The Renaissance Flashcards

1
Q

Humanism

A

Puts human beings at the centre of everything

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2
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Patron

A

A person who pays artists to produce a work of art

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3
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Republic

A

Means the people elect the goverment

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4
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Anatomy

A

The study of the human body

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5
Q

Perspective

A

Adding depth to a picture

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6
Q

Sfumato

A

A method of painting

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7
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Fresco

A

A picture painted straight onto a wall or ceiling with plaster paint

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8
Q

Canvas

A

A certain type of cloth that paintings were painted on

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9
Q

Renaissance

A

A time when people began to react to changes in the world

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10
Q

Where was leonardo da Vinci born

A

Florence in Italy

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11
Q

What age was he apprenticed to his master at

A

14

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12
Q

What was the name of his master

A

Verrochio

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13
Q

What did he help his master paint

A

The baptism of Christ

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14
Q

What age did da Vinci get accepted into a painter guild at

A

20

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15
Q

What did da Vinci paint in Milan

A

The last supper and it was a fresco painting

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16
Q

What else did da Vinci study?

A

Anatomy, geology and nature

17
Q

What artists had taken da Vinci place when he moved back to Florence

A

Michaelanglo and Raphael

18
Q

What did he paint in Florence

A

Mona Lisa

19
Q

Where did the pope ask da Vinci to go and what did he bring with him?

A

Rome and the Mona Lisa

20
Q

Where was Pieter Bruegel born

A

Netherlands

21
Q

Who was bruegal apprenticed to

A

Pieter coeke van aelst

22
Q

Why did bruegal marry

A

His masters daughter

23
Q

Why did bruegal paint people stupid and ugly

A

Because he did not have much faith in human nature

24
Q

What was bruegal famous for painting

A

Landscapes and scenery

25
Q

Name an example of bruegals paintings

A

The hay harvest

26
Q

How many of bruegals painting survived

A

About 45

27
Q

What age was bruegal when he died

A

44

28
Q

What is a sculptor

A

A person who makes statues from wood stone or metal

29
Q

Where was michaelanglo born

A

Florence

30
Q

Who invited michaelanglo to join a school for sculpters

A

Lorenzo de Medici

31
Q

Where was the school for sculptors held

A

In Lorenzo de medicis palace

32
Q

What were michaelanglos most famous sculpts?

A

David, pieta and Sistine chapel

33
Q

What else could michaelanglo do

A

Paint, write, draw, write poems and design buildings

34
Q

What type of painting was the Sistine chapel

A

Fresco

35
Q

How long did the Sistine chapel take

A

4 years

36
Q

How many poems did michaelanglo write

A

Over 300

37
Q

Name a building that michaelanglo designed

A

The Laureteen library

38
Q

What age did michaelanglo die at

A

90