Question

Your classmate Roberta has been studying the Renaissance period. She loves all of the artwork from this time, but she is stumped about one thing. Roberta asks you, “Why did the Renaissance happen when it did? What was happening that caused this rebirth at that specific point in history?” You can list several factors that influenced the timing of the Renaissance. Which of these would MOST LIKELY include?

(1 point)
Responses

The earliest forms of photography had been created, so artists wanted to create more realistic images to mirror the photographs.

The earliest forms of photography had been created, so artists wanted to create more realistic images to mirror the photographs.

Classical texts as well as numerous recordings from ancient Greece and Rome were rediscovered.

Classical texts as well as numerous recordings from ancient Greece and Rome were rediscovered.

Moveable type printing was developed, which allowed more books to be printed and ideas to be more widely spread

Moveable type printing was developed, which allowed more books to be printed and ideas to be more widely spread

Oil paint took far less time to dry allowing artists to invest time in other mediums that led to the Renaissance.

Answer 1

Classical texts as well as numerous recordings from ancient Greece and Rome were rediscovered.

(That rediscovery—along with renewed interest in humanism, art, science and later the spread of ideas by movable type—helped spark the Renaissance.)