All Hail Duke Cosimo
Don't forget your Manners
Media Frenzy
La Serenissima
Beyond Vasari
100

Although Titian did one work in this medium, it was much more popular in Florence than Venice

What is fresco?

100

Cellini's history in goldsmithery can be seen in this small luxury object

What is the Saltcellar?

100

This man is credited with introducing the printing press to Europe

Who is Gutenberg?

100
In the paragone debates, Venetian artists preferred this painterly mode of painting

What is colore?

100

Vasari neglected to include this Northern portraitist in his treatise

Who is Moroni?

200

Cosimo's favored court painter was this Florentine artist

Who is Bronzino?

200

This mannerist sculptor created his most famous sculpture before deciding what the subject matter was

Who is Giambologna?

200

Cellini boasted of his ability to cast his own works in this material

What is bronze?

200

This artist was called unusually before the Venetian Inquisition

Who is Veronese?

200

Sofonisba hailed from this Northern town, between Milan and Venice

What is Cremona?

300

This important intellectual institution attracted artists, writers, and philosophers to Cosimo's court

What is the Accademia Fiorentina?

300

The famous mannerist painter Pontormo was taught by this transitional figure

Who is Andrea del Sarto? 

300

Unlike a woodcut, this medium involves carving grooves directly into a metal plate

What is engraving?

300

Titian's mythological series for Philip II was known as his ______. 

What is "Poesie"

300

Sofonisba, unusually, trained with this non-relative painter

Who is Bernardino Campi?

400
Bronzino's portrait of this women seems to reference their beloved vernacular poet Dante

Who is Laura Battafieri?

400

Traces of changes during the making of a painting, known as ______, were more common in Venetian art than among the Mannerists

What are Pentimenti?

400
This term describes a printed book from before 1501

What is an incunable?

400

This Venetian painter was known for his many large scale paintings for the Scuola di San Rocco

Who is Tintoretto?

400

Sofonisba's father, ever ambitious, sent her drawings to this famous artist (one of Vasari's favorites)

Who is Michelangelo?

500

Cosimo was able to lure this literary star back to his court, a major win for the Medici brand

Who is Benedetto Varchi? 

500

This unlucky man, perhaps of African and Italian heritage, was actually the first duke of Florence, though he was quickly assassinated

Who is Alessandro de' Medici?

500

Which Venetian artist completed a series of frescoes, only to have them destroyed by Venice's weather?

Who is Titian?

500

This Holy Roman Emperor was a big fan of Titian, helping him to achieve fame throughout Europe

Who is Charles V?

500
This creative painter, who formed faced out of vegetables and fruits, acted as a mouthpiece for artistic license in Comanini's treatise

Who is Arcimboldo?

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