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Renaissance Art and Artists

Key Italian and Northern Renaissance artists and their signature works.

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35 basic cards for General Art History. It opens with "Who painted the Mona Lisa?" and "What is Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper?". More Hobbies and Everyday Life decks are listed below.

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Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Show answerLeonardo da Vinci
What is Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper?
Show answerA mural in a Milan refectory depicting Jesus with the twelve apostles at their final meal together
Which artist sculpted the marble David standing 17 feet tall?
Show answerMichelangelo
What is Michelangelo's most famous ceiling painting?
Show answerThe Sistine Chapel ceiling
Who painted The School of Athens in the Vatican?
Show answerRaphael
Which painting by Sandro Botticelli shows Venus emerging from sea foam?
Show answerThe Birth of Venus
What is Sandro Botticelli's Primavera?
Show answerA large tempera painting of spring allegorical figures in a garden
Which Flemish artist is credited with pioneering oil painting techniques?
Show answerJan van Eyck
What is Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece?
Show answerA large multi-panel altarpiece with religious figures and donors
Which Northern Renaissance artist created The Garden of Earthly Delights?
Show answerHieronymus Bosch
What is Albrecht Dürer known for besides painting?
Show answerPrintmaking, especially engravings and woodcuts
Which Florentine sculptor created a bronze David in the early 15th century?
Show answerDonatello
What approximate dates span the Italian Renaissance?
Show answer1400-1600 (with High Renaissance roughly 1495-1520)
Which three cities were the main centers of the Italian Renaissance?
Show answerFlorence, Venice, and Rome
What artistic innovation did Filippo Brunelleschi pioneer?
Show answerLinear perspective, demonstrated geometrically with his famous dome experiment

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