Famous World Artists - Art Flashcards
List 4 High Renaissance artists
Leonardo Da Vinci
Michelangelo
Donatello
Raphaello Sanzio (check internet for correct spelling and surnames)
What is the timeline of world Famous Artists?
14th-16th century AKA 1399-1501
List three other names for World Famous Artists
14th century artists
Renaissance artists
High Renaissance artists
What is fresco?
Powdered color mixed with either egg white or little water to make it pasty. It is used to paint on a freshly plastered wall.
When and Where was Leonardo da Vinci born?
April 15, 1452, in Vinci, Italy
Give a brief history on Leonardo Da Vinci
Da Vinci was born in Anchiano, Tuscany (now Italy), in 1452, close to the town of Vinci that provided the surname we associate with him today. In his own time, he was known just as Leonardo or as “Il Florentine,” since he lived near Florence—and was famed as an artist, inventor, and thinker. Da Vinci’s parents weren’t married, and his mother, Caterina, a peasant, wed another man while Da Vinci was very young and began a new family. Beginning around age 5, he lived on the estate in Vinci that belonged to the family of his father, Ser Piero, an attorney, and notary. Da Vinci’s uncle, who had a particular appreciation for nature that da Vinci grew to share, also helped raise him. Da Vinci received no formal education beyond basic reading, writing, and math, but his father appreciated his artistic talent and apprenticed him at around age 15 to the noted sculptor and painter Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence.
List some famous works by Leonardo Da Vinci
The Last Supper
The Mona Lisa
The adoration of the Magi
Salvador Mundi(Savior of the World)
When and Where was Michelangelo born?
6th March 1475 in Tuscan(Italy)
He is a sculptor and painter
List some of Michelangelo’s works
The Sistine Chapel ceiling
The Creation of Adam
The Last Judgement
David
The Risen Christ
Pieta
When was Raffaelo Sanzio born?
6th April 1483 in Italy
List some of Raphael’s artworks
The Madonna del Granduca
The Madonna of the Goldfinch
The Annunciation
Define the last supper by Leonardo Da Vinci
The first is da Vinci’s “The Last Supper,” painted during his time in Milan, from about 1495 to 1498. A tempera and oil mural on plaster, “The Last Supper” was created for the refectory of the city’s Monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Also known as “The Cenacle,” this work measures about 15 by 29 feet and is the artist’s only surviving fresco. It depicts the Passover dinner during which Jesus Christ addresses the Apostles and says, “One of you shall betray me.” It was done with Fresco technique
Define the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci
When Milan was invaded by the French in 1499 and the Sforza family fled, da Vinci escaped as well, possibly first to Venice and then to Florence. There, he painted a series of portraits that included “La Gioconda,” a 21-by-31-inch work that’s best known today as “Mona Lisa.” Painted between approximately 1503 and 1506, the woman depicted—especially because of her mysterious slight smile—has been the subject of speculation for centuries.
