world history semester test

What Florentine poet wrote The Divine Comedy, a poem that describes an imaginary spiritual journey from hell to heaven?

Dante Alighieri

What inventor made books available to many people with his printing press? His printing press also made it possible to spread Renaissance ideas throughout Europe and to share the knowledge the humanists had gathered.

Johannes Gutenberg

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Who has been called the "Father of Humanism" because he proposed an educational program that emphasized the classics? He believed that even though the classical writers lived before the time of Christ, their works could help educate good Christians

Petrarch

What rich banker spent a fortune on sculpture and paintings to adorn Florentine monasteries, convents, and chapels? He also sponsored expeditions to collect classical manuscripts, statues, and coins.

Cosimo de' Medici

What rich patron surrounded himself with humanists who could debate classical ideas and philosophical issues? He named his group the Platonic Academy, after Plato's famous school in Athens.

Lorenzo the Magnificent

What Italian sculptor spent 21 years filling the Baptistery doors with biblical scenes? He retold Old Testament stories in bronze and showed scenes from the life of Christ. He won this commission in a contest.

Lorenzo Ghiberti

What great Florentine sculptor created a bronze statue that celebrated man, showed the grace of the human form, and breathed confidence in human abilities?

Donatello

What Florentine architect won the commission to construct a huge dome for the cathedral of Florence? He used an ancient Roman technique to build two shells for the dome and set the bricks in a herringbone pattern.

Filippo Brunelleschi

What artist painted The Tribute Money, the first great example of the new humanism in a painting? He tried to put principles of proportion, balance, and above all, human dignity into his painting. He became known as the "Father of Renaissance Painting."

Masaccio

What Florentine artist often turned to classical mythology for inspiration?

Sandro Botticelli

What friar worried that wealth and possessions were distracting the attention of the people of Florence from God? He urged Florentines to burn their playing cards, cosmetics, dice, books of poetry, and musical instruments.

Girolamo Savonarola

What painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, scientist, philosopher, and visionary was commissioned by the duke of Milan to paint a wall in the monks' dining hall in one of Milan's churches? He painted The Last Supper, depicting the last meal that Jesus shared with his disciples.

Leonardo da Vinci

What pope helped revive Rome by building new roads, repairing aqueducts, and restoring the city's walls? His crowning achievement was the construction of the Sistine Chapel.

Pope Sixtus IV

What pope, known as the "Warrior Pope," commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel? When he was not at war, he focused on rebuilding Rome. This pope also hired Michelangelo to carve his tomb.

Pope Julius II

What artist sculpted a pietà, or statue of Mary holding the dead Christ, and a 14-foot marble statue of the biblical David about to go into battle with Goliath? The artist also painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and spent the last 17 years of his life designing St. Peter's Basilica.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

What artist painted in a soothing, elegant style? His most popular works were his paintings of Mary and the infant Jesus. He also painted a fresco called The School of Athens in the library of Pope Julius II.

Raphael Sanzio

What Florentine artist is often hailed as the pathbreaker for Renaissance painting? He painted solid, lifelike figures whose faces and stances showed recognizable human emotions.

Giotto di Bondone