Florence: The Cradle of the Renaissance
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- Q1Why is Florence often called the “cradle of the Renaissance”?Many artists in Florence were young.The Renaissance required a lot of money.The culture of the Renaissance was centered there.Most children in Florence had many talents.120s
- Q2Which building in Florence do tourists visit because a famous author lived there?Santa Maria del FiorePalazzo VecchioPalazzo MediciCasa di Dante120s
- Q3During the Renaissance, Florence was the European center forbanking.farming.sword making.shipping.120s
- Q4What geographical feature helped Florence become a trade center?the Apennine Mountainsthe Black Seathe Arno Riverthe Danube Plain120s
- Q5What was the relation between the industries of Florence and its culture?Business owners studied art and music.Wealthy patrons sponsored many artists.Great artists often became merchants.Brilliant scholars became rich by writing books.120s
- Q6What were most palazzi like?wealthy townhomes built around central courtyardsstrong castles with thick walls for defensenarrow old buildings still standing from ancient timescollections of shops similar to a modern mall120s
- Q7The architect Brunelleschi studied mathematics and ancient ruins. Then he designed a remarkabledome with no internal supportsarched gate in the city wall.tower with a view of the city.bridge lined with busy shops.120s
- Q8What was an important advance by Renaissance painters such as Botticelli?creating an appearance of depthcontrasting light and dark colorstelling religious stories in picturesshowing calm and peaceful faces120s
- Q9How are Donatello’s and Michelangelo’s statues of David similar to medieval sculpture?They can be viewed from all sides.They are smaller than real people.They show a figure from the Bible.They convey personality and mood.120s
- Q10What important change made literature more popular during the Renaissance than it had been before?People believed that reading led to financial success.Writers wrote about religious topics.Writers wrote in their own languages.People believed that reading led to salvation.120s
- Q11How was Dante’s work The Divine Comedy different from most medieval literature?It was filled with real people.It was on a secular subject.It was printed by machine.It was about life after death.120s
- Q12In addition to his painting, Leonardo da Vinci made advances in science, mathematics, and engineering. Which of these did he do before anyone else?flew an airplane across the riverdrew maps as if seen from abovewatched the planets movetranslated ancient Greek texts120s
- Q13Galileo’s scientific work on gravity and astronomy showed the value ofnew forms of mathematics.the study of ancient texts.observation and experiment.intuition and emotion.120s
- Q14What powerful family controlled Florence for almost 300 years?the Cardano familythe da Vinci familythe Medici familythe Alighieri family120s
- Q15Which characteristic is most closely related to Machiavelli’s book The Prince?moralitypoetryimaginationrealism120s