Renaissance Art

Question 1

Medici Family

Answer 1

The most wealthy and powerful family of bankers in Europe at the time, and used their wealth to commission art for Florence and themselves

Question 2

Donatello

Answer 2

1st Great sculptor of the Renaissance, creator of “David”

Question 3

Michelangelo

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Most famous artist during the Renaissance, he was a sculptor, painter, architect, and a poet, his paintings were detailed and showed emotion, he was close to a Renaissance man, created the sculptures of “Pieta” and “David”

Question 4

Leonardo da Vinci

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True Renaissance Man, an artist, inventor and scientist, created the most known art piece to this day, the “Mona Lisa”

Question 5

Raphael

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Perfected Renaissance painting by improving perspective and realism, pope favors them, created “School Of Athens” and “Betrothal of the Virgin”

Question 6

Filippo Brunelleschi

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Florence’s Greatest architect, built the Cuppolo of Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence while studying the Roman Pantheon, and inspired modern day domes including the one in Atlanta I rode past everyday before and after school

Question 7

William Shakespeare

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Famous poet out of the English Renaissance

Question 8

Northern Renaissance

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When scholars and merchants visited other cities in Italy

Question 9

French Renaissance

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Known for unique architecture

Question 10

English Renaissance

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Known for very unique literature

Question 11

Netherlands Renaissance

Answer 11

Known for their realism in art