Painting
Sculpture
Architecture and Printmaking
Religion and Philosophy
Miscellaneous
100
This oil painting by Parmigianino was considered strange due to Mary’s strange proportions and the fact that baby Jesus was abnormally large.
What is The Madonna with the Long Neck?
100
This sculpture is the first freestanding, life-sized nude since classical Rome/Greece. The sculpture is not only nude, but has a senuality as well.
What is Donatello’s “David”
100
This architect designed the dome on top of the Florence Cathedral, or Duomo.
Who is Brunelleschi?
100
This word meaning “artificial” in Italian is the root word for the term Mannerism, which is a derogatory term of sorts in the art world.
What is maniera?
100
This subject, created by Brunelleschi, allowed people to accurately portray buildings on paper.
What is Linear Perspective?
200
This painting, by Botticelli, featured a full female nude and was extremely controversial due to paganistic return to the classics of mythology over religion.
What is "Birth of Venus”
200
These two artists sculpted David with the slain head of Goliath.
Who are Donatello and Andrea Del Verracchio?
200
He was wealthy, and regarded as the greatest printmaker during the Northern Renaissance period.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
200
What is the recurring theme in the paintings from the High Renaissance?
What is divinity and humanity depicted together?
200
This wealthy family was one of the richest and most powerful in Florence. They sponsored many pieces of art and many artists including Michelangelo. Two of them even became pope for a time.
Who are the Medici?
300
This Leonardo experimental fresco work of oil/tempra paints contains many note-worthy people whom one hides the vanishing point behind his head. This famous piece attempts to capture “one of you will betray me”. What is the name of the piece and whose head hides the vanishing point?
What is The Last Supper and who is Jesus
300
This David was revolutionary because of it's size, perfection and realism. It was commissioned by the Medici family to stand in front of their house in Florence. It also depicted a different point of view on the story of David. Name the artist who sculpted this masterpiece and what made it unique....
Who is Michelangelo and what is David is about to throw the stone and there is no head of Goliath in the sculpture.
300
This High Renaissance building was based on the two most basic shapes, circle and square. It was started by one sculptor, but was then continued by another after the death of the first sculptor. It is considered to be the most beautiful dome in the world and is used to this day as an inspiration to how domes should be built. Name the building and the two sculptor/architects who designed this masterpiece.
What is St. Peter's Basilica? Who are Bramante and Michelangelo?
300
During the late gothic era many paintings were very realistic such as "The Annunciation" by Rogier van der Weyden, but through the realism they also used ____________to relate everyday scenes to religion?
What is symbolism?
300
This city ____________that was hailed as the new Athens. Huge financial investments by the citizens of the city were given to embrace the art and artists. Explain the nickname for the city "New Athens"
What is Florence and the new Athens means that they were like the ancient city of Athens, Greece that embraced the arts, literature, and other classical themes and also they stood up to Milan like Athens stood up to Crete.
400
This media is used in the painting “Tribute Money”, by Masaccio. It also is a good illustration of the concept of this____________.
What is fresco and continuous narration?
400
There were many David sculptures and even a painting of him during the Florentine Renaissance. Explain the significance of David to the city of Florence.
What is David was favored in Florence because of his righteous act of facing the giant Goliath. The city of Florence stood up to the Duke of Milan who was trying to take over all of Italy. The duke wasn't successful. Florence triumphed.
400
Brunelleshci was known for his architecture, he found perfection this era's architecture and went back to it for his design of the great dome of the Duomo in Florence. He also loved this feature of this culture's architecture.
What is the Roman Empire and the Roman arch?
400
This man____________ came up with 95 theses and nailed them to the door of Wittenburg Church in Germany on October 31, 1517. It caused a split in the church known as this.....
Who is Martin Luther and what is the Reformation?
400
These 3 geographic areas make up the Northern European area known as Flanders, which produced Flemish art?
What are Belgium, Netherlands and parts of France?
500
This artist created the "Merode Altarpiece", which used the triptych (3-part wood panel) and oil paint. Another thing to remember is that this is the first time we saw foreshortening handled somewhat realistically. The painting also used a lot of symbolism.
Who is Robert Campin or the Master of Flemelle?
500
Known for his extreme realism Michelangelo started sculpting when he was a teenager. One of Michelangelo's earliest sculptures was a wooden crucifix showing Christ in a new way that we'd not seen before. It is unique because Christ is ______________because___________________.
What is nude because the bible said He was stripped of his clothes before the crucifixion and Michelangelo wanted to depict this realistic detail in his sculpture.
500
The drawing the Vitruvian man created by Leonardo da Vinci, illustrated this ideal behind many architectural projects during the middle ages and renaissance. It was first developed by the Greeks during the classical period.
What is harmonious proportion?
500
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark” is a quote from this artist, summarizing his philosophy of life.
Who is Michelangelo?
500
This process involved copper being scratched or incised with an image, covered in ink--then wiped down and pushed through a press to reveal an image. Albrecht Durer of Germany was a master of the technique.
What is etching?
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