Renaissance Art

What is the artistic technique that is used to show depth and distance on a flat surface?

• realism
• perspective
• idealism
• distancism

Who painted the Mona Lisa?

• Michelangelo
• Boticceli
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Donatello

______________ art was flat with rigid, emotionless figures, while ______________ art had full backgrounds with figures that showed emotion and detail.

• Renaissance, Medieval
• Renaissance, Classical
• Classical, Medieval
• Medieval, Renaissance

Where did the Renaissance BEGIN?

• Italy

• France

• Spain

• Germany

When did the Renaissance take place?

• 14-17th centuries

• 10-12th centuries

• 12-13th centuries

• 17-19th centuries

The Renaissance was marked by a renewed interest in ____?

• sports

• Ancient Greek and Roman culture

• Ancient Alaskan and Hawaiian culture

• Greek food

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

• Perspective

• Christianity

• Queens and kings

• Animals

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.

The Renaissance was fueled by_________ and __________.

• the fall of Morris Day and the rise of Prince and the Revolution

• the fall of Constantinople and the printing revolution

• the invention of the guillotine and brie cheese

• the painting of Mona Lisa and bust sculpture

Humanism, which was intellectually what The Renaissance was based on, was all about __________.

• the value of human beings and their capacities

• conforming to the religious constructs of the Medieval Ages

• weapons

• cuisine