Topic 1.1 & 1.2

The Renaissance marked the transition between medieval and early modern times

William Shakespeare was referred to as the world's greatest playwright

The Last Supper, is a deceptively simple painting and a brilliant example of the use of perspective. Painted by.......

Who painted the mural on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

The technique that creates an illusion of depth within an image on a flat canvas is known as ________.

Jan van Eyck developed oil-based painting?

Ruler of Florence who was an important patron (financial supporter) of arts and learning.

Francesco Petrarch,an early Renaissance humanist. he hunted down and assembled a library of Greek and Roman manuscripts.

The printing revolution ushered in a new era of mass production of books. It also affected the price of books.

What Renaissance artist captured realistic scenes of peasant life, earning him the nickname “Peasant Bruegel.”

Renaissance architects did not reject the Gothic style of the late Middle Ages.

Leonardo da Vinci studied anatomy to improve his paintings.

Raphael sketched flying machines and undersea boats centuries before the first airplane or submarine was built.

Who was famous for realistic woodcuts and engravings?

In contrast to Medieval art, paintings during the Renaissance were ____________.

a person who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity.

Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press

At the heart of the Italian Renaissance was an intellectual movement known as........................

A family that ruled Florence during the Renaissance, became wealthy from banking, spent a lot of money on art.

A city was once of hot spot of Renaissance culture in the 1400s,

Renaissance means _________.

The one most often referred to as "A renaissance Man" (man of many talents).

A sculptor ....,created a life-size statue of a soldier on horseback. It was the first such figure done since ancient t

What was the artistic center of Northern Europe?