The Italian Renaissance

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. What is the accepted Western definition of renaissance? rebirth to fly training worship of one diety

2. What city-state of Italy is generally considered by historians to be the most influential Renaissance location? Answer: (One Word)

3. Which Renaissance artist painted the Arena Chapel (also known as the Scrovegni Chapel) in Padua, Italy? Giotto Brunelleschi Petrarch Ghiberti

4. In what section of Dante's three part 'Divine Comedy' does the author meet St. Bernard? Inferno Paradiso Medosio Purgatorio

5. What Renaissance author wrote The Courier or Courtier? Dante Castiglione Machiavelli Petrarch

6. Who was the patriarch of the wealthy Florintine Medici family? Michele Joseph Dana Cosimo

7. What work of art did Brunelleschi create? Painted the Sistine Chapel Designed Bronze doors for the Baptistry Statue of David Domed the Florence Cathedral

8. Which work of art created by Michelangelo is physically described as the Mary holding Jesus? Answer: (One Word. No accent marks!)

9. What artist created the 'School of Athens,' depicting Plato? Da Vinci Raphael Masaccio Donatello

10. Who do historians generally consider to be the true Renaissance Man? Da Vinci Petrarch Durer Santi