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Sculpture
Artists
Paintings
Renaissance Background
Architecture
100
This is Michelangelo's first masterpiece
What is the Pieta
100
Most instrumental in bringing the Renaissance style to Venice.
Who is Giovanni Bellini
100
Shows softness and the mastery of drapery.
What is Baptism of Christ by Verocchio
100
Main area of the Renaissance in Italy.
What is Florence
100
Ideal shape of Renaissance architecture.
What is the circle
200
Was a symbol of Florentine republicanism
What is David
200
Considered sculpture as a higher form of art compared to painting.
Who is Michelangelo
200
Was commissioned by Duke Lodovico Sforza and was used as a form of Christian symbolism.
What is The Last Supper by Da Vinci
200
This was a time full of foreign invasions and internal conflicts.
What is the Time of Instability
200
Basilica that used plans from Bramante, Raphael and Michelangelo.
What is New Saint Peter's Basilica
300
Shows the youthfulness of the Virgin Mary
What is the Pieta
300
Was leading architect in Florence/Rome.
Who is Bramante
300
Scenery imitates the figures and shows yellow light and softness.
What is Madonna and Child with Saint Anne
300
Greatest patron of the Renaissance.
Who is Pope Julius II
300
Alberti observed circle in _______.
What is nature
400
Was worked on secretly for three years.
What is David
400
Created the four main piers of New Saint Peter's Basilica.
Who is Raphael
400
Is one of Raphael's most impressive mythological works.
What is Galatea
400
Holy Roman Emperor.
Who is Charles V
400
Represented heaven in Byzantium & Near East.
What is Circular dome
500
"David" assumes a ___________ pose.
What is contrapposto
500
Was an investigative, preliminary and experimental artist who rarely finished a work but is probaly the most inspirational artist of the Renaissance.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
500
It is the epitome of Leonardo’s work and is commissioned by Francesco del Giocondo
What is the Mona Lisa
500
Literal meaning of the word "Renaissance".
What is rebirth
500
Renaissance architecture demonstrated _______ and imitated the human body.
What is symmetry