Renaissance Art in Italy

Question 1

Answer 1

Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore
Florence Cathedral
1295-1440
Design by Arnolfo di Cambio
Dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi

Question 2

Answer 2

Florence Baptistery
Baptistery of Sant John

Question 3

Answer 3

Andrea Pisano
South Doors of Florence Baptistery
First set of doors
1335

Question 4

Answer 4

Filippo Brunelleschi
Sacrifice of Isaac
Competition panel for East Doors of Florence Baptistery
Florence, Italy
1400
Gilded bronze relief
1’9”x1’5”
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

Question 5

Answer 5

Lorenzo Ghiberti
Sacrifice of Isaac
Competition panel for East Doors of Florence Baptistery
Florence, Italy
1400
Gilded bronze relief
1’9”x1’5”
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

Question 6

Answer 6

Lorenzo Ghiberti
North Doors of Florence Baptistery
Took 21 years
Wool merchants commissioned East Doors in 1336
Moved to north side
28 gilded bronze panels

Question 7

Answer 7

Lorenzo Ghiberti
East Doors of Florence Baptistery
Called “Gates of Paradise” by Michelangelo
Took 28 years
Florence, Italy
1425-1450
Gilded Bronze Relief
Approx. 17’ high
Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo, Florence

Question 8

Answer 8

Lorenzo Ghiberti
Isaac and His Sons
Detail of East Doors of Florence Baptistery
Florence, Italy
Gilded Bronze Relief
Approx. 2’ 7.5”x2’ 7.5”

Question 9

Answer 9

Donatello
David
1420-1450
Hollow cast bronze
5’2.5” high
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
First free standing nude male sculpture made since antiquity
Commissioned by Medici family
Cf. Kritios Boy and Doryphorus

Question 10

Answer 10

Donatello
Gattamelata
Equestrian statue of Erasmo da Narni
Piazza del Santo, Padua, Italy
1450
Approx. 11’x13’
Outside of Saint Anthony’s Basilica
Cf. Equestrian monument of Marcus Aurelius

Question 11

Answer 11

Orsanmichele
Florence, Italy
Decided in 1339 that each guild should provide a statue of their respective patron saint for exterior
Verrocchio, Ghiberti, Donatello, and Luca della Robbia were commisioned in 15th century

Question 12

Answer 12

Donatello
Saint Mark
Orsanmichele, Florence, Italy
1410
Marble
Approx. 7’9” high

Question 13

Answer 13

Nanni Di Banco
Four Crowned Saints
Orsanmichele, Florence, Italy
1410
Marble
Life-size

Question 14

Answer 14

Filippo Brunelleschi
Interior of Santa Spirito
Florence, Italy
1440
Basilica of Santa Maria del Santa Spirito (Saint Mary of the Holy Spirit)

Question 15

Answer 15

Leon Battista Alberti
Palazzo Rucellai
Florence, Italy
1450-1470

Question 16

Answer 16

Leon Battista Alberti
Sant’Andrea
West facade
Mantua, Italy
1470
Comissioned by Ludovico III Gonzaga
Cf. Pantheon and Arch of Constantine

Question 17

Answer 17

Santa Maria del Carmine
Oltrarno, Florence, Italy
Built in 1270, enlarged 1330, enlarged again 1465

Question 18

Answer 18

Frescoes in Santa Maria del Carmine
Commissioned in 1425 by Felice Brancacci
Illustrate the life of Saint Peter
Designed by Masolino da Panicale
Taken over by Masaccio in 1430
Finished by Filippino Lippi in 1480

Question 19

Answer 19

Masaccio
Tribute Money
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy
1425
Fresco
8’1”x19’7”

Question 20

Answer 20

Masaccio
Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy
1425
Fresco
7’x2’11”
Eve shows “modest Venus” pose from Classical Antiquity

Question 21

Answer 21

Masaccio
Holy Trinity
Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy
1430
Fresco
21’x10’5”

Question 22

Answer 22

Domenico Veneziano
Saint Lucy Altarpiece
1445
83”x85”
Tempera on wood
Originally in the Santa Lucia dei Magnoli, Florence, Italy
Saint Francis, Saint John the Baptist, Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, Saint Zanobi, and Saint Lucy

Question 23

Answer 23

Piero della Francesca
Resurrection
Palazzo Comunale, Borgo San Sepolcro
1465

Question 24

Answer 24

Piero della Francesca
Legend of the True Cross
1450
San Francesco, Arezzo, Italy
Story of Helen finding the true cross

Question 25

Answer 25

Piero della Francesca
Finding of the True Cross and Proving of the True Cross
San Francesco, Arezzo, Italy
1455
Fresco
11’8”x6’4”

Question 26

Answer 26

Sandro Botticelli
Birth of Venus
1480
Tempera on canvas
Approx. 5’8”x9’11”
Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy

Question 27

Answer 27

Sandro Botticelli
Primavera
1480
6’8”x10’4”

Question 28

Renaissance in Florence

Answer 28

1400-1500

Question 29

Quattocento

Answer 29

A period of increasing prosperity and steady progression in the arts toward the harmonious balance achieved in the High Renaissance

Question 30

Answer 30

Piero della Francesca
Federico da Montefeltro
Duke of Urbino
1475

Question 31

Answer 31

Piero della Francesca
Battista Sforza
Duchess of Urbino
1475

Question 32

Neo-Platonism

Answer 32

A tradition of philosophy that arose in the 3rd century AD and persisted until around 530 CE

Question 33

Marsilio Ficino

Answer 33

Italian scholar and Catholic priest who was one of the most influential humanist philosophers of the early Italian Renaissance

Question 34

The Medici

Answer 34

The first princely dynasty to win their status not by warfare, marriage or inheritance but through commerce
They came to Florence in the 12th century
Cosimo (1390-1490) ruled Florence for 30 years before he died

Question 35

Bubonic Plague

Answer 35

1348-1350
Killed 50% or more of Italy’s population

Question 36

Guilds

Answer 36

Secular corportations that controlled the arts and trade in Florence
12th-16th century