Name That Material
Name the material used to create Donatello's 1440 work, 'David.'
What is Bronze?
Where is Leonardo Da Vinci's 1519 work, 'The Virgin and Child with St. Anne', currently being held?
Where is the Louvre Museum in Paris?
Name the Sandro Botticelli work on display at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, created in 1482, which uses tempera on panel, depicts Paganism and Christian ideologies, and features personifications of Spring, Zephyrus & Flora. This work was rumored to be a wedding gift.
What is 'La Primavera' (Spring)?
This artist is known worldwide for his fresco in the Sistine Chapel, depicting stories from the Book of Genesis. It is depicted in a Greco-Roman art style and was commissioned by Pope Julius II.
Who is Michelangelo?
This 1506 oil painting by Raphael depicts a bird, the goldfinch, which has a red spot on its chest. Scholars believe that the goldfinch resembled the bird plucking a thorn from Christ's crown of thorns. The Tuscan landscape in the background depicts rolling hills and trees. Mary wears a contemporary style of dress.
What is 'Madonna of the Goldfinch?'
Name the material used to create Michelangelo's 1500 work, 'Pieta.'
What is marble?
Where are Lorenzo Ghiberti's 1425-1452 'Gates of Paradise' located?
Where are the East doors of the Florence Baptistery?
Name the Leonardo Da Vinci painting held at the Louvre in Paris, created in 1486, painted in oil on panel, with two known versions. It depicts the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus with the infant John the Baptist and the angel Uriel in a rocky setting.
What is 'Virgin of the Rocks?"
This female artist is popular for her line of portraits, including her 1548, 'Self-Portrait.' This portrait documented an artist at work and was the first to do so at this time. This work is held at the Kunstmuseum Basel in Switzerland.
Who is Catharina Van Hemessen?
This 1484 tempera + oil, with gold on wood painting by Filippino Lippi, has a rich, biblical, iconographical history, according to documents. It is set in a contemporary Flouruntine palace, with a coat of arms representing Flouruntine banker Filippo Strozzi, and two figures fishing in the background. Baby Christ is playing with the pages of the Bible, and a Pomegranate Sits on the table, representing Adam + Eve.
What is 'Madonna and Child?'
Name the medium of work in which Raphael created his 1511, 'School of Athens.'
What is a fresco?
Where is Jan Van Eyck's 1434 work 'Portrait of Giovanni, Arnolfini and his Wife' currently being held?
Where is the National Gallery in London?
The work by Fra Angelico, on display at the Museo del Prado in Madrid, was created in 1426 with tempera on wood, depicting one of many scenes of this type. This is the pivotal New Testament event (Luke 1:26-38) where the Angel Gabriel announces to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive Jesus through the Holy Spirit.
This artist followed in Catharina Van Hemessen's footsteps, creating a piece that depicts her painting a biblical work, in the oil-on-canvas work 'Self-Portrait at the Easel,' created in 1556 and located at the Museum Zanek, Lancut.
Who is Sofonisba Anguissola?
This workshop of painters worked under this artist to create the 1432 oil-on-wood work, 'Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece).' This work depicts a classic Annunciation scene in three panels and is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Who is Robert Campin?
What medium is Sofonisba Anguissola's 1556 'Self-Portrait' done in?
Where is Albrecht Dürer's 1500 work, 'Self Portrait with Fur-Trimmed Robe,' currently being held?
Where is the Alte Pinakothek in Munich?
What is 'Portrait at the Virginal?'
This artist depicts various bible stories in one painting, the 1427 work, 'The Tribute Money.' This work was the first of many to apply a new perspective technique to his works.
Who is Masaccio?
Petrus Christus created this oil on oak panel work in 1449, depicting a worker (Patron Saint, Saint Eligius) crafting an engagement ring in his streetside workshop. This work was commissioned as a wedding gift, and there is a mirror reflecting the street side in the right corner.
What is 'A Goldsmith in his Shop?'
What materials commonly went into creating/weaving a tapestry during this era?
What are wool, silk, silver & gilded wrapped threads?
Where is Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam?
This tapestry was created by a weavers' workshop in 1505 and is housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, depicting a storyline featuring a unicorn. This tapestry, in particular, is the first in the storyline, showing hunters seeking the unicorn.
What is 'Hunters Enter the Woods?'
This work, 'The Baptism of Christ,' created in the 1450's using tempera on wood and is being housed in the National Gallery, London, was created by this Italian painter.
Who is Piero Della Francesa?
This artist created a 1577 oil on canvas self-portrait titled 'Self-Portrait at the Spinet,' depicting an instrument called the Spinet. It is speculated that her sister is in the background, highlighting the artist's musical knowledge and her craftsmanship in the art world. This painting was a gift to her father-in-law.
Who is Lavinia Fontana?