Art Terminology
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Art that reflects a deep regard for the ideals and methods of Greece and Rome
What is classicism?
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The Prince
Who was Nicolo Machiavelli?
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I wrote 37 plays and over 100 sonnets.
Who is Shakespeare?
100
Primavera
Who is Botticelli?
100
The two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet
Who are the Montagues and the Caplets?
200
Art that attempts to portray things as they actually are
What is naturalism?
200
The Decameron
Who was Giovanni Boccaccio?
200
I was the first of a long line of this powerful Venetian family.
Who is Giovanni de Medici?
200
Magdelene Penitent
Who is Donatello?
200
A protest against the practices of the Roman Catholic Church that erupted in the Renaissance period.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
300
Art that portrays items, especially the human form, as perfect and unflawed.
Who is idealism?
300
Oration on the Dignity of Man
Who was Pico?
300
I was upset that a divided Italy was being threatened by neighboring countries, so I wrote a book on how to get into power and how to keep it.
Who is Machiavelli?
300
The Last Judgment
Who is Michelangelo?
300
A belief that human needs and values are more important than religious beliefs
What is Humanism?
400
The spelling of the term that refers to the use of shadow in Renaissance art
What is chiaroscuro?
400
The Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies
Who was Copernicus?
400
Because of me, people could finally own their own Bibles! I created metal plates that could copy books!
Who is Gutenberg?
400
The Last Supper
Who is Da Vinci?
400
A form of narration that has one narrator tell a story by another narrator
What is a frame story?
500
This is the term used in renaissance art to describe the introduction of depth to painting.
What is linear perspective?
500
Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
Who was Galileo?
500
I wrote a sermon that accsed the Church of greed and corruption.
Who is Savonarola?
500
The Tribute Money
Masaccio
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The term used to describe a split within the Roman Catholic Church that lasted from 1378 to 1417
What is the Great Schism?
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