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100
Created the Mona Lisa; was an artist, sculptor, and inventor.
Who was Leonardo de Vinci?
100
A painting by Leonardo de Vinci, displaying a religious scene of Jesus and his disciples at the dinner before his death.
What is The Last Supper?
100
Major center of Renaissance, very wealthy, and located on the banks of the Arno River.
What is Florence?
100
This technique involves objects and people being seen through different distances.
What is perspective?
100
This benefit came from the revision of an ancient Chinese invention.
What is the ability to use a printing press?
200
Flemish painter skilled with oils, created The Arnolfini Portrait.
Who was Jan van Eyck?
200
A fresco painted by Raphael Sanzio, showing several Greek philosophers.
What is School of Athens?
200
Located in eastern Italy, built on several small islands, this city was known for its many canals and waterways.
What is Venice?
200
The use of shadows and light to seperate objects instead of stiff lines.
What is chiaroscuro?
200
When Marco Polo traveled to China, he documented his adventures, thus creating this benefit.
What is Europe's expanded knowledge of the world around it.
300
Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, started career as a sculptor in Rome.
Who was Michaelangelo?
300
A woodcut that shows four men on horses announcing the end of the world, made by Albrecht Durer.
What is Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?
300
Present-day capital of Italy located in the Papal States, this city was also the name of a major empire.
What is Rome?
300
When artists use watercolors to paint on wet plaster.
What is fresco?
300
Many people became this way by valuing human efforts outside of religion.
What is the act of being secular?
400
Poet from Florence; wrote The Divine Comedy in vernacular.
Who was Dante Alighieri?
400
A collection of stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer, telling tales of pilgrims arriving in Canterbury.
What is The Canterbury Tales?
400
This large city resides in the northern Lombardy region of Italy, and is where The Last Supper was painted.
What is Milan?
400
Artists tried to make their artworks look as realistic as possible, hence the name of this technique.
What is realism?
400
This way of seeing the world was the entire cause of the Renaissance, and revolutionized the way of thinking forever.
What is humanism?
500
One of the first women to paint historical and religious scenes.
Who was Artemisia Gentileschi?
500
One of the most famous plays written by Shakespeare, telling the tragedy of two young lovers who were forbidden from being in love.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
500
Filled with frescoes and statues, and in southern Italy, this city is also known for its architectural masterpieces.
What is Naples?
500
Artists used these two techniques to reveal people's emotions.
What are gestures and facial expressions in art?
500
This benefit involves new techniques surrounding painting including perspective and chiaroscuro.
What is advancement in the visual arts?