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Who were the Limbourgs? |
artist brothers |
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Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, a biography of Renaissance artists published in 1550, was written by |
Vasari. |
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In Neo-Platonic thought, the Biblical character Eve was identified with |
Venus. |
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One of the effects of the Renaissance was to change the status of artists in Europe from |
skilled crafts workers to intellectuals. |
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The German artist Hans Holbein was court painter to |
King Henry VIII of England. |
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The word renaissance means |
"rebirth." |
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The technology of painting with oils was developed |
by northern Europeans. |
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The Renaissance artists from Venice, such as Titian and Giorgione, were especially known for their mastery of |
color and light. |
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The era known as the High Renaissance encompasses a time period of about ______ years. |
twenty-five |
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The technique of sfumato involves the use of |
multiple layers of glazes. |
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The theme of the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes comes from |
scenes of everyday life. the Egyptian Book of the Dead the story of the artist’s life. Plato’s Republic Correct Answer ; none of the above |
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____________ organization, as seen in Masaccio’s Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors, was a popular device among Renaissance artists of Italy. |
Triangular |
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Leonardo da Vinci was a skilled |
engineer. inventor. painter. architect. This is the correct answer. E) all of the above |
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Giorgione’s painting The Tempest shows the influence of his teacher, |
Bellini. |
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Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botticelli were all commissioned to make art for |
the Medici family. |
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One of Michelangelo’s major achievements was |
redesigning St. Peter’s cathedral. |
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Northern European artists began using the system of linear perspective |
about 75 years after it was first developed. |
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Artists working in the Early Renaissance period include |
Botticelli, Donatello, and Ghiberti. |
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Which 15th century invention led to the decrease in the practice of illumination by hand? |
the printing press |
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The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ’s flesh wounds, originally hung in |
a hospital for patients with skin disease. |
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The movement that divided all of Europe into Protestant and Catholic camps is called |
the Reformation. |
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Vincenzo Perugia was |
a thief. |
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Giorgione’s painting The Tempest paved the way for future |
Landscape paintings |
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