High Renaissance Art

Question 1

1452 - 1519 : believed only in what he could observe - did not ge along well with Lorenzo de Medici - dreamer / procrastinator - studied aging process

Answer 1

Leonardo da Vinci

Question 2

Man ahead of his time - identified hardening of arteries as cause of death - scientist / inventor as well as artist - studied engineering / architecture / anatomy / botany

Answer 2

Da Vinci

Question 3

1495 - 1498 : classical balance / proportion - disciples in groups of 3 - Christ in center before group of 3 windows (suggestive of trinity) - Judas on same side of table as everyone else (unusual) - vanishing point above head of Jesus

Answer 3

The Last Supper (da Vinci)

Question 4

1503 - 1505 : use of smato / chiaroscuro - useen when artist was alive - private commision - first to use 1/2 length portrait pose - most recognized painting in the world

Answer 4

Mona Lisa

Question 5

1475 - 1534 : recieved patronage of Lorenzo de Medici - completed most famous pieta at age 23 - anti-social - nose broken at lealst once - difficult relationship with Pope Julius II - didn’t want to do Sistine chapel - intense Christianity - wrote scurrilous poetry - considered himself better painter than sculptor

Answer 5

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Question 6

1498 - triangular composition - Mary seems too young to have a grown son - Marty Larger than Christ and can easily support body on lap - only work artist ever signed

Answer 6

Pieta (Michelangelo)

Question 7

1501 - 1504 : symbol of Florence - contrapposto - calm expression - large hand symbolizes david being assisted by God

Answer 7

David (Michelangelo)