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The Renaissance, a new artistic movement

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  • The Spanish school of sculpture sought to capture...
    religious sentiment.
  • The word Renaissance was created to highlight the birth of a new era. True or false?
    True
  • Who designed St. Peter's Basilica?
    Several artists.
  • What were the features of Italian Renaissance sculpture?
    Proportionate, harmonious and life-like.
  • Identify the following painting
    Rogier van der Weyden: St. Luke Drawing the Virgin, 1440.
  • An "imaginary opening" (a window, door or balcony) in the background to create a third dimension:
    Vanishing point
  • A painting technique that uses pigments and oil-based binders to achieve many effects and textures:
    Oil painting
  • The best known German Renaissance artists are Albrecht Dürer and Jan van Eyck. True or false?
    False
  • Princes, the clergy and the bourgeoisie were against the ideals of the Renaissance, and therefore Renaissance artists. True or false?
    False
  • In Flanders, the Italian Renaissance had a great influence and most artists used Italian techniques. True or false?
    False
  • Renaissance art was influenced by humanism. True or false?
    True
  • In France, the Renaissance was popular during the reign of Louis XIV. True or false?
    False
  • The best known German Renaissance artists are Albrecht Dürer and Jan van Eyck. True or false?
    false
  • Renaissance artists were inspired by the art of...
    ancient Greece and Rome.
  • Renaissance artists wanted to reflect the perfection, harmony and balance of humanity in their art. True or false?
    True
  • A pictorial element used to reinforce the illusion of depth:
    Architectural framework
  • Identify the following painting
    Pieter Brueghel the Elder: The Harvesters, 1565.
  • Identify the following painting
    Lucas Cranach the Elder: Adam and Eve, 1526.
  • What were the features of Italian Renaissance painting?
    Mythological and religious scenes.
  • How many stages of the Italian Renaissance were there?
    Two.
  • Renaissance works were based on the ideals of the Middle Ages. True or false?
    False
  • A technique whereby the outlines and details are blurred and the colours are modified in order to simulate reality:
    Sfumato
  • Spanish sculptors primarily created...
    altarpieces, funerary monuments and religious imagery.
  • Identify the following painting
    Jan van Eyck: The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434.
  • The most famous artists of the Flemish school are Hans Holbein the Younger, Lucas Cranch the Elder, Rogier van der Weyden and Pieter Brueghel the Elder. True or false?
    false
  • A technique that uses light and shade to give volume and contrast to figures and objects:
    Chiaroscuro
  • After the Lutheran Reformation, German artists painted religious themes with great austerity, as well as portraits, landscapes and mythological paintings. True or false?
    true
  • Which were the features of Italian Renaissance architecture?
    Geometric, harmonious spaces with simple elements.
  • During the French Renaissance, there were huge developments in architecture. True or false?
    True
  • When did the Renaissance take place?
    In the 15th and 16th centuries.
  • In which part of Europe did the Renaissance begin?
    Italy.
  • Flemish artists painted detailed and realistic scenes. Instead of mythological and religious subjects, they painted landscapes, everyday scenes and portraits. True or false?
    True
  • The Italian Renaissance spread to the rest of Europe in the 17th century. True or false?
    false
  • Identify the following painting
    Albrecht Dürer: Lamentation for Christ, 1500.