| A | B |
|---|
| Italian Renaissance | Renewed interest in art and literatute |
| Humanism | Belief that human intelligence is limitless and the work of humans is valuable |
| Florence | the artistic capital |
| Middle Ages | Was after the Classical period and before the Renaissance |
| Chiaroscuro | extreme contrast of dark and light |
| Scientific Perspective | created by Brunelleschi, makes shapes appear 3-D on a 2-D surface |
| Atmospheric Perspective | faded distant images |
| Donatello | Sculptor who recaptured Classical sculpture & contrapposto |
| “David” | Popular symbol of Florentines; small and self sufficient over larger brute force |
| Contrapposto | a pose with weight shifted to one leg and shoulders not in line with hips |
| “Birth of Venus” | Botticelli's goddess of love rising from the sea |
| Leonardo da Vinci | “Mona Lisa”, “Last Supper” |
| Fresco | painting done on wet plaster surface |
| Michelangelo | “The Pieta”, Sistine Chapel Ceiling |
| "The Pieta" | signed after overhearing visitors not knowing who did it |
| a Tondo | A round painting, “The Holy Family” |
| Raphael | . “School of Athens” & “Alba Madonna” |
| Titian | Venetian painter who used underpainting of reds |
| Brunelleschi | Pizza Chapel of Florence Cathedral in Florence - a dome |
| Van Eyck | “Arnolfini Wedding” |
| Mannerists | used elongated bodies, distorted forms and expression |
| Tintoretto | used elongated figures |
| El Greco | Spaniard; did “The Resurrection”; elongated bodies, harsh light, twisted figures and emotionalism |
| Caravaggio | . “The Conversion of St. Paul” |
| Renaissance Breakthrough | Oil on stretched canvas |
| Renaissance Breakthrough | Perspective |
| Renaissance Breakthrough | Chiaroscuro |
| Renaissance Breakthrough | Pyramid Configuration |
| Masaccio | "The Tribute Money" |
| Hieronymous Bosch | "The Garden of Earthly Delights" |
| Pieter Bruegel | "Hunters in the Snow" |
| Northern Renaissance | peasants, lifelike, realistic |
| Italian Renaissance | Heroic male nudes, measured proportions |
| Albrecht Durer | created form with hatching of engraving to woodcuts |
| Hubert van Eyck | is credited with inventing oil painting |
