The Renaissance

The Renaissance was the rebirth of....

• classical art and literature

• religious wars

• the crusading ideals

• the Ottoman Empire

Humanism refers to....

• placing a focus on the Church.

• placing emphasis on trading with colonies.

• placing religion at the center of all interests.

• placing the study and progress of of human nature at the center of interests.

secular means....

• religious

• not religious

• originating in the Church

• originating in a foreign land

All of the following are changes that occurred in art during the Renaissance EXCEPT:

• the use of mathematical perspective was invented

• artists represented space and size in a more realistic way

• more paintings featured saints

• themes from ancient Greece and Rome became more popular

The Renaissance began in ____.

• Florence, Italy

• Paris, France

• Madrid, Spain

• London, England

The Medici family influenced the Renaissance in Italy because....

• they tried to punish artists for using new techniques.

• they paid for many artists to complete their work (they were patrons of the arts)

• they were a family of famous artists.

• they had many famous knights in their family.

DaVinci, Michelangelo and Raphael were all Renaissance...

• sailors

• writers

• bishops

• artists

"The School of Athens" by Raphael a good example of the use of_____.

• chiaroscuro (contrasting light and dark)

• linear perspective

• tempera paint

• religious iconography

Many of the ideas that arose during the Renaissance challenged and rejected ideas of the previous period which was...

• Ancient Rome

• The Enlightenment

• The Middle Ages

• Ancient Egypt

During the Renaissance authors and artists admired and used themes from.....

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Greece and Rome

• The Middle Ages

• The Age of Exploration