Leonardo da Vinci
At age 17, Leonardo apprenticed under this Florentine painter.
Who is Verrocchio?
This triangular arrangement creates stability and balance in paintings.
What is Triangular Composition?
This Renaissance master sculpted David and painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling.
Who is Michelangelo?
Leonardo was especially interested in biology and this science of matter and motion.
What is Physics?
The Renaissance period spanned this century.
What is 1400–1500 AD?
Leonardo painted this woman’s portrait, one of the most famous paintings in the world.
What is the Mona Lisa?
This technique blends colors without borders “in the manner of smoke.”
What is Sfumato?
This High Renaissance artist was the pupil of Perugino and the painter of the School of Athens.
Who is Raphael?
Leonardo designed a flying machine that resembled this modern invention.
What is a Helicopter?
The Renaissance is often described as the “rebirth” of these traditions.
What are the Classics?
Leonardo worked for this Duke of Milan who wanted to rival Florence as a cultural center.
Who is Ludovico Sforza?
This type of perspective shows distant values as lighter because of moisture in the air.
What is Atmospheric Perspective?
This Venetian painter joined Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Raphael as a High Renaissance master.
Who is Titian?
Leonardo designed mechanical devices for battle, including a tank and this underwater vessel.
What is a Submarine?
This philosophy emphasized the value and dignity of human beings.
What is Humanism?
After leaving Italy, Leonardo joined the Royal Court of this country.
What is France?
The High Renaissance valued these two ideals of proportion and calmness.
What are Harmony and Balance?
The Early Renaissance was led by Masaccio and this sculptor.
Who is Donatello?
Both Leonardo and Michelangelo studied anatomy by doing this with corpses.
What are Dissections?
Along with Humanism, Renaissance art stressed this “true-to-life” quality.
What is Naturalism?
Leonardo died on May 2, 1519, in the King’s Château at this location.
What is Cloux?
The High Renaissance was described as the “birth” of this type of artistic figure.
What is the Artistic Genius?
The Northern Renaissance featured Jan van Eyck and this German painter.
Who is Dürer?
Leonardo’s wide range of skills earned him this famous title.
What is a Renaissance Man?
Leonardo’s full Italian name, Lionardo di ser Piero da Vinci, literally means this.
What is Leonardo the Son of Piero from Vinci?