CSTU Test 3 Study Guide Questions and
Answers
Rationalism - Answer-Opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on
religious belief or emotional response
Humanism - Answer-Emphasizes the importance of human rather than divine matters; stresses the
potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasizes common human needs, and seeks rational
ways of solving human problems
The Renaissance is responsible for - Answer-some of history's greatest achievements in art
Goal of the Renaissance - Answer-to return to the principles of underlying Ancient Greece
Why did the Renaissance start in Italy? - Answer-Conduit for commerce and travel; access to the
Byzantine empire's wealth and learning of Turkish civilization as well as the riches of India and China;
Financed by merchant princes
, Petrarch - Answer-Defined as the late middle attitude of compromise between classicism and
Christianity
Picco della Mirandola - Answer-Oration on the dignity of man; connected with the beauty and order in
nature
Italian city-state - Answer-Influential due to the immense wealth building in cities; specialized industries
Patronage System - Answer-the flexible system by which wealthy families and individuals employed
artists
The Medici - Answer-Most prominent Renaissance Florentine family of merchant princes
Patriarch Cosimo Medici - Answer-received permission from the Pope to mine a special mineral for use
in dye
Lorenzo de Medici - Answer-Renaissance in Florence reached its height during his reign; "the
Magnificent"; becomes political leader at 21; claims "without knowing Plato, one could not be a good
citizen or a good Christian"; Patron of Da Vinci and Michelangelo
Lorenzo Ghiberti - Answer-Wins competition at 21 to craft the doors to the cathedral Baptisteries;
worked on it for 50 years; "gates of paradise"
Fresco - Answer-Painting in watercolor on wet plaster, requiring speed and precision
Chiaroscuro - Answer-The technique by which figures are given solidity and depth by the light and dark
shading in their robes
Answers
Rationalism - Answer-Opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than on
religious belief or emotional response
Humanism - Answer-Emphasizes the importance of human rather than divine matters; stresses the
potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasizes common human needs, and seeks rational
ways of solving human problems
The Renaissance is responsible for - Answer-some of history's greatest achievements in art
Goal of the Renaissance - Answer-to return to the principles of underlying Ancient Greece
Why did the Renaissance start in Italy? - Answer-Conduit for commerce and travel; access to the
Byzantine empire's wealth and learning of Turkish civilization as well as the riches of India and China;
Financed by merchant princes
, Petrarch - Answer-Defined as the late middle attitude of compromise between classicism and
Christianity
Picco della Mirandola - Answer-Oration on the dignity of man; connected with the beauty and order in
nature
Italian city-state - Answer-Influential due to the immense wealth building in cities; specialized industries
Patronage System - Answer-the flexible system by which wealthy families and individuals employed
artists
The Medici - Answer-Most prominent Renaissance Florentine family of merchant princes
Patriarch Cosimo Medici - Answer-received permission from the Pope to mine a special mineral for use
in dye
Lorenzo de Medici - Answer-Renaissance in Florence reached its height during his reign; "the
Magnificent"; becomes political leader at 21; claims "without knowing Plato, one could not be a good
citizen or a good Christian"; Patron of Da Vinci and Michelangelo
Lorenzo Ghiberti - Answer-Wins competition at 21 to craft the doors to the cathedral Baptisteries;
worked on it for 50 years; "gates of paradise"
Fresco - Answer-Painting in watercolor on wet plaster, requiring speed and precision
Chiaroscuro - Answer-The technique by which figures are given solidity and depth by the light and dark
shading in their robes
