Renaissance Art Flashcards
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Review the key artists, artworks, and concepts of the Renaissance period.
Flashcards
- Renaissance
- A cultural and artistic movement meaning 'rebirth,' originating in Italy around the 14th century with renewed interest in classical antiquity.
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
- Italian polymath and Renaissance artist; painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper; also studied anatomy, engineering, and science.
- Michelangelo (1475-1564)
- Renaissance master sculptor and painter; created the statue of David and the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes.
- Raphael (1483-1520)
- Renaissance painter celebrated for his graceful Madonnas and The School of Athens fresco in the Vatican.
- Sandro Botticelli
- Italian Renaissance painter known for The Birth of Venus and Primavera, both commissioned by the Medici family.
- Linear perspective
- A mathematical technique using a vanishing point and converging lines to create the illusion of depth on a flat surface.
- Sfumato
- Leonardo's technique of blending light and shadow with no harsh outlines, creating a hazy, atmospheric effect.
- Chiaroscuro
- The use of strong contrast between light and dark to model three-dimensional form in a painting.
- Fresco
- Painting done on wet plaster; pigment is absorbed and becomes permanent as the plaster dries.
- Patron
- A wealthy person or institution that commissions and finances works of art.
- Medici family
- Powerful Florentine banking dynasty who were key patrons of the Italian Renaissance, funding artists and scholars.
- Humanism
- A Renaissance philosophy celebrating human potential, achievement, and reason, inspired by ancient Greek and Roman ideas.
- The Last Supper
- Leonardo da Vinci's mural painting (c. 1495-1498) depicting Jesus and his apostles at their final meal before the crucifixion.
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