 1

Question 1

Humanism

Answer 1

Based on the study of humanities, Literary and educational movements emerged in Italy during the Renaissance.

goal= understand human nature

Question 2

individualism

Answer 2

Rejecting humility, encouraging pride and human potential

Question 3

The Book of the Courtier is written by

Answer 3

Baldessare Castiglione

Castiglione invented the idea of the “gentleman”

Question 4

What is the main point of The Book of the Courtier

Answer 4

Castiglione’s handbook helped Europeans, especially the upper classes, to become more refined

Question 5

The Prince is written by

Answer 5

Niccolo Machiavelli

One of the first people to write about politics from a secular point of view→ rejected the typical Christian view

Question 6

What is the main point of The Prince

Answer 6

He suggested that rulers should be feared by their subjects rather than loved by their subjects

handbook of statecraft

Question 7

Who is the Medici Family

Answer 7

Four Medicis became Pope

Collected books, founded libraries, supported the studies of humanist scholars

The most famous dynasty of merchants and bankers in Florence who used their wealth to govern city-states and patronize arts

Question 8

Who made the printing press?

Answer 8

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 9

What artist made the Last Supper?

Answer 9

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 10

What artist made the Mona Lisa?

Answer 10

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 11

What artist made the Pieta?

Answer 11

Michelangelo

Question 11

What artist made the School of Athens?

Answer 11

Raphael

Question 12

What artist made the Hunters in the Snow?

Answer 12

Pieter Bruegel

Question 13

What artist made The Arnolfini Portrait?

Answer 13

Jan Van Eyck

Question 14

What is the printing press?

Answer 14

The general idea for Gutenberg’s invention is that text is broken down into individual elements like lower case letters, upper case letters, and punctuation marks

Any of those elements could be assembled and reassembled into words

Question 15

What is the significance of the printing press?

Answer 15

Faster transmission of information
More books available
The price of books became lower
Allowed knowledge to spread more quickly and reliably

Question 16

What was the role of Florence?

Answer 16

Italy’s trading ports gave it access to the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim world which had ancient Greek and Roman texts

Italy was a trading center and was wealthy. Economic growth led to the patronage system