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5. The English withdrew from France, ending the Hundred Years' War, after facing a revitalized French army under the
leadership of
A. Jean Froissart.
B. Wat Tyler.
C. Hugh Capet.
D. Joan of Arc.
Learning Objective: Understand the reasons behind the Hundred Years' War
Topic: History
Topic: Hundred Years' War
8. The new realism in the arts of the fourteenth century is found in the
A. paintings of Giotto.
B. writings of Chaucer.
C. woodcuts of the Dance of Death.
D. All these answers are correct.
Learning Objective: Recount artistic accomplishments to Renaissance art and architecture
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: Realism
9. Which of the following writers provided a defense of women in the Book of the City of Ladies?
A. Chaucer
B. Christine de Pisan
C. Petrarch
D. Ficino
Learning Objective: Know major contributors to Renaissance literature and writing
Topic: classical humanism
Topic: Literature
12. Ficino's contribution to Classical humanism lay in the translation and interpretation of the works of
A. Plato.
B. Aristotle.
C. Cicero.
D. Augustine.
Learning Objective: Know the views of the Classical humanists of the Renaissance
Topic: classical humanism
Topic: Literature
13. The first of the Classical humanists in the Age of the Renaissance, and the so-called "father of humanism," was
A. Leonardo.
B. Pico.
C. Petrarch.
D. Ficino.
Learning Objective: Know the views of the Classical humanists of the Renaissance
Topic: classical humanism
Topic: Literature
16. Brunelleschi defined the laws of ______ as a tool for creating the appearance of three-dimensional space on a two-
dimensional surface.
A. color
B. perspective
C. chiaroscuro
D. the ars nova
Learning Objective: Summarize key points about the Renaissance invention of linear perspective
Topic: Art and Architecture
20. During the High Renaissance, the center of artistic productivity shifted from
A. Florence to Rome.
B. Rome to Florence.
C. Venice to Florence.
D. Florence to Paris.
Learning Objective: Recognize new sources of arts patronage during the Renaissance
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: art patronage
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Test Bank for Landmarks in Humanities 4th Edition
22. The composer Josquin des Prez, was one of the most effective practitioners of which expressive musical technique, in which
music conveys the literal meaning of a text?
A. Monody
B. Ars nova
C. Word painting
D. Syncopation
Learning Objective: Describe the various functions of Renaissance music
Topic: Music and Dance
23. Discuss the Age of the Renaissance as a period of rebirth: what was "reborn," and how did this phenomenon make itself
evident in the arts?
Learning Objective: Describe the various functions of Renaissance music
Learning Objective: Know major contributors to Renaissance literature and writing
Learning Objective: Recount artistic accomplishments to Renaissance art and architecture
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: History
24. What Renaissance landmarks or personalities have influenced most dramatically the culture of the West? How so?
Learning Objective: Describe the various functions of Renaissance music
Learning Objective: Know major contributors to Renaissance literature and writing
Learning Objective: Recount artistic accomplishments to Renaissance art and architecture
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: History
Topic: Literature
25. Select five landmark works between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries that best reflect, in your view, the concept of
"rebirth."
Learning Objective: Describe the various functions of Renaissance music
Learning Objective: Know major contributors to Renaissance literature and writing
Learning Objective: Recount artistic accomplishments to Renaissance art and architecture
Topic: Art and Architecture
Topic: History
Topic: Literature
Category # of Questions
Learning Objective: Describe the various functions of Renaissance music 6
Learning Objective: Know major contributors to Renaissance literature and writing 4
Learning Objective: Know the impact of the Black Death on Europe 2
Learning Objective: Know the views of the Classical humanists of the Renaissance 3
Learning Objective: Recall the significance of the Magna Carta 1
Learning Objective: Recognize Machiavelli's ideas 1
Learning Objective: Recognize new sources of arts patronage during the Renaissance 1
Learning Objective: Recount artistic accomplishments to Renaissance art and architecture 8
Learning Objective: Summarize key points about the Renaissance invention of linear perspective 2
Learning Objective: Understand the reasons behind the Hundred Years' War 2
Learning Objective: Understand what made Italy the natural origin point for the Renaissance 1
Topic: Art and Architecture 11
Topic: art patronage 1
Topic: Black Death 2
Topic: classical humanism 5
Topic: History 8
Topic: Hundred Years' War 2
Topic: Literature 7
Topic: Music and Dance 3
Topic: Philosophy and Religion 1
Topic: Realism 2
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