Renaissance Art Test Review

realistic portrayal of artistic styles

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

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

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

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

The School of Athens

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

St. John the Baptist

The Italian Renaissance is known for what type of paintings?

David

An example of Renaissance painting before 3 dimensional perspective is

Antiquity

Italian Renaissance art is characterized by what kind of themes?

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

to give subjects more emotional qualities means to give them more

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

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

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

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

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

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

The 3 major and most popular artists of this time were

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

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

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

The Last Supper

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

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

The Italian Renaissance was centered in

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

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

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

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

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

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

During this time, artists re-discovered the beauty of

The Virgin and Child With Saint Anne

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

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

Sistine Chapel paintings

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

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

Mona Lisa

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

Dome of St. Peter's Bascilica

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

Renaissance literally means

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

Pieta

Madonna