Renaissance Test

Where did the Renaissance begin? (HINT: "Renaissance Facts" page in packet)

• Florence
• Milan
• Sicily
• Venetian Republic

What family controlled a large city state and supported many artists? (HINT: "Renaissance Italy" page in packet)

• The DaVincis
• The Michaelangelos
• The Medicis
• The Brunelleshis

During the Middle Ages, art was made to tell stories because most of the people were illiterate, meaning

• they owed money to the lord.
• they could not read or write.
• they were ill and sick with the plague.

Check the characteristics of medieval art.

• Individualism
• Religious themes
• Flat composition
• Symbolism
• Perspective

Figures in Medieval art were often depicted hierarchically, with important figures shown smaller.

• True
• False

Renaissance art celebrated the potential and achievements of humanity, focusing on human what? Select all that apply.

• intellect
• emotions
• beauty
• spirit
• Christianity

Who most famously painted this painting?

• Michaelangelo
• Raphael
• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Leonardo Di Caprio

Michelangelo's "David," created out of _________, is a statue that showcases naturalism in its lifelike position.

• Bronze
• Marble
• Glass
• Tempera

Perspective is the Renaissance technique that creates illusion of ____________ on a flat surface where the viewer's eye is drawn to a vanishing point.

• depth
• spirutality
• darkness
• aura

The deep revival of the classics from ancient Greece & Rome influenced artists such as Raphael in his painting of many great thinkers called

• Primavera
• The Birth of Venus
• The School of Athens
• El Duomo