Artists

Question 1

Henri Rousseau

Answer 1

Best known for lush jungle scenes , this self taught artist was ridiculed by critics of his time

Question 2

Rembrandt

Answer 2

most famous 17th century Dutch artist. Well known for his portraits, he uses hatching/crosshatching in his etchings to show light and shadow

Question 3

Masaccio

Answer 3

His is the earliest surviving painting to use systematic linear perspective

Question 4

Leonardo da Vinci

Answer 4

A famous Italian Renaissance painter and master of atmospheric perspective. He was also known as a mathematician, inventor, engineer, anatomist, cartographer, botanist , and writer

Question 5

Michelangelo

Answer 5

And Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the high Renaissance. The paintings that decorate the Sistine Chapel are among his greatest work

Question 6

Brunelleschi

Answer 6

15th century architect credited with inventing/discovering systematic linear perspective