Verrocchio and Renaissance Art

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• on a travel brochure

• in a short stories book

• on a website about art

A suitable title for this text could be:

• Life in Florence in the Renaissance

• The life and works of a Renaissance artist

• An important teacher and musician

Historians are not certain about

• Verrocchio's year of birth

• Verrocchio's birth place

• the job of Verrocchio's father

Verrocchio is considered important because he

• lived in the Renaissance

• taught many famous artists

• painted many paintings

Verrochio's work that is considered a masterpiece is

• made of gold

• a sculpture

• made of wood

The painting 'Tobias and the angel'

• shows a man holding a fish

• shows Verrocchio's father

• is now part of a private collection

When Verrocchio painted 'The Baptism of Christ' he

• received help from one of his students

• refused to cooperate with other painters

• decided to set up a workshop for artists

Verrocchio wanted to stop painting because he

• preferred to create sculptures

• was not interested in art any more

• realized that da Vinci was a better painter than him

'The Madonna enthroned with John the Baptist and St Donato'

• is Verrocchio's first painting

• can be seen in a Cathedral

• was completed by da Vinci

In the text, the underlined phrase 'sets out on' means

• remembers

• starts

• paints