Medieval Art
This period of European history lasted from the 400s–1400s AD.
What is the Medieval Period?
This Italian city is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance.
What is Florence?
This painting shows Mary and Jesus seated, surrounded by angels and prophets.
What is the Madonna Enthroned?
This Roman Emperor legalized Christianity in 313 AD.
Who is Constantine the Great?
This philosophy of the Renaissance emphasized the value and dignity of human beings.
What is Humanism?
Medieval art was known for being 2-dimensional, abstract, and filled with this kind of symbolism.
What is Christian symbolism?
This famous painter of Christ Giving the Keys of Heaven to St. Peter also taught Raphael.
Who is Perugino?
Perugino painted this work for the walls of the Sistine Chapel.
What is Christ Giving the Keys of Heaven to St. Peter?
The Roman Empire split for good in this year.
What is 395 AD?
This Renaissance idea focused on representing the world more realistically and true to life.
What is Naturalism?
These thin sheets of precious metal were often used to decorate Medieval paintings.
What is Gold Leaf?
The Renaissance was defined as a “rebirth” of these traditions.
What are the Classical?
This style of paint mixed pigment with egg yolk as a binder.
What is Tempera?
The final sack of Rome occurred in this year, marking the fall of the Western Empire.
What is 476 AD?
This type of perspective shows distant objects as lighter and hazier than those in the foreground.
What is Atmospheric Perspective?
This Italian painter created the Madonna Enthroned around 1290–1300.
Who is Cimabue?
This technique uses a horizon line, vanishing points, and orthogonals to create depth.
What is Linear Perspective?
This student of Perugino would later become one of the most famous Renaissance painters.
Who is Raphael?
This era came immediately after the Medieval period, lasting from 1400–1500 AD.
What is the Renaissance?
Medieval art was less focused on this style, which the Renaissance would revive.
What is Naturalism?
The four prophets featured in Cimabue’s Madonna Enthroned were Jeremiah, Abraham, David, and this prophet.
Who is Isaiah?
These two artistic ideals of the Renaissance emphasized proportion and calmness in art.
What are Harmony and Balance?
Early Renaissance artists included Masaccio and this sculptor.
Who is Donatello?
These five sub-styles made up Medieval art: Byzantine, Carolingian, Ottonian, Romanesque, and this style.
What is Gothic?
These four legendary Renaissance artists that inspired the names for a Saturday Morning Cartoon Series involving Turtles included Michelangelo, Da Vinci, Rafael and this Early Renaissance sculptor.
Who is Donatello?