ARH Quiz 9

The medium of the artwork that decorates the Sistine Chapel ceiling is ________.

This architect (and artist) is one of those credited with discovering linear perspective. (He also engineered the Florentine Duomo.)

The "Renaissance," a return to humanist, classical ideas, literally means...

This early 14th century painter is seen as transitional from the late Byzantine to the early Renaissance.

Leonardo da Vinci invented a painting technique that consisted of applying a hazy or misty glaze ove the painting. This technique is called ________.

This Renaissance artist's paintings Primavera and Birth of Venus are good examples of a revival of mythological subject matter.

Why were the Greek god Apollo and the goddess Athena included in The School of Athens?

A woodcut allows an artist to do which of the following?

Linear perspective is used to ________.

Classical" refers to the art and ideas of what culture?

This Biblical character, a symbol of triumph, was often depicted by Renaissance artists.

The Renaissance is generally considered to have started in what Italian City?