Humanities: Lesson 5 The Northern Renaissance and European Exploration

Luther asserted that the key to salvation was what act?

Faith

What is a similarity between Japanese andElizabethan theater?

Both appealed to an urban audience

What was the most popular form of secular song at the court of Elizabeth?

Madrigal

Luther’s chorales were meant to be sung by whom?

The entire congregation

Who was the master printmaker of the 16th century?

Durer

What was NOT an objection of Protestant reformers?

Reading the bible in the vernacular

What are the characteristics of Albrecht Durer’s art?

Mastery of engraving techniques

What was an effect of the printing press, during the Northern Renaissance?

Accelerating the spread of Protestantism

Why was the Protestant Reformation of landmark significance?

It shattered the religious unity of Western Christendom

What is suggested by the comparison of Holbein’s Ambassadors and the Mind Dynasty’s Elegant Literary Gathering?

Humanism was not confined to the West

Who was considered the “Father” of the literary form known as the essay?

Montaigne

Shakespeare modeled his own sonnets after those written by which author?

Petrarch

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

Jan Van Eyck

The writings of Erasmus and More, like the Protestant Reformation itself, reflect what aim?

The exercise of Christian conscience

What is a feature in More’s ideal society, which he called “Utopia”?

Cooperation replaced competition and material greed