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Who painted the virgin of the rocks, the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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What year was Leonardo Da Vinci Born in

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1452

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What is an icon?

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A painting of a religious subject

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What is anatomy?

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The study of the body

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What is perspective?

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When a artist paints the background smaller to create depth in the painting.

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What is a Fresco?

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A painting directly onto wet plaster

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What material was used for painting in the renaissance?

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Canvas

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What is sfumato?

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Tiny brush strokes used for blending areas in painting?

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What was Leonardo Da Vinci’s date of birth?

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15th of April 1452

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What town was Leonardo Da Vinci born in?

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Vinci

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What city was Leonardo’s home town near?

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Florence

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What was Leonardo’s father’s name?

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Ser Piero Da Vinci

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What did Leonardo’s father hope that he would become?

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A lawyer

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Who was Leonardo apprenticed to at age 15?

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Andrea del Verocchio

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What age was Leonardo when he was accepted in to the Florentine Artist’s Guild?

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20

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How long did Leonardo spend in the art guild?

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10 years

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Who did Leonardo write a letter to applying for a job?

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The Duke of Milan

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Where was Galileo born?

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Pisa

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What age was Vesalius when he became a professor of anatomy?

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23

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Who wrote “On the Fabric of the Human Body”

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Vesalius

21
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Where was William Shakespeare born?

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Stratford-upon-Avon

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What was Shakespeare’s theatre group called?

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The King’s Men

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What was Shakespeare’s theatre called?

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The Globe

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Where was Shakespeare’s theatre built?

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On the banks of the River Thames

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Name a Shakespeare tragedy?

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Hamlet / Romeo and Juliet

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Name a Shakespeare history?

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Richard III / Henry V

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Name a Shakespeare comedy?

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Twelfth Night / As You Like It

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What languages were books printed in in the Renaissance?

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Vernacular Languages

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What was the first book to be printed?

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The Bible

30
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Who invented the movable type printing press?

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Johannes Gutenberg

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What country was the inventor of the movable type printing press from?

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Germany

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Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

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Michelangelo

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Who hired Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

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Pope Julius II

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Mention two features of renaissance architecture?

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  • Domes

- Pillars

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What was the renaissance?

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A time when people began to take a new interest in the world of Ancient Rome and Greece

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Who were patrons?

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People who paid artists to make works of art

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What does pietà mean?

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Mary holding Jesus in her arms

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