Art History - High Renaissance Study Guide

A picture or work of art representing the Shepards' life.

• Pastoral

• Quandratura

• Allegory

• Platonic Academy

A form of illusionistic mural painting where architectural features are painted onto walls or ceilings.

• Quadratura

• Allegory

• Pieta

• Portrait

Elements form a composition that symbolizes a deeper moral or spiritual meaning.

• Allegory

• Pieta

• Platonic Academy

• Sibyls

A group of 15th-century scholars in Florence met under Marilio Ficino's leadership to study and discuss philosophy and the classics.

• Platonic Academy

• Pieta

• Chiatoscuro

• Humanism

Developing new techniques/styles, were able to enhance art by making expression easier, more transparent, and more recognizable.

• Innovations in art

• Pieta

• Sibyls

• Portrait

Named after Da Vinci. A well-rounded individual who is gifted and skilled in many different areas.

• Renaissance Man

• Pieta

• Sfumato

• Humanism

Represents Mary holding her dead son on her lap

• Pieta

• Chiaroscuro

• Siblys

• Sfumato

Clear tonal contrasts that often suggest the volume and modeling of the subjects depicted.

• Chiaroscuro

• Pieta

• Sfumato

• Sibyls

"Smokey" quality which blurs contours so figures emerge from a dark background.

• Sfumato

• Sibyls

• Humanism

• Pastoral

Prophetesses or oracles in Ancient Greece.

• Sibyls

• Sfumato

• Chiaroscuro

• Allegory