Renaissance art

Before the Renaissance what was the primary subject of paintings during the Middle Ages?

• Perspective

• Christianity

• Queens and kings

• Animals

What period of the renaissance featured the artist Leonardo da Vinci .

• High period

• None of the above

• Early period

• French period

What does realism mean when referring to paintings and art?

• That the painting is flat with little perspective

• That the subjects and background appear as they would in real life

• That the subjects are only people

• That the paintings are landscapes of nature with no people

What were the characteristics of paintings and art during the Early Renaissance Period?

• Symmetry and perfect form

• Abstract and flat

• Symbolism and lack of perspective

• None of the above

What artistic technique makes some objects in a picture look further away than others?

• Perspective

• Shadows

• Balance

• Fattening

True or False? Artists from the Renaissance refused to paint pictures on the subject of religion or Christianity.

• True

• False

What artistic technique that blurred the lines between subjects was used by Leonardo da Vinci in the Mona Lisa?

• Sfumato

• Foreshortening

• Perspective

• Proportion

What was foreshortening?

• When artists painted people shorter than they really were.

• A way of making people look taller than they really were.

• When artists used shadow and light to make things appear more dramatic.

• A technique where artists shortened lines in their paintings to give the illusion of depth.

Which artist below did NOT work during the High Renaissance period?

• Michelangelo

• Giotto

• Rafael

• Leonardo da Vinci

What was the idea or philosophy that changed the way people thought and, therefore, influenced art during the Renaissance?

• Confucianism

• Humanism

• Stoicism

• Communism