1. Chapter 5 Test: Sections 1 & 2 Study Questions World History – Mr. Heaps Test: Friday, Sept. 5, 2008

2. Answer: To produce individuals who follow a path of virtue & wisdom. Question # 1: What was the purpose of a liberal arts education?

3. Answer: Renaissance Italy was an urban society. It was an age of recovery (plague, political instability (feudalism), & decline in Church. A new focus on human beings and individual ability and worth. (humanism) Question # 2: What were the 3 primary characteristics of the Renaissance?

4. Answer: Florence, Italy (Controlled by the Medici Family who had a passion for art & sponsored many artists) Question # 3: Which Italian city-state was the artistic center of the Renaissance?

5. Answer: Northern artists did not use fresco. They painted illustrations for books and wooden panel for altar pieces. Question # 4: How did the style of Northern Renaissance artists differ from the style of Italian Renaissance artists?

6. Answer: Perspective (depth or 3D), emphasis on the human, emphasis on geometry to create correct use of space & light, & a focus on human anatomy. Question # 5: What are some aspects of Renaissance art that was not present in medieval art?

7. Answer: This was Savonarola’s way of cleansing Florence of Sin. Question # 6: Why did Savonarola burn Renaissance art, books, and clothing, in the city of Florence?

8. Answer: Women were educated more in religion & morals so that they could become good mothers & wives. Question # 7: In what areas were Renaissance women educated in mostly?

9. Answer: The sack of Rome in 1527 by the armies & mercenaries of Spanish king Charles I. Question # 8: What event brought an end to the Italian Wars?

10. Answer: When their father went before a judge and formally freed them. Adulthood varied from early teens to late twenties. Question # 9: When in life were Renaissance children officially declared adults?

11. Answer: Vernacular Literature Geoffrey Chaucer – Canterbury Tales Dante – The Divine Comedy Christine de Pizan – The Book of the City of Ladies Question # 10: Some authors of the Renaissance began to write in a different style, rather than in classical Latin. What was that style called and name some example of Authors who wrote in that style.

12. Answer: Usaully to strengthen business or family ties. Question # 11: For what reasons did Renaissance parents arrange the marriages of their children?

13. Answer: Political activity should not be restricted, or influenced by moral principles. A prince should act on behalf of the state (not himself) Question # 12: What did Machiavelli believe about political activity?

14. Answer: EDUCATION Through the focus on the humanities or liberal arts. Question # 13: The humanist movement had it greatest or most profound affect on what aspect of life?

15. Answer: The final stage of Italian Renaissance Painting. Associated with 3 artistic giants: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, & Raphael. Question # 14: What is the High Renaissance and who is associated with it?

16. Answer: “This is not my trade.” He told the Pope that he was a sculptor, not a painter. Question # 15: When asked to paint the Sistine Chapel, why did Michelangelo recommend other painters to the Pope?