Famous People
This family of merchants and bankers lived in Florence. They were art patrons and political leaders.
The Medici family
A person who gives money and support to an artist in exchange for works of art
Patron
Isabella d'Este
What type of paintings did Albrecht Dürer do?
Self portraits
What type of roof does the Cathedral of France have?
Dome
This artist was very famous for his paintings of the Madonna, and the School of Athens
Raphael
Who decided who children in noble families married?
Their father
What angle did Durer learn how to paint very good?
Three quarters
Who created the vanishing point in art?
Brunelleschi
Name 1 famous work of art by Michelangelo
Sistine Chapel ceiling, Statue of David
Clever; funny
Witty
What type of art of Sonfonisba best known for?
Self portraits
One of Jan van Eyck's most famous paintings is of who?
The Arnolfini family
2 years
Who was the artist of The Last Supper?
Made from straw (the stage where Shakespeare's plays were performed, the ceiling was made of this)
Thatched
What color of hair did women want to have during the Renaissance?
Red-blonde
What is one of Pieter Bruegel the Elder's most famous paintings?
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, Peasant Wedding
Who wrote The Courtier?
Castiglione
Who was Lorenzo Ghiberti's rival?
Brunelleschi
Something written or said in memory of a person who has died
Epitaph
Why was clothing so important to women during the Renaissance?
It was a status symbol
What did Hans Holbein create for someone that created major controversy?
A portrait that promoted the king as the head of the Church
tongue-tied
as quiet as a lamb
dead as a doornail
seen better days
eaten out of house and home