Renaissance Test Study Guide 2018

Renaissance Humanism Assessment 2018 EASON SECTIONS

The assessment will consist of multiple parts. Underlined items will be on ALL versions of the assessment. We want students to be able to successfully complete the following tasks:

All students will:

1. Identify Map Locations (same map as last time) YOU CAN FIND IT HERE

2. Multiple Choice (emphasis on early Christianity and the Middle Ages)

3. Identify the differences between medieval and Renaissance art, analyzing both style and subject matter.

a. For this exercise, students will identify specific paintings and then describe the techniques or hallmarks that define it as medieval or Renaissance. (This will be works that display characteristics of art, even if students don’t know them)—see example below.

b. We may also require students to match artists names to their works (only those works from PowerPoint)

Students will also complete TWO or THREE of the following tasks

(not all students will receive the same tasks)

4. Explain two major effects of the collapse of Roman Civilization. How did these effects lead to lasting changes for Europe?

5. How did the Crusades help bring about the High Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Europe? Give and explain two examples.

6. Explain how Dante’s Inferno reflects hallmarks of Renaissance culture. In this case, you would receive a passage from Dante’s Inferno, and you would indicate how it reveals Renaissance as well as medieval Christian themes.

7. Compare and contrast medieval and Renaissance understanding of politics. How does Saint Augustine explain the purpose (end goal) of rule and the necessity of violence within society? What about Machiavelli?

8. Compare different expectations for Renaissance men and women. What did Vergerius, Bruni, Castiglione and Sprenger advocate as suitable courses of study for men and women? What accounts for the differences between them? Students will receive a passage from one of the authors as a prompt, and build their answer from there.

9. Discuss medieval “monsters” and physiognomy.

10. SURPRISE QUESTION OR ACTIVITY!

Presentations and other materials from class can be found at this link.

HUMANISM:

A. An outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.

B. A Renaissance cultural movement that turned away from medieval emphasis on Christian theology and revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought.