Which Italian city was an important center of the Renaissance. Though it was not a port city, it was an important center due its famous leading family, and its textile trade.
What is Florence?
100
Italian for "weight shift"--a common pose in Renaissance art. Weight is shifted to one leg, making an "S" shape.
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What is contrapposto?
100
Greek god of wine and celebration
Who is Dionysus?
100
a decorative extension to a letter, common in illuminated manuscripts
What is a cadel?
200
This man discovered the tomb of King Tut.
Who is Howard Carter?
200
The word "renaissance" means...
What is rebirth?
200
Adding dry pigment to wet plaster will create a....
What is a fresco?
200
the "highest hill" in a polis
What is acropolis?
200
a glass artist
What is a glazier?
300
The translation of this stele was the key to unlocking the mystery of hieroglyphics.
What is The Rosetta Stone?
300
an association of merchants or artisans, organized to maintain standards and set prices.
What is a guild?
300
Painting done in grayscale, which resembles sculpture
What is grisaille?
300
the oldest and plainest Classical order
What is Doric?
300
a book of fantastical creatures, called a Bestiary, used the beasts to teach ___________________
What are moral lessons?
400
Egyptian god of the dead; he had the head of a jackal.
Who is Anubis?
400
A leading family of the Italian Renaissance. The patriarch, Lorenzo, once took in a young Michelangelo.
Who are the Medici?
400
a motif of winged angel babies
What is putti?
400
the Greek official who chose the plays performed at the Festival Dionysia.
What is archon?
400
using red for emphasis on a Medieval manuscript
What is rubrication?
500
This man was the first to successfully translate Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
Who is Champillion?
500
a belief in the welfare, interests, and importance of human beings.
What is humanism?
500
a strong contrast of light and dark
What is chiaroscuro?
500
At the annual festival Dionysia, three tragedies were performed, along with one of these type of plays.