Humanities 110 Midterm

Rebirth

What does Renaissance mean?

Roman Civilization and the Renaissance

What was the "Middle Ages" the middle of?

It made the art Apollonian-based

How did Plato's ideas affect the art of the Middle Ages?

A fascination with human concerns, ideas, and passions

What did Renaissance Artists find in ancient art that they believed was missing from the art of the Middle Ages?

Pico della Mirandola

Which Renaissance humanist taught that free will was what made man different from the animals?

Marco Polo

Who wrote a book about a Venetian party traveling to China?

The Medici Family

What family of merchants became the leading family of Florence?

Virtu

What Italian word connotes virtue, strength, and virility?

Lorenzo de Medici

What rich political leader was an important patron of the arts in Florence?

Empiricism

What is the word for the belief that mankind's only access to truth is through the senses?

Galileo

Who proved the Copernican model of the solar system using a telescope?

Reconquista

What did the Spanish call their war to take back Spain from the Muslims?

Avignon, France

Where did the Popes live during the so-called Babylonian Captivity of the Catholic Church?

The sale of indulgences

What was the most controversial practice used to raise money for Rome's extensive building projects?

Martin Luther

Who published 95 theses against the sale of indulgences?

John Calvin

Which Protestant reformer insisted that churches be stripped of idolatrous images?

He wanted to divorce his first wife

Why did Henry VIII lead England out of the Roman Catholic church?

The Council of Trent

What was the key event of the Counter-Reformation?