Test Review

Questions:

1. Renaissance- A movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome.

humanism- A belief that emphasizes faith and optimism in human potential and creativity.

secular- Concerned with worldly rather than spiritual matters.

patron- A person who provides financial support for the arts.

perspective- Point of view.

vernacular- Every day of the language of ordinary people.

3. Man- renaissance writers introduced the idea that all educated people were expected to create art. The ideal individual strove to master "universal man. Later ages called such people "Renaissance man". Woman- the upper-class woman also should know the classics and be charming. But not meant to seek fame. They needed to inspire art, but rarely create it. The upper-class woman was better educated than a medieval woman.

4. Thriving cities, a wealthy merchant class, and the classical heritage of ancient Greece.

5. They beautified Rome and other cities by spending huge amounts of the arts. They became patrons by financially supporting artists.