Humanities Chapters 7&8

"The Black Death" describes the pandemic caused by

Bubonic Plague

Of the Black Death, it is correct to say that it

took the lives of at least one third of Europe’s population

The Magna Carta was significant in

the rise of constitutional monarchy in England

The Hundred Years’ War was instigated by

English claims to French lands and the French crown

The English withdrew from France, ending the Hundred Years’ War, after facing a revitalized French army under the leadership of

Joan of Arc

Ars nova is the name given to the

expressive new musical style of the 14th century

"The Great Schism" refers to the

rivalry between 2 contesting popes

The new realism in the arts if the 14th century is found in the

All these answers are correct

Which of the following writers provided a defense of women in the Book of the City of Ladies

Christine de Pisan

Giotto’s frescoes are considered innovative landmarks for their

use of light and shade to model form

Giotto use the technique of chiaroscuro to

give 3 dimensionality to the figures in his paintings

Ficino’s contribution to Classical humanism lay in the translation and interpretation of the works of

Plato

The first of the Classical humanists in the Age of the Renaissance, and the so-called "father of humanism," was

Petrarch

According to Castiglione, the Renaissance lady must

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In The Prince, Machiavelli called for

the unification of Italy under a strong ruler

Brunelleschi defined the laws of _____________ as a tool for creating the appearance of 3 dimensional space on a 2 dimensional surface

perspective

Botticelli’s landmark painting, The Birth of Venus

reflects the revival of Classical themes in European art

Leonardo’s Mona Lisa is unusual in that

the sitter appears in a landscape setting

The word "Mona" in Mona Lisa

means "my lady"

During the High Renaissance, the center of artistic productivity shifted from

Florence to Rome

The music of the Age of the Renaissance

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The composer Joaquin des Prez was one of the most effective practitioners of which expressive musical technique, in which music converts the literal meaning of a text?

word painting

The principal difference between humanism of Italy and that of Northern Europe was the greater __________ emphasis of the latter

religios

The landmark significance of the Protestant Reformation was the fact that it

shattered the religious unity of Western Christendom

Luther posted his landmark Ninety-Five Theses on a cathedral door in

Wittenberg

Luther asserted that the key to salvation was

faith

Protestant reformers objected to all of the following except

reading the Bible in the vernacular

The master printmaker of the 16th century was

Durer

The city in which Calvin established a theocratic state was

Geneva

Which of the following is NOT associated with 16th century Calvinism?

seperation of church and state

The "father’ of the literary form known as the essay was

Montaigne

Which Northern Renaissance artist was reputed to have perfected oil painting in such works as his "Arnolfini Wedding"?

Jan van Eyck

Shakespeare modeled his own somets after those written by

Petrach

The printing press was effective in

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The comparison of Holbein’s Ambassados and the Ming dynasty’s Elegant Literacy Gathering suggest that

humanism was not confined in to the West

Which Northern Renaissance painter is notable for his limited interest in religious subject matter and preference for scene of normal people in ordinary situations

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

It is true to say of Albrecht Durer that he was

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Grunewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece was commissioned for the benefit of

plague victims

The chorale is primarily associated with

Lutheranism

The writings of Erasmus and More, like the Protestant Reformation itself, reflect a deep concern with

the exercise of Christian conscience

Luther’s chorales were meant to be sung

by the entire congregation