Renaissance Basics
Artists & Works
Art Movements
Global & Indigenous Art
Art Concepts & Techniques
100
Why is the Renaissance called a “rebirth”?
Revival of Greek and Roman art and ideas
100
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo da Vinci
100
What defines Mannerism?
Stylized, exaggerated figures
100
What are giant animal-shaped earthworks in North America?
Effigy mounds
100
Another name for pictographs is:
Painted images
200
Which period included artists like Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael?
High Renaissance
200
Who sculpted St. George?
Donatello
200
“Mannerism” was first used to describe whose later work?
Michelangelo
200
Why are the Nazca Lines still visible today?
Dry desert with little wind/rain
200
Basketmaking using interlaced strips is called:
Plaiting
300
Renaissance art often showed realistic human emotions. True or False?
True
300
What made Donatello’s St. George unique?
More natural human form than medieval art
300
Baroque art is known for what key feature?
Drama
300
What civilization made colossal stone heads?
Olmec
300
Inca valued textiles more than metalwork. True or False?
True
400
Which best explains Renaissance change in art?
More natural, human-focused, inspired by classical civilizations
400
Who painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling?
Michelangelo
400
What technique uses strong contrast between light and dark?
Tenebrism, Contrast, or Value
Tenebrism
400
What are Mayan carved stone slabs called?
Stela
400
Baroque architecture often used what unusual shape?
Oval layouts
500
What earlier cultures influenced Renaissance art the most?
Ancient Greece and Rome
500
Where is the Mona Lisa located?
the Louvre
500
Rococo art is best described as:
Playful and lighthearted
500
What are carved cedar sculptures from the Pacific Northwest?
Totem poles
500
Rococo interiors are known for:
Asymmetry