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Questions

1. Discuss the technological and architectural features of Gothic architecture. What was the first Gothic building and who was influential in its construction? What was done to achieve the "height and light" theologians and architects sought?

2. Describe the symbolism incorporated into Gothic architecture and its purpose. List and explain at least three examples.

3. Describe changes in the patronage systems (who is commissioning works of art) in the following: High Renaissance in Florence, High Renaissance in Rome, Northern Renaissance in Netherlands. How do the patrons contribute to humanist scholarship and art? Show specific examples of art from each area to support your argument.

4. Why is Pope Julius II important to the history of Renaissance art and architecture? Using the School of Athens by Raphael as an example, explain how the mural reflects the interest and Renaissance-era identity of the Catholic Church.

5. The 14th century saw the development of vernacular literature. Discuss what this is referring to one example of 14th-century vernacular literature, then discuss how the interest in the vernacular expanded in the 15th and 16thcenturies, using one example from art or literature to support your answer.

6. What is Humanism? Why is it central to our ideas about the Renaissance? To where are Renaissance thinkers and artists finding their ideas about Humanism and how is it changed in the 15th and 16th centuries? Use at least one example of art or literature to support your discussion.

7. What was the Reformation and to what was it responding? Discuss at least one religious figure whose writing influenced the movement, and describe why they believed what they did. Describe the significance of Gutenberg's Printing Press in relation to the Reformation. How did it (the press) advance the Reformation?

8. How do the Tempietto and San Lorenzo represent the ideals of the Renaissance? To what sources (literary and architectural) were the architects looking? How do their designs reflect the Humanist and Classicist interests of the patrons and architects?

9. In Shakespeare's play, describe how Hamlet comes to know the truth and then verifies the truth about his father's death.

10. We saw many recurring genres and subjects in the Renaissance. How might you compare works of the same subject by different artists during the 15th and 16th centuries?