Unit 6 Renaissance and Reformation

How did Florence gain economic control of banks throughout Europe?

• The Tuscan language became the courtly language of Europe

• Florence established banks all over Europe and developed a uniform currency

• Florence got the Catholic church's condemnation of usury to no longer apply to commerce

• Florence gained control of the Catholic church by gaining seats for Cardinals and Popes

"Upon this a question arises; whether it to be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved....." Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, 1532 In this excerpt, Machiavelli seems to support the idea that

• officials who harm citizens should be forced to resign

• leaders should always maintain Christian ideals when ruling

• rulers sometimes have to be harsh in order to serve the people

• politicians may seek approval from citizens before violating laws

Whose political writings helped the Medici family maintain control of Florence, Italy during the Renaissance?

• Piero Soderini

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Desiderius Erasmus

• Niccolo Machiavelli

Why is Leonardo da Vinci known as the "Renaissance Man?"

• This is the name that has been widely used for Leonardo's self portrait

• Leonardo was born near the town of Vinci in the Italian province of Renaissance

• Leonardo's many interests perfectly symbolize the revival in learning associated with the Renaissance

• Leonardo lived from 1452 to 1519 meaning that chronologically he lived in the middle of the Renaissance period

Which of these would MOST likely have been a topic of artists of the Italian Renaissance?

• human beauty

• Royal leadership

• the crucifixion of Jesus

• the evil nature of people

While patrons of the arts during the Northern Renaissance often commissioned works such as tapestries and illuminated manuscripts, patrons of the arts during the Italian Renaissance opted for

• prose and poetry

• music and theater

• portraits and drawings

• paintings and sculptures

In contrast to their status during the Medieval period, painting and sculpting during the Renaissance were viewed as

• decorative crafts

• religious tributes

• scientific experiments

• intellectual achievements

Unlike painters in the medieval period, who used a fixed, two dimensional style of painting, Renaissance painters

• steered away from depictions of the natural world

• focused on producing paintings for the Catholic Church

• arranged subjects according to their symbolic importance

• included perspective, light, and shadow in their paintings

Some of the world's best known masterpieces, such as those created by Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, were produced in Italy during the

• Reformation

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

The Northern Renaissance is MOST associated with

• musical composition

• literature

• philosophy

• sculpting