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Renaissance test

1. What historical event (the fall of a civilization) took place in 395 AD to usher in the middle ages? 395 AD fall of Roman Empire. 1000 year Medieval ( Dark age) period. 2. What was society and culture generally like in the middle ages? There is no middle class, is only really rich people who got high education, and wealth. Or that the people is really really poor, they got no education and wealth. They got really low art educated and so does music, so basically there is no new things coming out from this part of the culture. 3. Renaissance means _______The rebirth and the ideas of ancient greece and rome.________. 4. What was being brought back during this time? The cultures, and the soul of the art. Define: 5. Contraposto - The shadow that shows really clear of the white and black. 6. Chiaroscuro - the drawing of light and shade in a picture, or the effect produced by light and shade in a place. 7. The painter of the Mona Lisa was _______Leonardo da vinchi_________ 8. The man who ...