CSTU 101-Quiz 7-Chp 19
questions and answers 2025-
2026
The Renaissance - answer The Renaissance was best understood as a kind
of wave that swept from South to North over these 200 years. (1400-1600)
-started in the South, with Italy (1400)
-as we move North-started at 1600-see Shakespeare writing plays-
Northern Re. occurs at dead end of the "Renaissance period"
Comparison of North and South (Italy) Renaissance: 1) South - answer -
Italian Renaissance=more secular in tone and nature, more humanistic,
subject matter more deeply classical (Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" sums it
up) into more drama
2) North - answer -Northern Renaissance=more religious, art is more
devotional, painting them with more emotion-more religious experience
and expression of faith
-Matthias Grünewald-painter-"Crucifixion of Christ"-display Gothic
medieval devotional values-Christ brutally, violently displayed
Similarities between North and South Renaissance: - answer 1) both
valued individuality (Shakespeare)
Dürer (northern renaissance painter) painted his self portrait-takes
humanistic values and gives it a devotional theme (depicts himself as
Christ)
2) both steeped in classical learning
3)
Northern revival of learning - answer ~Erasmus—he's best known for his
book in "Praise of Folly," which is a satiric book that he wrote about
Renaissance values.
questions and answers 2025-
2026
The Renaissance - answer The Renaissance was best understood as a kind
of wave that swept from South to North over these 200 years. (1400-1600)
-started in the South, with Italy (1400)
-as we move North-started at 1600-see Shakespeare writing plays-
Northern Re. occurs at dead end of the "Renaissance period"
Comparison of North and South (Italy) Renaissance: 1) South - answer -
Italian Renaissance=more secular in tone and nature, more humanistic,
subject matter more deeply classical (Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" sums it
up) into more drama
2) North - answer -Northern Renaissance=more religious, art is more
devotional, painting them with more emotion-more religious experience
and expression of faith
-Matthias Grünewald-painter-"Crucifixion of Christ"-display Gothic
medieval devotional values-Christ brutally, violently displayed
Similarities between North and South Renaissance: - answer 1) both
valued individuality (Shakespeare)
Dürer (northern renaissance painter) painted his self portrait-takes
humanistic values and gives it a devotional theme (depicts himself as
Christ)
2) both steeped in classical learning
3)
Northern revival of learning - answer ~Erasmus—he's best known for his
book in "Praise of Folly," which is a satiric book that he wrote about
Renaissance values.
