Age of Enlightenment and Century
ADVANCED PLACEMENT ESSAY QUESTIONS RENAISSANCE 1. '77: To what extent and in what ways may the Renaissance be regarded as a turning point in the Western intellectual and cultural tradition? 2. '81: Compare the ways in which two works of art reproduced below express the artistic, philosophical and cultural values of their times. (Pictures of Michelangelo 's David and Giacometti 's Man Pointing 1947). 3. '82: Compare and contrast the cultural values of the Enlightenment with those of the sixteenth century Northern Renaissance. 4. '84: Compare and contrast the views of Machiavelli and Rousseau on human nature and the relationship between government and the governed. 5. '85: To what extent is the term "Renaissance" a valid concept for a distinct period in early modern European history? 6. '88: Describe and analyze the ways in which the development of printing altered both the culture and the religion of Europe during the period 145-1600.
7. '90: Two Paintings, Peasants Dance by P. Brueghel, and Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by George Seurat. Analyze what the differences in leisure activities shown in the two paintings reflect about the social life of peasants in the sixteenth century and of urban dwellers in the nineteenth century.
8. '94: Explain the ways in which Italian Renaissance humanism transformed ideas about the individual 's role in society.
9. '96 Compare and contrast the patronage of the arts by Italian Renaissance rulers with that by dictators of the 1930 's.
10. ’98 Discuss how Renaissance ideas are expressed in the Italian art of the period, referring to specific works and artists.
11. ’99 Machiavelli suggested that a ruler should behave both “like a lion” and “like a fox”. Analyze the policies of TWO of the following European rulers, indicating the degree to which they successfully
7. '90: Two Paintings, Peasants Dance by P. Brueghel, and Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by George Seurat. Analyze what the differences in leisure activities shown in the two paintings reflect about the social life of peasants in the sixteenth century and of urban dwellers in the nineteenth century.
8. '94: Explain the ways in which Italian Renaissance humanism transformed ideas about the individual 's role in society.
9. '96 Compare and contrast the patronage of the arts by Italian Renaissance rulers with that by dictators of the 1930 's.
10. ’98 Discuss how Renaissance ideas are expressed in the Italian art of the period, referring to specific works and artists.
11. ’99 Machiavelli suggested that a ruler should behave both “like a lion” and “like a fox”. Analyze the policies of TWO of the following European rulers, indicating the degree to which they successfully