Name ____________________________
Renaissance Art …a lot of Renaissance Art
Donatello – master of _____________________________________________
Birth and Death/Where? - __________________________
St. John the Baptist (describe) -
Crucifix (describe) –
Agony In the Garden (describe) -
Sandro Botticelli - Birth and death/ where? - _______________________________________
What is significant about the clothing in The Adoration of the Magi?
What culture does Botticelli refer back to in The Birth of Venus? How can you tell?
Look at WHO The Birth of Venus was painted for? Who were the Medici and why were they important? How would the
size of this painting represent the importance of the Medici in Florence?
Leonardo da Vinci - Birth and death dates and place - _________________________
Where was Study of Proportions from Vitruvius’s De Architectura (Vitruvian Man) drawn?
What was unique about the way Leonardo wrote in his journals? Why did he write this way?
The Last Supper (describe)
What type of painting is this and what does that mean?
What is perspective?
What is chiaroscuro? In The Last Supper how Is it used?
What is another word for a piece of art that depicts The Last Supper? __________________
Describe the Mona Lisa including how big it is.
What technique does the Mona Lisa use and how is it used?
Albrecht Durer
Birth and death dates and place - _____________________________
What did Albrecht Durer make A LOT of and why?
How is oil paint made?
For what else is Albrecht Durer well known?
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Birth and death dates and where - _______________________________________
With what family did he train? ________________________
The Rome Pieta (describe)
Of what material was the Pieta made?
How did Michelangelo show that the piece was his and how did that make it unique?
Where is the Pieta located today? ___________________________________________
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Durer
In art terms what is a Pieta?
David - long many years did it take Michelangelo to sculpt? ______
How tall it the statue? ___________
The hands are out of proportion. They are too big in order to show the power of the _______________ family in the
city-state of __________________________.
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel – what type of painting is this and what does that mean?
Where do the stories on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel come from?
Raphael Santi (Raphael, like Prince or Cher, was so famous that he was known by one name – Santi.)
Birth and death dates and where - __________________________
Madonna and Child (Raphael is very well known for these paintings) – who is Madonna? Who is the Child?
What is tempera paint?
St. George Fighting the Dragon (describe) Are you seriously afraid of this dragon?
The School Of Athens - Raphael painted many of the most famous scientists, philosophers, mathematicians, and
astronomers from history in the likeness of him and his friends. Why is this significant?
The School Of Athens was HUGE and painted for the library of Pope Julius II. It was in the actual residence of the Pope.
Why might it be significant that Raphael painted this particular picture at this time in this place?
What are the golden ratio and the golden rectangle?
Where might they be found?