A study guide for the Social Sciences’ Renaissance and Baroque Art exam:
1.
Study the architecture and sculptures that are on the cards that Miss Siasoco gave you. At least one to two
will be on your exam.
2. Characteristics of Renaissance sculpture, painting, and architecture (Spanish Renaissance will not be included
on this exam)
3. The differences and similarities between Italian and Flemish art on page 128.
4. Characteristics of Baroque painting AND Spanish Baroque on page 170
5. Basic Roman-Greco influences on Renaissance architecture: dome, columns, pillars, symmetry, geometric
balance
6. Knowing the MEANING of the following terms: humanism, secularism, classicism, dynamism, etc. You will be
expected to explain them.
7. The most famous artists of each time period in your book, especially the ones on your notecards.
RENAISSANCE ART CHARACTERISTICS:
ARCHITECTURE:
1. Greco-Roman
influences
2. Geometric figures
3. Symmetry/balance
4. Perspective-remember
Brunelleschi invented
perspective!
5. Secular (non-religious)
6.
7.
PAINTING:
Greco-Roman influences
SCULPTURE:
Greco-Roman influences
Geometric figures
Symmetry/balance
Perspective
Geometric figures
Symmetry/balance
perspective
More secular than the past,
compare Flemish and Italian
painting
Humanism
Individualism
Secular
humanism
individualism
***Can you make a similar chart for Baroque Art? Use the powerpoints on sitiode.