Chapter 13: The Renaissance Study Questions and Reading Schedule

Section 1: The Evolution of the Italian Renaissance 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What was the most important factor in the emergence of the Italian Renaissance? How are noble families and merchant families brought together (assimilated)? What was the Italian popolo? Identify the typical ways in which Italian city-states were ruled. How would you describe Italian balance-of-power diplomacy? Why is Italy susceptible to foreign invasion at this time? Who predicted the French invasion?

Section 2: Intellectual Hallmarks of the Renaissance 7. What does the term humanism mean in the context of the Renaissance? 8. What do Italian humanists stresswhat are the tenets of their ideas? 9. Concerning gender relations, what did Renaissance humanists contend? 10.Identify the central components of the Italian Renaissance. 11.Who wrote, On the Dignity of Man and what is this work about? 12.Who wrote, The Decameron and how is this work significant for this history? 13.How did leaders of the Catholic Church respond to the Renaissance? Section 3: Art and the Artist 14. Where do the first artistic and literary manifestations of the Italian Renaissance appear? 15. As consumer habits changed, where did aristocrats spend most of their money? 16. Why would the rich sponsor artists and their works? Section 4: Social Change 17. What were Erasmus views concerning societal reform and education? 18. Why did Italian humanists study the works from classical times? 19. According to Machiavelli, what is the sole test of good government? 20. How does the invention of moveable type affect European society? 21. When were the first mechanical clocks constructed AND what impact did they have on European society? 22. How would you classify womens place in society during the Renaissance? 23. Were the roles of women different depending upon social class? How? 24. Assess the impact that the Renaissance had for ordinary women? 25. What were the official attitudes toward rape and other crimes against women? 26. What organizations were created to help influence a moral culture? 27. Who was Laura Cereta? What is her contribution to history during the Renaissance? 28. Which ethnic groups were imported into Europe as slaves? Why did this business begin? 29. Which states were most responsible for importing slaves? Section 5: The Northern Renaissance 30. Why was Thomas Mores Utopia so remarkable for its time? 31. What did northern humanists believe about human nature? 32. Where did Thomas Mores Utopia place blame for societys problems? Section 6: Politics and the State in the Renaissance 33. What were the aspects of the centralizing efforts of Charles VII? 34. Why was Louis XI named the Spider King? 35. What was the War of the Roses? How did it end? 36. What is the Concordat of Bologna? Why is it significant? 37. What was the purpose of the Star Chamber? Which social group was the primary target of the Star Chamber? 38. Why is the marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella political significant? 39. What is the Reconquista? 40. Who were the Hermandades? 41. How does McKay characterize Spain prior to Ferdinand and Isabella? 42. Why does anti-Semitism rise during this time in Spain? 43. Who were the Conversos? How was this social group treated in Spain?

Chapter 13: The Renaissance Study Questions and Reading Schedule

Hub Date Terms Italian Renaissance Jacob Burckhart city-states Signori Oligarchies commenda system condotierri Republic of Florence Medici family Cosimo de Medici Lorenzo de Medici (the Magnicent) Duchy of Milan Sforza family Peace of Lodi, 1454 Republic of Venice Papal States Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies Charles VIII Girolamo Savonarola Machiavelli, The Prince Cesare Borgia Sack of Rome, 1527 Charles V humanism civic humanism Petrarch Boccaccio, Decameron Leonardo Bruni Lorenzo Valla Latin Vulgate Marsilio Ficino Pico Della Mirandola, Oration on the Dignity of Man Baldassare Castiglione, Book of the Courtier virt Johann Gutenberg, printing press, moveable type quattrocento, 1400s Giorgio Vasari, The Lives of the Artists cinquecento, 1500s Pope Alexander VI perspective chiaroscuro stylized faces sfumato contrapposto Greek temple architecture Giotto Brunelleschi, Il Duomo Lorenzo Ghiberti, gates of paradise Donatello, David Masaccio, Expulsion of Adam & Eve Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus High Renaissance Bramante Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa Raphael, School of Athens Michelangelo, David; ceiling of Sistine Chapel; dome on St. Peters basilica, Pieta Titian Mannerism El Greco Northern Renaissance Christian humanism Erasmus, In Praise of Folly Thomas More, Utopia Jacques Lefevre dEtables Francesco Ximenes de Cisneros Francois Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel Michel de Montaigne, skepticism, essay form William Shakespeare Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote Flemish style Jan van Eyck Bosch Peter Brueghel, the Elder Albrecht Drer Hans Holbein the Younger Fugger family Christine de Pisan Isabella dEste Artemesia Gentilleschi

Essay Questions: Note: This sub-unit is a medium probability area for the AP exam. In the past 7 years, at least 3 questions have come wholly or in part from the material in this chapter. Below are practice questions that will help you study the topics that have appeared on previous exams. 1. 2. 3. 4. Compare and contrast the Renaissance with the Later Middle Ages To what extent is the Renaissance truly a departure from the past? To what extent did Renaissance humanism affect the view of the individual? Analyze the inuence of humanism on Renaissance art. Select at least three artists and analyze at least one work for each artist. 5. Analyze the impact of patronage on Renaissance art. 6. To what extent were women impacted by the Renaissance?