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Lesson #27 – The Renaissance
What was the Renaissance and what time period did it occur?
What two major crises during the late Middle Ages helped lead to the Renaissance?
Why did Europeans begin studying the works of ancient Greece and Rome again?
In what country did the Renaissance begin?
Name two advantages that helped make Italy the birthplace of the Renaissance.
What powerful banking family ruled Florence and supported the arts?
What is a patron, and why were patrons important during the Renaissance?
What intellectual movement focused on human potential and achievements during the Renaissance?
What subjects were emphasized in classical education during the Renaissance?
What is a Renaissance Man?
According to Baldassare Castiglione, what were some skills a Renaissance Man should have?
How did Renaissance art differ from Medieval art?
What artistic technique created the appearance of three dimensions on a flat surface?
Name two characteristics commonly found in Renaissance art.
Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted the statue David?
Name two famous works created by Leonardo da Vinci.
What famous painting by Raphael depicts many important Greek philosophers?
Who was Petrarch and why was he important to Renaissance humanism?
What political book did Niccolò Machiavelli write and what was its main idea about rulers?
How did Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press change Europe?
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Answer 1

1. Cultural revival of art, learning and science based on classical antiquity; roughly 1300–1600.
2. The Black Death and the Hundred Years’ War.
3. Rediscovery of manuscripts and contact with Byzantine/Muslim scholars showed classical models improved art, science and civic life.
4. Italy.
5. Wealthy trade/banking city-states and close access to Roman ruins/manuscripts (classical heritage).
6. The Medici.
7. A financer of artists/scholars; patrons paid for works and made the arts possible.
8. Humanism.
9. Grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history and moral philosophy (studia humanitatis).
10. A well‑rounded person skilled in many fields (arts, sciences, physical and social skills).
11. Education, courtesy, athleticism, music/drawing, eloquence and skill with arms.
12. More realistic, naturalistic, focused on humans and classical themes rather than flat, symbolic medieval images.
13. Linear perspective.
14. Realism and use of perspective (classical themes and balanced composition).
15. Michelangelo.
16. Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
17. The School of Athens.
18. Poet-scholar who recovered classical texts and helped launch humanist study (father of humanism).
19. The Prince — rulers must be pragmatic and sometimes ruthless to maintain power and the state.
20. Made books cheap and widely available, spreading ideas, increasing literacy and accelerating cultural change.