15th Century (Early Humanities) ALL SOLUTION LATEST EDITION 2024 GUARANTEED GRADE A+

Cosimo de' Medici is nicknamed "the Magnificent." false Verrochio's David sculpture dates from later than Donatello's David. true In which city did the Italian Renaissance emerge? a. Florence b. Milan c. Rome d. Naples Florence Which artist won the competition for designer of the doors of the Florence Baptistery? a. Brunelleschi b. Leonardo c. Ghiberti d. Donatello c. Ghiberti Brunelleschi's contribution to Florence Cathedral was its famous ________. a. apse b. crypt c. nave d. dome dome Which Flemish artist painted the portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife? a. van Eyck b. Ockeghem c. Campin d. Limbourg van Eyck Donatello's sculpture of ________, a life-size nude in the contrapposto stance, is his most Classically inspired work. a. Abraham b. David c. Saint George d. Samson David Who is the author of The Praise of Folly? a. Manutius b. Mirandola c. Erasmus d. Cereta Erasmus Members of which prominent Florentine family appear in Botticelli's Adoration of the Magi? a. Strozzi b. Medici c. Pazzi d. Poliziano Medici Who is the precocious artist celebrated for his frescoes in Brancacci Chapel of Florence's Santa Maria del Carmine? a. Fra Angelico b. Brunelleschi c. Botticelli d. Masaccio Masaccio The most famous composer of the 15th century, __________________, blended the previously separate realms of sacred and secular music. a. Johannes Ockeghem b. Guillaume Dufay c. Marsilio Ficino d. Heinrich Issac Guillaume Dufay What was Johann Gutenberg's major invention? a. parchment b. the paper mill c. movable printing type d. printer's ink movable printing type Which humanist writer is famous for writing letters in defense of women's education? a. Erasmus b. Mirandola c. Machiavelli d. Cereta Cereta Giovanni Pico della Mirandola's Oration on the Dignity of Man is which of the following? a. a treatise proposing a new system of government b. a translation of the Talmud c. one of the earliest and most important texts of Renaissance humanism d. the last great Italian morality play one of the earliest and most important texts of Renaissance humanism During the 15th century, Florence was the center of European ________. a. wool manufacturing b. wine-making c. banking d. farming banking Who made sermons against what he saw as the immorality of Florence during the 15th century? a. Fra Angelico b. Lorenzo de Medici c. Leon Battista Alberti d. Fra Savonarola Fra Angelico Which painter defied the 15th-century trends of realistic representations of the natural world and a focus on tonal contrasts of light and shade? a. Uccello b. Botticelli c. Piero d. Ghiberti Botticelli Who painted the manuscript illuminations for the Duke of Berry's prayer book? a. Limbourg Brothers b. Van Eyck c. Campin d. Gutenberg Limbourg Brothers Cosimo de' Medici's most significant contribution to Greek studies was ________. CONTINUED..