Renaissance Art
A famous artist who painted frescoes
Who is Sandro Botticelli?
A method that makes paintings look three dimensional?
What is perspective?
The art of making deals with other governments
What is diplomacy?
English Playwright who wrote tragedies and comedies.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
Who is Michelangelo?
An artistic technique using light and shadows to soften edges
What is Chiaroscuro?
Northern Ren. painter best known for his engravings.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
What is Venice?
Who is Johannas Gutenberg?
Painted the School of Athens
Who is Raphael?
Renaissance art in Northern Europe different from that in Italy because artists in the North by using these two methods?
What are engravings and oil paints?
Italian Ren. sculptor who is best known for his 13ft. tall statue called David
Who is Michelangelo?
The first Italian city state to play an important role in the Renaissance
What is Florence?
Author of the Prince
one of the greatest humanist scholars?
Unlike Medieval art, Renaissance art turn to these two ancient groups for inspiration.
What are The Romans and The Greeks?
Two of the most famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci
What are The Mona Lisa & The Last Supper
How the Medici family was able to gain their power and great wealth.
What is banking?
Wrote Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Who is Miguel de Cervantes?
This made Venice different from the other Italian City States.
What is:
Venice was man made,
Venice was built on swampy islands
Venice's leader was called the Doge
Venetians were expert shipbuilders
A Northern Renaissance artist credited with creating oil paintings.
Who is Jan van Eyck?
A painting done with water colors on wet plaster
What is Fresco?
Urban nobility was created through marriage and blend of these two groups.
Wealthy Merchants and nobility
A great scientist, painter, and inventor of the Renaissance.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
Dante's The Divine Comedy was wildly popular because it was written in the _________.
What is the Vernacular?