Unit 10 Test Flashcards
The Renaissance and Reformation (1300–1650)
This person assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts gathered from monasteries and churches, helping to preserve these classic works for future generations. Who is he?
Francesco Petrarch
This person’s interests included botany, anatomy, optics, music, architecture, and engineering. Who is he?
Leonardo da Vinci
Vocab:
an intellectual movement at the heart of the Renaissance that focused on education and the classics
humanism
Video Question:
Petrarch’s work displayed typical Renaissance characteristics because he…
valued education and classical learning
This person’s sketches for flying machines and undersea boats resembled the later inventions of airplanes and submarines. Who is he?
Leonardo da Vinci
Who is Francesco Petrarca?
An Italian scholar, poet, an humanist, often called the “Father of Humanism”
Vocab:
study of subjects such as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and history that were taught in ancient Greece and Rome
humanities
Video Question:
Here is a general sequence of events in the development of the Renaissance. Which statement BEST fills in the blank?
Event 1: Italy’s location encouraged trade. Event 2: __________
Event 3: Italy’s wealthy families became art patrons.
A. Italian merchants helped artists and writers’ study in Muslim lands.
B. Italian merchants gained wealth and political power.
C. The Renaissance spread beyond Italy to other countries in Europe.
D. New Italian city-states emerged to sponsor the Renaissance.
B. Italian merchants gained wealth and political power.
This person’s famous marble statue, David, shows the influence of ancient Greek traditions on Renaissance artists. Who is he?
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Who is the creator of paintings, such as the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper that remain famous today?
Leonardo da Vinci
Vocab:
(1304–1374) This person lived in Florence and was an early Renaissance humanist, poet, and scholar.
Francesco Petrarch
Video Question:
What new Renaissance artistic technique, partly revived from classical times, did Leonardo da Vinci use?
Realism, as in his painting of the Mona Lisa
Who painted biblically themed ceiling murals for the Sistine Chapel in Rome?
Michelangelo Buonarroti
a city in the Tuscany region of northern Italy that was the center of the Italian Renaissance
Florence
Vocab:
everyday language of ordinary people
vernacular
Video Question:
What theme did Machiavelli address in his book The Prince?
gaining and maintaining power
This person’s famous paintings include one of the Madonna, the mother of Jesus, and School of Athens, showing an imaginary gathering of great thinkers, scientists, and artists including Michelangelo, Leonardo, and himself. Who is this person?
Raphael
As an architect, he designed the dome of St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome, later a model for the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. Who is this person?
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Vocab:
a person who provides financial support for the arts
patron
Video Question:
Which statement BEST describes an artistic impact of the Italian Renaissance?
A. The use of religious themes in art diminished drastically.
B. Art moved away from realism and toward mystery.
C. Art became more stylized to appeal to wealthy patron families.
D. The use of perspective allowed more accurate representations.
D. The use of perspective allowed more accurate representations.
This person’s handbook, The Book of the Courtier, was widely read for its advice on the manners, skills, learning, and virtues that court members should display. Who is he?
Baldassare Castiglione
This person’s most famous work, The Prince, was a guide for rulers on how to gain and keep power and realistic about political power. Who was he?
Niccolò Machiavelli
Vocab:
artistic technique used to give paintings and drawings a three-dimensional effect
perspective
Video Question:
What was a major impact of the work of Johannes Gutenberg?
an increase in literacy
