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Questions

1. What set the Renaissance of the fifteenth century apart from the fourteenth century? What were the causes of the changes that took place from the fourteenth to the fifteenth centuries?

2. The word renaissance means "rebirth." In the Italian Renaissance, this concept is usually interpreted as a rebirth of interest in antiquity. Explain how the Italian Renaissance is more correctly labeled a synthesis of ancient and contemporary values.

3. Diagram Pico's worldview and explain how it differs from a medieval worldview, a Greek worldview, and an Egyptian worldview.

4. Contrast Pico's faith with the faith of Dante or of Everyman. How do these differences illustrate the general differences between the Medieval and Renaissance points of view?

5. Who were the two most famous competitors in the 1401 competition for the decoration of the doors of the Florence Baptistery? Who won? Why?

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

7. What thoughts did Donatello intend to provoke by his portrayal of Saint Mary Magdalen as an old woman ravaged by time?