Humanities Chapters 7&8 – Flashcards
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"The Black Death" describes the pandemic caused by
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Bubonic Plague
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Of the Black Death, it is correct to say that it
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took the lives of at least one third of Europe's population
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The Magna Carta was significant in
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the rise of constitutional monarchy in England
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The Hundred Years' War was instigated by
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English claims to French lands and the French crown
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The English withdrew from France, ending the Hundred Years' War, after facing a revitalized French army under the leadership of
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Joan of Arc
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Ars nova is the name given to the
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expressive new musical style of the 14th century
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"The Great Schism" refers to the
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rivalry between 2 contesting popes
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The new realism in the arts if the 14th century is found in the
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Which of the following writers provided a defense of women in the Book of the City of Ladies
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Christine de Pisan
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Giotto's frescoes are considered innovative landmarks for their
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use of light and shade to model form
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Giotto use the technique of chiaroscuro to
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give 3 dimensionality to the figures in his paintings
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Ficino's contribution to Classical humanism lay in the translation and interpretation of the works of
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Plato
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The first of the Classical humanists in the Age of the Renaissance, and the so-called "father of humanism," was
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Petrarch
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According to Castiglione, the Renaissance lady must
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In The Prince, Machiavelli called for
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the unification of Italy under a strong ruler
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Brunelleschi defined the laws of _____________ as a tool for creating the appearance of 3 dimensional space on a 2 dimensional surface
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perspective
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Botticelli's landmark painting, The Birth of Venus
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reflects the revival of Classical themes in European art
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Leonardo's Mona Lisa is unusual in that
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the sitter appears in a landscape setting
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The word "Mona" in Mona Lisa
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means "my lady"
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During the High Renaissance, the center of artistic productivity shifted from
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Florence to Rome
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The music of the Age of the Renaissance
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The composer Joaquin des Prez was one of the most effective practitioners of which expressive musical technique, in which music converts the literal meaning of a text?
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word painting
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The principal difference between humanism of Italy and that of Northern Europe was the greater __________ emphasis of the latter
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religios
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The landmark significance of the Protestant Reformation was the fact that it
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shattered the religious unity of Western Christendom
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Luther posted his landmark Ninety-Five Theses on a cathedral door in
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Wittenberg
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Luther asserted that the key to salvation was
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faith
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Protestant reformers objected to all of the following except
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reading the Bible in the vernacular
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The master printmaker of the 16th century was
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Durer
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The city in which Calvin established a theocratic state was
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Geneva
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Which of the following is NOT associated with 16th century Calvinism?
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seperation of church and state
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The "father' of the literary form known as the essay was
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Montaigne
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Which Northern Renaissance artist was reputed to have perfected oil painting in such works as his "Arnolfini Wedding"?
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Jan van Eyck
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Shakespeare modeled his own somets after those written by
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Petrach
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The printing press was effective in
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The comparison of Holbein's Ambassados and the Ming dynasty's Elegant Literacy Gathering suggest that
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humanism was not confined in to the West
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Which Northern Renaissance painter is notable for his limited interest in religious subject matter and preference for scene of normal people in ordinary situations
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Pieter Brueghel the Elder
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It is true to say of Albrecht Durer that he was
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Grunewald's Isenheim Altarpiece was commissioned for the benefit of
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plague victims
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The chorale is primarily associated with
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Lutheranism
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The writings of Erasmus and More, like the Protestant Reformation itself, reflect a deep concern with
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the exercise of Christian conscience
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Luther's chorales were meant to be sung
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by the entire congregation
