Exam 12: The Fifteenth Century

During the 15^th century, Florence was the center of European ________.

The period of Florentine history marked by Lorenzo de' Medici's accomplishments is called the ______________.

What famous painting of Sandro Botticelli celebrates the spring?

What is the name of the collection of Jewish law and tradition created ca. 5^th century CE?

What is the frottola ?

Which Dominican monk preached against Florentine art and culture?

Masaccio's painting was notable for what?

Which artist won the competition for designer of the doors of the Florence Baptistery?

Who was the most famous composer of the 15^th century?

According to Machiavelli's The Prince , what was the role of morality in the exercise of power? What justification did he offer for the use of cruelty or hypocrisy?

Who invented printing with movable type?

Which of the following was NOT designed by Brunelleschi?

Which composer was one of Dufay's most prominent pupils?

From what class did most women who received a humanistic education come? What pressures did women scholars confront? Who in the text exemplifies the pressures women faced?

Which city was the most important center of the early Italian Renaissance?

Who wrote The Prince , which is considered an early work of secular political theory in the West?

Which painter defied the 15^th-century trends of realistic representations of the natural world and a focus on tonal contrasts of light and shade?

Who is portrayed three times in Masaccio's painting The Tribute Money ?

In linear perspective, what is the term for the lines that converge on a single point in a painting?

What were seen as the advantages of humanist education and learning?