CSTU Exam #3 Questions and Answers
renaissance - Answer-period responsible for some of history's greatest achievements in art
rationalism and humanism - Answer-two principles dominated the renaissance:
conduit for commerce and travel and financed by "merchant princes" - Answer-Why was Italy a good
place for the renaissance?
Italian poet Petrarch - Answer-key figure from late gothic who defined renaissance humanism as the
"late medieval attitude of compromise between classicism and christianity"
Pico della Mirandola - Answer-Key renaissance humanism figure who wrote: Oration on the Dignity of
Man
oration on the dignity of man - Answer-connected with "the beauty and order in nature"
condottieri - Answer-warring between city-states often relied on mercenary commanders
merchant princes - Answer-power in florence, though ostensibly republican, largely controlled by...
,Italian city-state - Answer-influential due to immense wealth building in cities like Florence, Rome,
Genoa, and Venice
Florence - Answer-city-state with specialized industry of textiles
Venice - Answer-city-state with specialized industry of trade
patronage system - Answer-the flexible system "by which wealthy families and individuals employed
artists"
patronage system - Answer-development of Renaissance virtue of civic humanism...
French - Answer-Who was an advocate and protector of the patronage system for the renaissance
virtue of civic humanism?
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 with this Medici
-called "the Magnificent"
-becomes political leader at 21
-claims "without Plato, one could not be a good citizen or a good Christian
-patron of Da Vinci and Michelangelo
the medici - Answer-now synonymous with power and political infighting
,ghiberti - Answer-crafts doors to the Cathedral Baptistery for over 51 years
gates of paradise - Answer-Doors to the Cathedral Baptistery have construction in architecture,
sculpture, and metalworking... and are referred to by Michelangelo as the "Gates of Paradise"
fresco - Answer-painting in watercolor on wet plaster, requiring speed and precision
chiaroscuro - Answer-technique by which figures are given solidity and depth by the light and dark
shading in their robes
atmospheric perspective - Answer-the creation of the illusion of depth enhanced by blurring distant hills
and trees (surroundings in general)
linear perspective - Answer-impression of space through drawn or imagined lines converging at a single
point on the horizon (vanishing point)
the birth of venus and the birth of spring - Answer-botticelli and the two birth painting names
Donatello and Michelangelo - Answer-two dominant figures in renaissance sculpture
Pieta - Answer--sculpted by michelangelo
-pyramidical in structure
-features a young-looking Mary, body forming a massive pedestal for Christ's body
Michelangelo's David and Donatello's David - Answer-the two davids sculpted in the renaissance period
were...
, Michelangelo's David - Answer-originally formed for the Florence Cathedral, later placed in the public
square; portrayed in the style of a Greek god
Donatello's David - Answer-the first life-size free standing bronze nude since classical times; wears a
tuscan hat; stands on the head of Goliath; emphasizes boyishness
Monk Savonarola - Answer-Decline of Florence was because of this monk
Monk Savonarola - Answer-a virtual dictator due to religious influence and passionate sermons;
condemnatory of the "pleasure-seeking paganism" of Renaissance culture; complained of the way
sacred and secular worlds had collided... responsible for "the bonfire of the vanities", and later burned
at the state as a heretic
Niccolo Machiavelli - Answer--a Florence diplomat dismissed under the return of the Medici
-responding to a corrupt political culture
-"where plato was an idealist of political philosophy, _________________ was a realist"
Niccolo Machiavelli - Answer-argues that "princes" ought to be ruthless in seizing and preserving power
Machiavelli - Answer-responsible for writing "The Princes" the first attempt in the Christian era to
analyze politics from an entirely secular viewpoint...
"a person believed to be unscrupulously pursuing political gain at any cost
The Prince - Answer--published after Machiavelli's death
-an example of genre known as "mirrors for princes"
-imagines Moses as a devastatingly militaristic ruler by might
renaissance - Answer-period responsible for some of history's greatest achievements in art
rationalism and humanism - Answer-two principles dominated the renaissance:
conduit for commerce and travel and financed by "merchant princes" - Answer-Why was Italy a good
place for the renaissance?
Italian poet Petrarch - Answer-key figure from late gothic who defined renaissance humanism as the
"late medieval attitude of compromise between classicism and christianity"
Pico della Mirandola - Answer-Key renaissance humanism figure who wrote: Oration on the Dignity of
Man
oration on the dignity of man - Answer-connected with "the beauty and order in nature"
condottieri - Answer-warring between city-states often relied on mercenary commanders
merchant princes - Answer-power in florence, though ostensibly republican, largely controlled by...
,Italian city-state - Answer-influential due to immense wealth building in cities like Florence, Rome,
Genoa, and Venice
Florence - Answer-city-state with specialized industry of textiles
Venice - Answer-city-state with specialized industry of trade
patronage system - Answer-the flexible system "by which wealthy families and individuals employed
artists"
patronage system - Answer-development of Renaissance virtue of civic humanism...
French - Answer-Who was an advocate and protector of the patronage system for the renaissance
virtue of civic humanism?
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 with this Medici
-called "the Magnificent"
-becomes political leader at 21
-claims "without Plato, one could not be a good citizen or a good Christian
-patron of Da Vinci and Michelangelo
the medici - Answer-now synonymous with power and political infighting
,ghiberti - Answer-crafts doors to the Cathedral Baptistery for over 51 years
gates of paradise - Answer-Doors to the Cathedral Baptistery have construction in architecture,
sculpture, and metalworking... and are referred to by Michelangelo as the "Gates of Paradise"
fresco - Answer-painting in watercolor on wet plaster, requiring speed and precision
chiaroscuro - Answer-technique by which figures are given solidity and depth by the light and dark
shading in their robes
atmospheric perspective - Answer-the creation of the illusion of depth enhanced by blurring distant hills
and trees (surroundings in general)
linear perspective - Answer-impression of space through drawn or imagined lines converging at a single
point on the horizon (vanishing point)
the birth of venus and the birth of spring - Answer-botticelli and the two birth painting names
Donatello and Michelangelo - Answer-two dominant figures in renaissance sculpture
Pieta - Answer--sculpted by michelangelo
-pyramidical in structure
-features a young-looking Mary, body forming a massive pedestal for Christ's body
Michelangelo's David and Donatello's David - Answer-the two davids sculpted in the renaissance period
were...
, Michelangelo's David - Answer-originally formed for the Florence Cathedral, later placed in the public
square; portrayed in the style of a Greek god
Donatello's David - Answer-the first life-size free standing bronze nude since classical times; wears a
tuscan hat; stands on the head of Goliath; emphasizes boyishness
Monk Savonarola - Answer-Decline of Florence was because of this monk
Monk Savonarola - Answer-a virtual dictator due to religious influence and passionate sermons;
condemnatory of the "pleasure-seeking paganism" of Renaissance culture; complained of the way
sacred and secular worlds had collided... responsible for "the bonfire of the vanities", and later burned
at the state as a heretic
Niccolo Machiavelli - Answer--a Florence diplomat dismissed under the return of the Medici
-responding to a corrupt political culture
-"where plato was an idealist of political philosophy, _________________ was a realist"
Niccolo Machiavelli - Answer-argues that "princes" ought to be ruthless in seizing and preserving power
Machiavelli - Answer-responsible for writing "The Princes" the first attempt in the Christian era to
analyze politics from an entirely secular viewpoint...
"a person believed to be unscrupulously pursuing political gain at any cost
The Prince - Answer--published after Machiavelli's death
-an example of genre known as "mirrors for princes"
-imagines Moses as a devastatingly militaristic ruler by might
