THE RENAISSANCE QUESTIONNAIRE

(Portrait of Mona Lisa (1479-1528), 

also known as La Gioconda)

THE RENAISSANCE

1.       What is called the renaissance?

The renaissance is the movement to advance the arts, the sciences, and philosophy.

2.       When did it start?

It started by the middle of the 1300s,

3.       When did the renaissance begin?

The renaissance began in Italy.

4.       Why did people start the renaissance?

People wanted to return to the glory of ancient Greece and Rome.

5.       What did the world trade make to Italy?

World trade made to Italy a wealthy country.

6.       What happened with the Italian cities than the cities of other countries?

Italy had bigger cities than any other country in Europe.

7.       What happened with the big cities?

The big cities attracted scholars and artists.

8.       What happened with art in the middle ages?

It was almost always religious

9.       What happened with the stained glass windows in cathedrals?

They were based on the Bible stories.

10.   What happened with the religious paintings?

People in the paintings did not look real.

11.   Why were renaissance artists different?

They wanted art to show what people really looked like.

12.   Who were the most important Italian artists?

They were Michelangelo Buonarroti and Leonardo da Vinci

13.   What and why did study?

They studied human bodies to learn anatomy.

14.   Where was the center of the Italian Renaissance?

It was in the city of Florence in northern Italy.

15.   Who was Lorenzo de Medici?

He was a rich person who used his money to support artists.

16.   What was Lorenzo the Medici called?

He was called Lorenzo de Magnificent.

17.   Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?

He was an architect who lived in Florence.

18.   What was the greatest invention in history?

It was the Printing press.

19.   Who and when invented the Printed Press?

A man named Johann Gutenberg around 1456.

20.   What did Johann Gutenberg use the Printing Press?

He used the press to print copies of the Bible.

21.   What languages were the presses before the Printing Press?

They were in Latin, the language of the Church.

22.   What languages were the presses after the Printing Press?

They were in French, German, English, and Italian.

23.   What happened with books before the printing press?

All the books had to be copied by hand.

24.   What happened with the Bible?

People read the Bible for themselves for the first time.

25.   What is Humanism?

To solve human problems without God.

26.   Who was Erasmus?

He was a catholic priest and a Dutch humanist. Who wrote of problems he saw in the church

27.   What book did he write?

He wrote the book: The Praise of Folly.

28.   What did Erasmus think about the Church?

He though that the church had too many ceremonies, and he attacked the church for making money.

29.   Who was Thomas More?

He was an English humanist who wrote about the problems he saw in the Government as well as the church.

30.   What book did he write?

He wrote the book Utopia.

31.   Why did Thomas More die?

He died because he didn’t agree that the king of England was the head of the Catholic Church.

32.   Who was William Shakespeare?

William Shakespeare was the greatest English writer.

33.   What William Shakespeare’s sayings have become part of every day speech?

“All the world’s a stage” and “All that glitters is not gold”

34.   What are the most popular plays of William Shakespeare?

They are Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet.