AP Euro Retake Quiz
The painting most directly portrays...
A reflection of religious themes and goals
The School of Athens serves as evidence of which of the following historical developments?
Princes and popes, concerned with enhancing their prestige, commissions paintings and architectural works based on classical styles that often employed the newly invented technique is geometric perspective.
Galileo's response to the bible-based arguments of his accusers reflects the system of thought called...
Humanism
The School of Athens best reflects which of the following historical trends?
Humanist revival of Greek and Roman texts shifted the focus of education away from theology and toward the study of classical texts.
What developments in the 16th and 17th centuries led Galileo to raise the concerns he expresses in the passage?
New ideas and methods in science and astronomy began to emerge.
What key difference between Renaissance humanists and 16th century natural philosophers is best reflected in the painting above?
Renaissance humanist studied classical texts, whereas natural philosophers conducted observations and experiments
Renatus des Cartes demonstrates which of the following regarding scientific advances in early modern Europe?
They used information obtained through dissection to reconceptualize the body as an integrated system.
Which of the following viewpoints is best reflected in Judith and Holofernes?
An emphasis on drama, illusion, and distortion
Beside Galileo's discoveries in astronomy, what new scientific ideas and observations arose during the period 1450-1648?
Anatomical and medical discoveries presenting the body as an integrated system
