1. Who wrote "The Prince", a political treatise which suggests that a political leader must be ruthless and may disregard moral
virtues? 2 - During the High Renaissance, the center of artistic activities shifts from Florence to what city?
3 - What architect, commissioned to rebuild the St. Peter’s basilica, designed a monumentally proportioned, centrally planned building, capped by immense dome?
4 - What is the name of the building that was designed by Bramante and occupies the site of St. Peter’s martyrdom in Rome?
5 - What is the name of the famous sixteenth century Italian architect who defended classical symmetry and centrality and who wrote his Four Books on Architecture?
6 - What is the name of Palladio’s most famous and influential centrally symmetrical villa near Vicenza?
7 - What skills did Leonardo possess that earned him a title of a true "Renaissance man"?
8 - Which portrait is Leonardo’s probably most famous painting?
9 - What is the name of a painting technique that uses smoky graduations of light and shade, used by Leonardo?
10 - Which classic religious fresco is Leonardo’s most famous large-scale, grand design painting?
In the Lord of the Rings, to make Elijah Wood (Frodo) look smaller, they made him stand/sit in a way where he is farther away, but you can't tell he's farther away because it is an illusion.
