SS Test 12.10.08
Sections 2 and 3
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- Machiavelli's greatest work was ________
- The Prince
- T/F: Sandro Botticelli's works were generally not as realistic as those of other Renaissance artists.
- T
- filippo brunelleschi's most famous domed cathedral is the ____ in ______
- duomo france
- What is Machiavelli's book The Prince about?
- the world of politics and how to gain and hold political power
- Albrecht durer stood out for his __ and _____ works, his ________
- realistic detailed woodcuts
- One reason that Florence and other Italian cities produced such influential artists and writers was that the ______ ______ actively supported the arts.
- ruling class
- Filippo brunelleschi also developed techniques for ________________________________
- raising construction materials onto various structures and buildings
- Jan van eyck and peter bruegel were from where
- flanders
- The growth of cities after the Hundred Years War led to a wealthy ________ class, who were eager to _______ artists and writers
- merchant sponsor
- What class of women sought to become well educated?
- upper
- Patrons _____ artists to pursue their talents and supported them _______
- encouraged financially
- william shakespeares most famous works were what
- a midsummer night's dream, romeo and juliet, hamlet
- Why is the Mona Lisa so famous?
- critics continue to wonder if she is smiling or frowning and why she is doing so
- T/F: Renaissance artists kept with the Middle Ages in that they usually portrayed religious matters in their literature and art.
- F
- Titian, from ______, was a painter or sculptor?
- Venice painter
- Writers focused on portraying the ______ life of the ________
- real individual
- List two reasons that the Renaissance began in Italy.
- 1) Italy had been the center of the Roman empire; artists and writers there has easy access to the styles of the Romans. 2) Many trade routes went through northern Italy so several large urban centers developed in the region. Florence, Venice, and Milan became the main places for exchanging different good and ideas. Many new Renaissance ideas were developed there and could be spread easily.
- Florence gained importance as a center of ______ and _______ production
- banking clothing
- Van eyck's works often had _______ meanings
- deeper
- Name two important paintings of da Vinci
- The Last Supper, Mona Lisa
- the printing press increased book production _____fold
- 500
- In art, a spot on the horizon where parallel lines appear to meet is called what?
- vanishing point
- Who were the three artists who dominated the Italian Renaissance?
- Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael
- T/F: Raphael was best known for his sculptures
- F
- The term "renaissance" means _____
- rebirth
- Who was born last out of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael?
- Raphael
- What is one masterpiece of Titian's
- Crowning with Thorns
- Michelangelo's most famous painting was _________
- The Bible scenes on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel
- How did the renaissance spread to the north?
- artists fled to n. europe during fighting, northern artists traveled to italy
- Titian was known for is _____ colors and ____ strokes
- bright broad
- What four other countries did the renaissance spread to?
- france, germany, spain, england
- What was albrecht durer's most famous work
- The four horseman of the apocalypse
- Who supported artists financially and encouraged them to pursue their talents?
- patrons
- How did monarchs promote the arts?
- purchasing paintings and providing financial support
- upper class: _______, middle class: _________ lower class: _______
- nobles, wealthy merchants tradespeople, merchants laborers
- Filippo Brunelleschi was a famous ________
- architect
- peter bruegel was known for his ______ and _____-colored works
- detailed brightly
- What does using perspective in art accomplish?
- helps paintings look more realistic
- Sandro Botticelli was a ______ from __
- painter Florence
- What was Dante Alighieri's poem The Divine Comedy about?
- spiritual development and life after death
- Niccolo Machiavelli was an influential _______
- writer
- T/F: The model for the Mona Lisa was da Vinci's wife
- F
- T/F: The Renaissance spread mainly to educated people, so it mainly benefited the rich.
- T
- What did Dante Alighieri do that writers of that time did not do??
- he wrote in Italian, the native language rather than Latin
- shakespeare wrote during what time
- elizabethan age
- _______ was best known for designing and building large domes for churches
- Filippo Brunelleschi
- What is one of Raphael's most famous works
- The School of Athens
- T/F: Renaissance ideas never reached middle and lower class people
- F
- Cervantes' most famous work was the novel ___________
- Don Quixote
- what are some ways that northern artists different from the italian ones?
- northerners did not study classics as much and created much more detailed works
- What is one important banking family that ruled Florence during the Renaissance and became patrons of the arts?
- Medici
- what advances in math and science were made
- algebra, theories about the universe, understanding of minerals, anatomy, cartography, the printing press
- Who painted the Mona Lisa?
- Leonardo da Vinci
- van eyck's most famous paintings are what
- annunciation and giovanni arnolfini and his bride
- T/F: Medieval art was usually three-dimensional, in contrast to the flat style of the Renaissance.
- F
- shakespeare had a strong understanding of whatq
- human nature
- An italian ______ named Dante Alighieri wrote many _______ and ________ (nonfiction/fiction) works.
- writer poems nonfiction
- Dante Alighieri's greatest masterpiece was the poem _____________
- The Divine Comedy
- Name two sculptures of Michelangelo and one painting
- Pieta, Moses, scenes on Sistine Chapel
- Na,e three important Italian cities.
- Florence, Venice, Milan
- The Renaissance mainly benefited the ________
- upper class
- A technique that produces the appearance of three dimensions in works of art is called what?
- perspective
- One reason Florence gained so much influence and importance was that there were many talented _______ and _____ in Florence.
- artists writers
- T/F: Michelangelo and Leonardo were both trained as painters.
- F (Michelangelo was trained as a sculptor)
- Why did the renaissance mainly benefit wealthy people?
- only they had the time to study classical texts and humanist ideas
- What city was very influential and a center of the early Renaissance [in Italy]?
- Florence
- To make paintings look realistic, artists would a) make sure that everyone was the same size b) draw people in the foreground larger than those in the background
- b
- T/F: During the Renaissance, writers and artists did not write about religion at all.
- F
- The works of Michelangelo were known for conveying _____ feelings and portraying a sense of ______
- intense power
- Leonardo was born outside the village of _______, which was near ________. Michelangelo was born in the italian village of ________. Raphael was born in ______, Italy
- Vinci Florence Caprese Urbino
- pieter bruegels paintings oftne showed what
- everyday scenes
- T/F: The renaissance only spread to men
- F
- Sandro Botticelli's works are known of their _____ colors, ___ lines, and overall ______ feeling
- delicate flowing poetic
- Where is Florence located? a) Southern Italy, along the Tiber rive b) Central Italy, along the Po river c) Northern Italy, along the Arno River
- c
- Influenced by ________, many Renaissance writers began to write in their native language, _______
- Dante Alighieri Italian
- The Renaissance began where?
- Italy
- The Duomo was a work of which achitect?
- Filippo Brunelleschi
- Don Quixote is about what?
- a landowner who imagines he is a knight and goes on many adventures
- Renaissance artists focused on portraying who, and in what way?
- humans in realistic ways
- what are the four forces the the four horseman of the apocalypse represent?
- death, famine, plague, war
- Cervantes was a ______ writer: a) Spanish b) Italian c) Russian d) Flemish e) German
- a