Art_Renaissance Test

Renaissance Test

1. What historical event (the fall of a civilization) took place in 395 AD to usher in the middle ages? The fall of Roman Empire

2. What was society and culture generally like in the middle ages? There was really rich people (2% of society) and most of people cannot read and write, and were very poor (98% of people). It was the less cultural area because people didn’t have money to pay artist.

3. Renaissance means rebirth of ideas.

4. What was being brought back during this time? The culture was high and there was many discovery.

Define:
5. Contraposto: when things are draw or sculpt in special position like twisting.

6. Chiaroscuro: the light and the dark=shadows

7. The painter of the Mona Lisa was Leonardo da Vinci

8. The man who sculpted the Pieta and the Sistine Chapel was Michelangelo

9. What is different about Renaissance painting compared to painting during the Dark Ages? During the dark age, people were paint straight and without shadows.

10. What is meant by the concept of "Humanism?" The study of every things about human.