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Listasaga - endurreisn o.fl. Á ENSKU!
Listasaga - endurreisn o.fl. Á ENSKU!
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An #ArtHistoryQuiz#
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1
Fresco technique is when...
Wood is sealed with melted pig skin before painting
pigment is painted into wet plaster - more permanent
The artist made a big meal of pasta before beginning work
2
What was one of the distinguishing stylistic features of Renaissance art?
impasto textures
use of gold leaf in paintings
Surrealism
Realism
3
Renaissance means 'rebirth' - a time of great change in civilisation because...
People began to explore and ready made objects
Man no longer viewed the world through God's eyes
Artists began to use oil paints for the first time
The church allowed women to bear children out of wedlock
4
True or False - Oil painting was introduced to Italy by Northern Renaissance artists.
true
false
5
What is foreshortening?
Limbs are compressed to create an optical illusion
the artists paints most of the detail in the foreground
6
What was considered the trinity of Renaissance art at its peak?
Painting, sculpture and architecture
Painting, printmaking and sculpture
7
Sfumato is a technique of the High Renaissance which resulted in
the illusion of deep space
painting without lines or borders
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look at this painting - what 'rule' of composition was used here
The Golden Mean
The Golden thumbprint
Circulation
9
Who patronised high Renaissance art?
High Priestesses
Their mums and dads
The Church
kings and elites and some upper class citizens
10
another stylistic feature of Renaissance art was...
Three point perspective
Linear Perspective
11
Chiaroscuro (light and dark) was a technique whereby artists would...
apply light tones on top of dark ones
Use obscure objects within their composition
Use lots of red, white and black hues in their paintings
depict violent scenes in their paintings
12
What are the key components of oil paint that artists of the renaissance loved?
easily blended, building layers of translucent colour
Hyper realsim
13
What type of perspective technique has the artist used here?
Triangulation
Rule of Thirds
One point perspective
Atmospheric Perspective
14
Watch this video - what does the singer say were the two things that changed art at the time?
landscapes paintings on canvas
oil paint and perspective
15
What were the rarest and most expensive pigments?
cobalt blue, brick red and yellow ochre
cobalt blue, vermillion red and yellow
Cobalt blue, vermillion red and green
16
What was one method Renaissance artists used to understand the human anatomy accurately?
Dissecting, studying and exploring real human bodies
by sculpting them out of marble
dedicated themselves to drawing nudes
17
The Renaissance period rekindled interest in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy and culture
true
false
18
What 'ism' accurately describes the philosophical beliefs of the Renaissance period
Catholisism
Fanaticism
Humanism
Escapism
19
When did the Renaissance period occur?
Until modernism was born in the 20th Century
Early 13th Century to the 18th century
Early 14th century to the late 16th century.
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Renaissance art celebrated...
God as responsible for all of humankind's successes
man as an individual and in control of his own destiny
