SECTION 2 RENAISSANCE SOCIAL STUDIES QUIZ YO
What is humanism and what is it based on?
Humanism is the belief in the worth of the individual and that reason is the path to knowledge, based on greek and roman ideas.
True of False: The Renaissance spread from Italy to Northern Europe.
True.
Provide 3 facts about Sofonisba Anguissola
-Italian noblewoman -knew Michelangelo and Jan Van Eyck -became painter for Philip II of Spain
Name 2 works that Leonardo Da Vinci painted.
-Mona Lisa -The Last Supper
Name 2 works that Raphael did.
-The School of Athens -Portraits of Madonna
Name 4 works that Michelangelo Buonarroti did.
-ceiling of the Sistine Chapel -the Pieta -the sculpture of Moses -the sculpture of David
Provide 2 facts about Donatello
-created studies on human anatomy -David Statue was first nude Renaissance Sculpture
Provide 3 facts about William Shakespeare
-greatest English playwright of all time -wrote all kinds of plays -patron was queen Elizabeth of England
What did Sandro Botticelli do in the Sistine Chapel? What is one of his famous works?
-painted frescos -birth of venus
Provide 3 facts about Michelangelo
-sculptor, painter, engineer, architect and poet -patron was Queen Elizabeth -designed the dome of the St.Peter's church Cathedral Basillica in Rome
Provide 3 facts about Albrecht Durer
-skilled at perspective -best known for engravings -blended italian and german methods in his work
Provide 3 facts about Jan Van Eyck
-skilled in oils -best known painting is the Arnolfini Marriage Portrait -Flemish(Modern Dutch)
List 4 ways that people might have learned ideas about humanism during the Renaissance
-studying Greek and Roman works -architecture, literature, and art -the printing press movable type that enabled more books to be produced,hence an easier grasp of education
Provide 3 facts about Filippo Brunelleschi.
-works mark the beginning of the Renaissance -major work: dome of the Florence Cathedreal -influenced Michelangelo
Provide 2 facts about Baldassare Castiglione
-wrote the book of the Courtier:handbook on manners, skills and learning to member of court -ideal courtier:well educated, well mannered
define fresco
A technique of art that plasters with water color paint
Define chairoscuro
A technique of art that used light and shadows instead of stiff outlines to separate objects
What was the benefit of writing in the vernacular?
Everyone could read it so more people could learn how to read and write.
True or False:Only wealthy people in England could afford to attend plays.
False: Admission was only 1 or 2 cents, even poor people could afford to attend.
True or False: William Shakespeare mostly wrote comedies.
False: He wrote; Histories, Romance,comedies and tragedies
True or False: Artists in northern Europe used water-based paints rather than oil-paints.
False: They used oil paints.
Name 8 artists and 1 playwright who contributed to the Renaissance.
Sofonisba Anguissola Sandro Botticelli William Shakespeare Baldassare Castiglione Filippo Brunelleschi Raphael Sanzio Leonardo da Vinci Michaelangelo Donatello
