Renaissance Test

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What does the word "renaissance" mean in French?

"Renaissance" means "rebirth" in French.

What were the four reasons for the development of the Renaissance period?

1. Decline of feudalism, 2. growth of Italian city-states, 3. growth of humanism, and 4. growth of trade and cities.

The Renaissance was a period of growth in what areas?

Art, literature, and learning.

What artistic period had the greatest influence on Renaissance art?

Classical period (Greeks and Romans).

In what city did the Renaissance period begin?

Florence, Italy is where the Renaissance first started.

In what artistic period did artists start to paint in a way that the subjects look realistic, show details of nature, and the painting responds to the light that falls upon it?

The Renaissance is when painters began painting in this way.

In which artistic period did the use of perspective develop?

The Renaissance is when perspective developed.

What are three reasons for why the Renaissance began at different times in different locations in Europe?

The feudal system died off at different times, the Black Death traveled through places at different times, and the ideas spread along the trade routes at different rates.

Why did peasants and nobles move to cities at the end of the Middle Ages?

There were job opportunities there.

How did merchants and bankers use their wealth to contribute to the growth of the Renaissance period?

They supported artists to decorate homes and became their patrons.

What economic change occurred during the Renaissance? How did this change contribute to the fact that bankers became wealthy?

They used money instead of bartering. Bankers became wealthy because they had to use bankers to get their money.

What are the two words used to describe a person who provides financial support to an artist?

You were described as a patron and sponsor.

Humanists believe that each individual person has--

worth, importance, and value.


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