Renaissance

1. In what wealthy and powerful Italian city did the Renaissance get its start?

2. What family ruled the city throughout the Renaissance?

3. Which member was the founder of that dynasty?

4. Who is often regarded as the "Father of Renaissance painting?"

5. What drawing of da Vinci's portrays a man who has perfect proportions?

6. Who is often called the "Father of Humanism?"

7. Which philosopher was burned at the stake for believing that the universe is infinite and that other solar systems exist?

8. Which astronomer is known for his discovery of the three major laws of planetary motion?

9. Which astronomer from Renaissance developed instruments that were used in measuring and fixing the position of stars?

10. What did Filippo Brunelleschi spend most of his life designing and building?

11. What sculptor was one of the pioneers of Renaissance art with sculptures such as the Gattamelata?

12. What artist is most known today for his frescos at the Sistine Chapel?

13. Who painted the Last Supper?

14. What artist worked for the Medici family in Florence and painted several portraits of them?

15. What priest wrote the book Praise and Folly and was responsible for spreading humanism throughout northern Europe?

16. Which Italian sculptor created statues of David, Mary Magdalene and the Madonna?

17. Who is the author of the Decameron, the book that has a number of stories and describes life in 14th century Italy?

18. What invention is most associated with Johannes Gutenberg?

19. Martin Luther was the catalyst of the 16th-century Protestant Reformation. Where was he from?

20. Which literary work is the story that describes Dante's view of the afterlife?

21. How did the Medici family become wealthy?

22. How many popes came from the Medici family?

23. What country did both Catherine de Medici and Marie de Medici become queen of?

24. Which member of Borgia family was known as Pope Alexander VI from 1492 to 1503?

25. Borgia family are descendants of a noble line, originally from which Spanish city?

26. Which child of Rodrigo Borgia and Vanozza dei Cattanei became a cardinal and was a major inspiration for The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli?