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.
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