Renaissance Art Test Review

During the Renaissance, this was painted and sculpted and replaced Byzantine mosaics and murals

The most famous of all the paintings in the Sistine Chapel is

seen in Renaissance art when artists of the time use classical techniques or styles that are Greco-Roman in heritage.

painter, engineer, musician, and scientist; best known for The Last Supper

Italian painter of the Early Renaissance; incorporated the Christian iconography with Greek and Roman symbols & imagery

An example of Renaissance painting before 3 dimensional perspective is

symbols, structure, posture, color as a means to determine a realistic portrayal of people and places.

emphasis of human potential and achievement; emphasis of human body into a more realistic image

The Virgin and Child With Saint Anne

portrays the person as they are in an effort to describe their maximum or true potential

his painting, “The Holy Trinity”is the earliest surviving painting to use linear perspective

Sistine Chapel paintings

During this time, artists re-discovered the beauty of

sculpted the David, the Pieta, and painted the Sistine Chapel

realistic portrayal of artistic styles

A drawing or painting done in this gives the illusion that some objects are further away than others

Renaissance literally means

The Renaissance period de-valued the medieval era and drew inspiration from

English poet and dramatist; considered one of the greatest English writers

Renaissance- "re-birth”; period in Europe when there was a surge of interest/ production of art/literature

The Italian Renaissance was centered in

Pieta

Dome of St. Peter's Bascilica

system in art of creating an illusion of depth/distance on a flat surface; parallel lines appear to meet in far distance

David

Antiquity

One of the biggest changes in art was to paint and sculpt subjects

Italian Renaissance art is characterized by what kind of themes?

Italy's intermingling among these 3 things led to the discovery of perspective in art

Considered one of the greatest artists of all time- famous, painter, sculptor, and architect

The earliest surviving painting to use linear perspective to accurately represent architectural space is

The 3 major and most popular artists of this time were

a technique used to provide strong contrasts between light and shade is called

Portrays a person as they are in an effort to describe their maximum or true potential

Mona Lisa

This term refers to the use of classical techniques or styles that are Greco-Roman in heritage

had a major influence on the growth of the Renaissance by their patronage of the arts and humanism

The Italian Renaissance is known for what type of paintings?

dealing with human emotions/everyday events; deals with religious themes when emotions are emphasized

use of images and symbols in art to represent ideas/particular images and symbols used by a religious or political group

The Last Supper

to give subjects more emotional qualities means to give them more

Italian painter; decorated the walls of the Pope's library; "School of Athens" was his masterpiece

The School of Athens

technical term used in art to create light and dark shadowing as they define three-dimensional objects

wealthy supporter of the arts, provided money, supplies and place to live for artists

St. John the Baptist

The effect of Humanism was to abandon the traditional values of what period?

Madonna

Emphasis of human potential & achievement with an emphasis of human body into a more realistic image