Q2: Lesson 2: High Renaissance Art

Question 1

is a pen and ink drawing done on paper with a wash over metal-point accompanied by handwritten notes

Answer 1

the vitruvian man

Question 2

was a painter, architect, and mathematician. he was popularized in present times through the novel and movie, “Da Vinci Code”

Answer 2

leonardo da vinci

Question 3

he is known as the ultimate “renaissance man” because of his intellect, interest, talent, and his expression of humanist and classical values

Answer 3

leonardo da vinci

Question 4

it stems from a description, “leonardo undertook to paint for francesco del giocondo the portrait of mona lisa, his wife”,

Answer 4

mona lisa

Question 5

is a polite form of address originating as madonna similar to ma’am or madamme, or my lady in english. this became madonna and its contraction

Answer 5

mona

Question 6

is a half-length portrait of a woman by the italian artist leonardo da vinci

Answer 6

the mona lisa

Question 7

the best known, most visited, most written about, most sung about, most parodied work of art in the world

Answer 7

mona lisa

Question 8

leonardo da vinci died in 1519, and he is buried at a _______ ________

Answer 8

french castle

Question 9

is a late 15th century mural painting by leonardo da vinci in the refectory of the convent of santa maria delle grazie, milan. it is one of the world’s most famous painting

Answer 9

the last supper

Question 10

it is a way of using darks and lights to make an object look firm, full, and real

Answer 10

chiaroscuro

Question 11

his work is admired through interpreting the divine and incorporating christian doctrines

Answer 11

raphael

Question 12

formed the trinity of great masters of that period

Answer 12

raphael

Question 13

last painting which raphael worked up to up to his death

Answer 13

transfiguration

Question 14

refers to a famous fresco painted by raphael in the apostolic palace in the vatican city

Answer 14

the school of athens

Question 15

the madonna holds her child as she floats on a swirling carpet of clouds

Answer 15

the sistine madonna

Question 16

was considered the greatest living artist in his lifetime, and ever since then he was considered as one of the greatest artists of all time

Answer 16

michelangelo

Question 17

michelangelo approached the subject which until then had been given form mostly from north of the alps where the portrayal of pain had always been connected with the idea of redemption as represented by the seated madonna holding christ’s body in her arms

Answer 17

pieta