Renaissance art test

who was Filippo Brunelleschi

Architect, Engineer, Sculptor, Discovered or rediscovered “Linear Perspective”

Dome of Florence Cathedral made by Filippo Brunelleschi Early-High Renaissance art 

Sacrifice of Isaac by Filippo Brunelleschi Early-High Renaissance art 

who is Lorenzo Ghiberti 

sculptor L

Sacrifice of Isaac  Lorenzo Ghiberti Early-High Renaissance art 

Gates of Paradise Lorenzo Ghiberti  Early-High Renaissance art 

Meeting of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba Lorenzo Ghiberti Early-High Renaissance art 

who is Masaccio

Painter M

Trinity with the Virgin by Masaccio Early-High Renaissance art 

• Linear perspective meant to give the illusion of a stone funerary monument and altar table set below a deep framed niche in the wall.

who was Donatello

Sculptor D

David, 1432 by Donatello Early-High Renaissance art 

Mary Magdalene, 1455 by Donatello Early-High Renaissance art 

Botticelli was a what

Painter B

Primavera  by. Botticelli  Early-High Renaissance art 

Birth of Venus  by Botticelli Early-High Renaissance art 

Who is Verrocchio

• Painter, Sculptor, DaVinci’s teacher

• Baptism of Christ, 1470-75 by Verrocchio Early-High Renaissance art 

• The angel on the right is Verroccio’s

• The angel on the left is DaVinci’s 

who is Leonardo da Vinci

• Universal Genius- visual art, science, music, mathematics, engineer, geology, anatomy, botany, astronomy, sought out clarity & order in all things. Secretly dissected cadavers for artistic and scientific study (30 by da Vinci’s count)   

The Vitruvian Man   by Leonardo da Vinci Early-High Renaissance art 

• The Virgin Of The Rocks by Leonardo da Vinci

The Virgin & The Child by Leonardo da Vinci Early-High Renaissance art 

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci Early-High Renaissance art 

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci Early-High Renaissance art 

who is Michelangelo (di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni)

• Architect, poet, painter, sculptor and engineer

• Joined Medici family

• His work sought out clarity & order focused on geometry, pyramidal composition, Idealized, sculptural elements in figures - intentional distortion of figures, focus on male figures and proportions.

Pieta by Michelangelo Early-High Renaissance art 

David 1501-1504 by Michelangelo Early-High Renaissance art 

Tomb of Giuliano de Medici with Allegorical Figures of Night & Day by Michelangelo Early-High Renaissance art 

The Slaves by Michelangelo Early-High Renaissance art 

The Deposition by Michelangelo Early-High Renaissance art

Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo Early-High Renaissance art 

The Birth of Adam ( in Sistine Chapel ) by Michelangelo Early-High Renaissance art 

Who is Raphael

Painter, Sculptor, Architect.

Love of order and clarity: geometry and symmetry in composition, pyramidal composition, symmetrical arrangement, grouping figures, linear perspective & aerial perspective,minimizing obvious religious symbols.

The Alba Madonna by Raphael Early-High Renaissance art 

School of Athens by Raphael Early-High Renaissance art 

St. Peter’s Basilica by Raphael Early-High Renaissance art 

• Burial site for St.Peter

• First plan designed by Bramante.

• Later additions by Raphael, Giocondo, Antonio da Sangallo, Giacomo della Porta, Maderno and Bernini. 

• Dome designed by Michelangelo 

  • Home of Michelangelo’s Pieta 

Early-High Renaissance art

Rebirth of classical antiquity,

Greco-Roman themes and principles

Realism + Human Achievement + Neoplatonic Philosophy + Individualism

Influence of Medici family in Florence city-state

Artisan Guilds

Love of realism

Much more individualized styles in art

Christian and Classical subject matters

Neoplatonism in art

Study of Anatomy (cadavers)

Linear Perspective

Aerial Perspective/Atmospheric Perspective

Pyramidal composition

Chiaroscuro

Sfumato

Who is Jan Van Eyck

Painter, credited as being one that popularized oil painting in Northern Europe during the Renaissance

Portrait of Arnolfini and His Bride by Jan Van Eyck Northern Europe Renaissance Art

Ghent Altarpiece by Jan Van Eyck Northern Europe Renaissance Art

who is Albrecht Dürer

Painter, Printmaker

Self-Portrait 1500 Albrecht Dürer Northern Europe Renaissance Art

The Annunciation (DIA) Albrecht Dürer Northern Europe Renaissance Art

Praying Hands Albrecht Dürer Northern Europe Renaissance Art

The Rhinoceros Albrecht Dürer Northern Europe Renaissance Art

Who is Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Painter PBtE

The Wedding Dance (DIA) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder Northern Europe Renaissance Art

who is Hieronymus Bosch Northern Europe Renaissance Art

Painter HB

The Garden of Earthly Delights by who is Hieronymus Bosch Northern Europe Renaissance Art

Northern Europe Renaissance Art

• Not perspectively correct space- not based on the science and math or order of classical principles of proportion 

• Elongated figures 

• Love of details, texture and light

• Heavy drapery with angular folds

• Lack of realistic sense of space

• Oil painting

• Hidden Symbolism

• Printmaking