Ch 13 Renaissance Review

Which of the following did NOT occur during the Renaissance?

Renaissance artist who sculpted the statue David & painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Person who encourages artists and supports them financially

Wrote Utopia, said society's institutions are flawed, not man

Artist who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper

Author of Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream

Humanism is a way of thought that focuses on which of the following?

Artist who excelled at Linear Perspective and painted The School of Athens

What does the term Renaissance mean?

a system for creating the illusion of depth on a TWO-DIMENSIONAL surface 

Italian poet who was an early Humanist and helped reintroduce the works of classical writers?

Northern painter who often showed scenes of peasants dancing or children playing

the technique of effecting a gradual transition from one color to another

Wrote The Prince and said "the end justifies the means"

Why was the invention of the printing press so important?

Paintings contain minute details and bright colors. Painted Annunciation

Which Renaissance-era invention had the greatest impact?

portraying an object with the apparent shortening due to visual perspective

Wrote Don Quixote

a term describing the handling of light and dark, particularly in painting

Which of the following was a reason the Renaissance started in Italy?

What does it mean to be a "Renaissance Man"?

correct proportion of body parts, grouping figures so that they're the same on both sides

Italian artist whose drawings were so accurate that they are used to illustrate anatomy texts

Why was the invention of the printing press so important?

to model the human form in a non-symetrical, relaxed stance that appears realistic

Italian artist who also excelled in astronomy, geometry, and anatomy

Artist who painted The Birth of Venus and Primavera

Northern artist famous for woodcuts and engravings. Known for Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse