Renaissance Basics
What is the meaning of the word Renaissance
Rebirth
Developed the European printing system using movable metal type.
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
Name artwork A and its artist.
The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck
An invention that helped Renaissance ideas spread faster and more widely.
What is the printing press?
A painting made on wet plaster so the color becomes fixed as the plaster dries.
What is a fresco?
What ancient cultures inspired Renaissance humanism?
Ancient Greek and Roman cultures.
Painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Name artwork B and its artist.
Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci
Name two features often found in Northern Renaissance art.
Oil paint, fine detail, realism, symbolism, and scenes of daily life.
An association of craftspeople or merchants that overseas a trade and sets standards.
What is a guild?
Which Italian city became famous for banking, patrons, and Renaissance art?
Florence.
Sculpted David.
Who is Michaelangelo?
Name Artwork C and its artist.
Pieta by Michaelangelo.
Where did the Northern Renaissance develop?
In European regions north of Italy, including the German lands, the Low Countries, England, and France.
A person or group that supports artists, often by paying for their work.
What is a patron?
What makes someone a Renaissance man or woman?
A person with knowledge or skill in many different fields.
This family gained wealth through banking, and supported the arts as patrons.
Who are the Medicis?
Name two Renaissance features visible in artwork B.
Careful study of anatomy, proportion, geometry, and classical ideas. (Need to have answered at least 2 to get credit).
How did political unrest in Italy help Renaissance ideas travel?
Some artists and scholars left Italy and carried their knowledge to other parts of Europe.
Art technique that creats teh appearance of depth on a flat surface.
What is perspective?
Name three ways Renaissance ideas spread across Europe.
A Northern Renaissance artist who became famous for detailed prints, woodcuts, and engravings.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
Give two differences between Medieval and Renaissance Art.
Renaissance art often used realistic anatomy and perspective. Much Medieval art used flat space and more symbolic figures.
How did Northern humanists use classical learning differently from many Italian artists?
They often used humanist learning to examine religion and society.
How is an engraving different from a woodcut?
An engraving comes from a design cut or etched into a hard surface, often metal. A woodcut is carved into wood.