Vocab
Famous Figures
Name that Work
Architecture
Media
100

The type of Scene shown 

100

Leading Florentine family known for patronizing the arts

The Medici Family

100

The first freestanding bronze nude since antiquity 

Donatello's David

100

A flattened column that does not bear weight 

Engaged Column AKA Pilaster 

100

A type of paint that has egg yolk as the binding medium, the most common media for early renaissance painters

Tempera 

200

A three paneled painting

Triptych 

200

The man who is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation 

Martin Luther

200

The most famous panel of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, known for its humanist features 

Creation of Adam 

200

Small chapel designed by Brunelleschi featuring a dome 

Pazzi Chapel 

200
A printmaking process in which a metal plate is covered with wax, carved, and then dipped in acid 

Etching

300

Nude corner figures on the Sistine Chapel ceiling

Ignudi 

300

The Northern Renaissance equivalent of Leonardo, known for his painting, printmaking, and books 

Albrecht Durer

300

Known as the single most important image of the Lutheran reformation, focusing on how a Christian gets to heaven 

Law and Grace (AKA Law and Gospel) 

300

Simulated architecture used to fool the eye is described as

Trompe L'oeil 

300

Material that allowed Northern Renaissance painters to achieve high levels of detail/realism

Oil Paint 

400

Lines that appear to recede toward a vanishing point in a painting with linear perspective

Orthogonals

400

Architect credited with the invention of Linear Perspective

Filippo Brunelleschi 

400

Known for a horrific nighttime crucifixion scene

Isenheim Altarpiece 

400

Feature used at the top of Palazzo Rucellai to cap the building and hide servant quarters

Cornice 

400

Color used in the Arena Chapel, made from lapis lazuli

Ultramarine Blue

500

Smoke like or hazy effect that distances the viewer from the subject of a work 

Sfumato 

500

Known as the "Warrior Pope", who hired Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Pope Julius II 

500

Known for outlining the canon of the female nude for the next centuries

Venus of Urbino 

500

Term used to describe architecture that focused on horizontal construction, like Palazzo Rucellai 

Trabeated

500
Material used in construction of San Carlino as a cheaper alternative to stone 

Stucco