General Renaissance
Early Renaissance
Northern Renaissance
High Renaissance
High Renaissance 2
100
"Rebirth"
What does Renaissance mean?
100
Donatello
Which artist did an Early Renaissance version of David looking sassy and wearing a hat?
100
A mouse trap
What represents "trapping the devil" in the Merode Alterpiece?
100
Jesus' head
Where is the vanishing point in the Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci?
100
Michealangelo
Who sculpted the David from High Ren?
200
Classicalism
What is the Renaissance a rebirth of?
200
Wood
What material allowed Donatello's Mary Magdalene sculpture too look so rustic?
200
Everyday, ordinary objects
What type of objects were given realistic detail in the Merode Alterpiece?
200
Because Jesus has just told them that one of them will betray him.
Why does the dinner party in the Last Supper have so much energy/excitement?
200
Raphael
Who painted the School of Athens?
300
Humanism or Individualism
What is the Renaissance idea that "people" are capable of doing great things?
300
Beauty
What is the overall theme of Botticelli's "Birth of Venus" and "Primavera"?
300
Personal connection to God/Religion.
What were the people who commissioned the Merode Alterpieces trying to achieve by having a painting done of them with Mary, Joseph, etc?
300
Because it was stolen in the 1900s.
Why did the Mona Lisa become so popular?
300
Humanism/celebration of what humans can accomplish
What is the overall theme of the School of Athens?
400
Science or Math
Besides art and literature, what other discipline is important in the Renaissance?
400
Double walled dome
What is the architectural device that helped Brunelleschi's dome to be so strong?
400
Oil paint, use of light to create realism, and everyday objects used as symbols.
Name TWO of the three main characteristics of the Northern Renaissance.
400
Leonardo da Vinci
Who pianted the Mona Lisa?
400
Plato and Socrates
Who are the two philosophers in the School of Athens?
500
A person who is good a multiple disciplines, like da Vinci (example, science, math, art, engineering, etc)
What is a "Renaissance Man?"
500
Foreshortening
What is the artistic device used in Mantegna's "Dead Christ"?
500
Realistic body proportions and/or linear perspective
What were the Northern Ren. artists less concerned with than the Early Ren. artists?
500
He is mostly in perfect proportion except for his too large hands.
How is proportion used in the statue of David from the High Ren?
500
ARTIST
What profession was included in the School of Athens that was previously not viewed as an intellectual profession?
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