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Example Question #258 : Sat Subject Test In World History
The Last Supper can be attributed to which Renaissance artist?
Michaelangelo
Cosimo de Medici
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci
Dante
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci is often considered the ultimate "Renaissance man," a term that suggests being supremely skilled in many different areas of life, particularly artistically and intellectually. Perhaps Da Vinci's most famous work is The Last Supper.
Example Question #259 : Sat Subject Test In World History
Which of the following was not an Italian city-state during the Italian Renaissance?
The United Provinces
The Papal States
The Republic of Florence
The Duchy of Milan
The Kingdom of Naples
The United Provinces
During the Italian Renaissance, the country we now know as Italy was divided up into several independent city-states. All of the answer choices were city-states except for the United Provinces. The United Provinces refers to territory in what is now the Netherlands and Belgium during the time when this territory was under Spanish control.
Example Question #1 : The Renaissance
Cosimo de Medici was the ruler of __________.
Milan
Florence
Naples
Geneva
Berlin
Florence
Cosimo de Medici was the ruler of Florence throughout a large period of the Italian Renaissance. He is renowned as a patron of the arts who encouraged the Renaissance to flourish in his city-state.
Example Question #31 : 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
The Sistine Chapel and David are works of art and architecture that are attributed to which Renaissance artist?
Michelangelo
Leonardo da Vinci
Albrecht Durer
Jan van Eyck
Raphael
Michelangelo
The Sistine Chapel and David are two of the most famous works of the famous Renaissance artist and sculptor Michelangelo.
Example Question #32 : 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
The Renaissance most likely evolved first in Italy due to __________.
the wealth of the Papacy
Italy's political and religious unity
Italy's cultural legacy of artistic and scientific accomplishment
Italy's urban society and emerging middle class
Italy's extensive mercenary class that protected the cities from barbarian raids
Italy's urban society and emerging middle class
Italy's relatively large urban society and emerging middle class allowed for a large number of individuals to be free to pursue artistic or scientific pursuits. This was in contrast to most of the rest of Europe and the world, where the vast majority of people had no free time for pursuits unrelated to simply surviving. This allowed the Renaissance to flourish first in Italy.
Example Question #33 : 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
The Decameron, by Giovanni Boccaccio, tells a series of stories about __________.
Greek mythology
The Italian Renaissance
The Roman Empire
The Hundred Years' War
The Black Death
The Black Death
The Decameron was written by Giovanni Boccaccio in the fourteenth century. It is considered one of the most important works of early Humanism and the Italian Renaissance. It is centered around a series of tales about the Black Death. The Black Death was a devastating plague that hit Europe in the fourteenth century and led to widespread death and suffering. By some estimates as many as a third of all Europeans perished as a direct result of the Black Death. It would take almost two hundred years for population levels to recover.
Example Question #34 : 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
The Medici rose to prominence in which Italian city-state?
Milan
Florence
Venice
Naples
The Papal States
Florence
The Medici rose to prominence in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries in Florence. The Medici were a banking family, and in the fifteenth century, the Medici Bank was the largest in Europe. The Medici are significant because they were frequent and enthusiastic patrons of the early Renaissance in Italy. They funded artistic works and spectacular architectural wonders.
Example Question #35 : 1500 C.E. To 1900 C.E.
The School of Athens is one of the most famous works of which Renaissance artist?
Jan Van Eyck
Michaelangelo
Petrarch
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Raphael
The School of Athens is one of the most famous Renaissance paintings, and it is still considered a masterpiece today. It was painted by the Renaissance artist, Raphael, in the early sixteenth century. The fresco can be found in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican.
Example Question #1 : Europe
Lorenzo the Magnificent is best remembered as __________.
a religious dissident
a patron of the arts
a Northern Renaissance artist
an Enlightenment philosopher
an Italian mercenary captain
a patron of the arts
Lorenzo the Magnificent was a ruler of Florence in the fifteenth century. At the time, Florence was an economic center of Europe and one of the most prominent cities of the Italian Renaissance. Lorenzo the Magnificent is most commonly remembered as a generous and enthusiastic patron of the arts. He sponsored the works of Michelangelo, among many others.
Example Question #2 : Europe
Which of these treaties provided religious toleration for Huguenots in France, but required them to disarm?
The Peace of Alais
The Edict of Fontainebleau
The Edict of Nantes
The Peace of Lyon
The Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Alais
The Peace of Alais was a treaty signed in 1629 between the French monarchy and the leaders of the Huguenots, French Protestants. The peace provided religious toleration for the Huguenots but required them to disarm so that they would no longer be a threat to the crown. The peace did not last, however, as later in the seventeenth century, Louis XIV revoked the arrangement and began official state persecution of Protestants in France.
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