Renaissance Overview Flashcards
The Wedding of the Virgin
Raphael
Self Portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
The Pieta
Michelangelo
The Birth of Venus
Botticelli
The Arnolfini Portrait
Jan Van Eyck
The Feast of Herod
Donatello
What is Leonardo de Vinci most famous for?
Mona Lisa
Another name for Renaissance
rebirth (of classical learning)
humanism
focuses on human beings and achievements and potential
What city did the Renaissance begin in?
Florence, Italy
Petrarch
early leader in movement of humanism
Medici family
wealthy patrons of Florence
Who wrote The Prince?
Machiavelli
alot of daily life in paintings
Pieter Bruegel
woodcuts
Durer
Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare
2d
medieval
murals
renaissance
little emotion
medieval
form, decoration, subject matter
renaissance
perspective
renaissance
vanishing point
point where lines meet
atmospheric perspective
effect on atmosphere, backgrounds fuzzy, foreground sharp
Chiaroscuro
Italian for light and dark
fresco
paint directly on wall
rulers sponsor artist from Italy
Northern Renaissance