Jeopardy Slides (High and Late Renaissance Art)

Who is Albrecht Durer

A prolific artist, who worked with etching, woodcut and oil paints, created incredibly lifelike images- especially ones of himself

Who is Hans Holbein

This artist was seen as the preeminent portrait painter of the time and was named as court painter to Henry VIII of England

Who is Pieter Bruegel the Elder

An artist shielded away from painting rich figures, preferring instead to glorify the common man as having dignity and worth on his own

Who is Matthias Grunewald

His Small Cruxifixion was meant to depict the shock and horror of the occasion and assist the viewer to feel peace in suffering

What is Adam and Eve?

Durer’s engraving of this Biblical story reflects how Durer viewed ideas of Humanism and influence of Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists

Who is Michelangelo?

Due to his supernatural abilities with sculpture, this artist was nicknames “The Divine M.”

Who is Leonardo Da Vinci

Known as the first “Renaissance man” who got involved in so many projects that he rarely completed any of them

Who is Titian

This artist, considered to be the greatest of the Venetian Renaissance, was msot famous for his sensual depictions of Venus

Who is El Greco

This early mannerist, originally from Greece, found fame in Spain with his ghostly, mysteriously spiritual art

Who is Raphael?

This artist, considered at the time to be the last of the Great Masters in Rome, was influenced by many artists such as Perugino, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo and utilized their techniques in his art.

What is the Pieta?

Was the first piece that made Michelangelo famous and was one of the only piece he signed

What is The Knight, Death, and the Devil?

This Durer engraving is an illustration of “Yay though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death

What is the School of Athens

This artwork is a celebration of academic and artistic thought

What is the Last supper (Tintoretto)

Tintoretto’s very different depiction of a very common biblical scene

What is linear perspective?

This type of perspective creates an illusion of depth by using lines that center on a vanishing point

What is chiaroscuro?

This technique, meaning “light dark,” creates shape by utilizing dark and light paint

What is atmospheric perspective?

This type of perspective is based on the natural fact that colors are dimmer and shapes hazier as a landscape recedes in the distance

What is foreshortening

This technique allows the artist to create the illusion that the figure is reaching out from the painting

What is visual perspective?

This technique creates an illusion of depth by overlapping figures (as in a group)

What is Rome and Venice

The center of the Italian Renaissance moved from Florence to these two cities in the Late Renaissance

What is sfumato?

This is the term for the technique developed by Da Vinci that created a smoky haze over his figures in order to soften their features

What is The Feast in the House of Levi?

The artist Veronese was brought before the Inquisition because of this painting

What is mannerism?

This is a style of art that was deliberately flawed and elongated in order to distort perfection

Who is Parmigianino?

This artist liked to depict scenes as if they were being seen through convex mirrors in order to distort figures

Which David is this and describe

Donatello

Scrawny, weak, young looking David

Meant to represent Florence in its youth (as the weak undergo, but also as the champion) and emphasize the potential it had to become

Which David is this and describe

Michelangelo

Different from all other Davids

Much more mature depiction.

Head of Goliah and the sword is missing because it is before David slays Goliath (emphasizing planning and ability to think through actions)

The ability to think is whta makes someone god-like

Represents Florence at its peak

Which David is this and describe

Verrocchio

Focus on anatomy

An older, more mature David showing a growing and thriving Florence