World Civ 111 Renaissance Quiz

One of the Tuscan Triumvirate of Renaissance writers--wrote 'Divine Comedy'

A)Francesco Petrarca
B) Dante Alighieri
C) Giovanni Boccaccio

John Wycliffe was a(n)

A) Renaissance Author
B) the king of england during the early 14th century
C)15th Century Protestant Leader
D) 14th Century english Refomer

Giotto:

A) Used vivid colors and painted " The birth of Venus"
B) Used perspective and painted "THe holy trinity"
C) Began painting using light and shade.

This Pope was a Medici and was Pope during the beginning of Luther's reformation.

A) Sixtus IV
B) Alexander VI
C) Leo X
D) Julius II

Niccolo Machiavelli was:

A) The president
B) An italian Renaissance political writer
C) An important humanist in the Italian Renaissance

One of the Tuscan Triumverate of Renaissance writers--developed the Italian sonnet and became important in literary humanism.

A) Francesco Petrarca
B) Dante Alighieri
C) Giovanni Boccaccio

was the first italian to use oil paints:

A) Leaonardo da Vinci
B) Raphael
C) Michelangelo

Masaccio:

A) Used vivid colors and painted "the birth of Venus
B) Used perspective and painted "Explusion From"
C) Began painting using light and shade

Sculpted the first free-standing nude in Europe since Roman times.

A) Ghiberti
B) Donatello
C) Leonardo da Vinici

He was known for his Madonnas and humanized portrayals of Mary and Jesus:

A) Raphael
B) Michelangelo
C) Leonardo da vinici

Humanism in the Northern Renaissance came to be called what?

A) Christian humanis
B) Neo- humanism
C) German humanism
D) Florentine humanism

Johannes Gutenberg lived where?

A) Northern Germany
B) Mainz in the German Rhineland
C) In Folkestone, England
D) Frankfurt, Germany

This late 15th Century English King won the Wars of the Roses, reduced the power of the Nobility and Parliament, and helped war-torn England heal:

A) Edward VI
B) Henry VII
C) Henry VI
D) Edward V

He sculpted several pietas and painted a famous chapel:

A) Leonardo
B) Raphael
C) Michelangelo

Sandro Botticelli:

A) Used vivid colors and painted "The birth of venus"
B) Used perspective and painted "the holy Trinity
C) Began painting using light and shade