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| Artist from Florence. Painted three frescoes for the Sistine Chapel. Scenes of classical mythology painted in a realistic style, but focused on the scene's emotion rather than accuracy. |
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| Painted, sculpted, and designed buildings. Painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel. Believed his sculpting talents were inspired by god. Best known sculpture is 13-ft. David. |
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| Younger than Leonardo, but worked at the same time. Known as one of Italy's best painters. Painted frescoes in the Vatican. Painted "School of Athens". |
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| Best known for engravings, such as "The Four Horsemen of the apocalypse. Able to master both perspective and fine detail. |
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| Master of oil painting. Learned to mix and blend his paints to create brilliant colors. Some thought the colors sparkled like jewels. |
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| Painter from Venice. Gained title of Count, riches. Painted portraits and mythological scenes. Rich colors & chiaroscuro from imagination. |
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| Born in a Arezzo. Poet & scholar who studied famous Romans and wrote biographies. Told Europeans to search for Latin manuscripts in European monasteries. |
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| Born in Venice. Traveled to court of Kublai Khan and published a book about it. Kublai Khan was so impressed, he sent him on business through China. Europeans were fascinated by him and grew interested in trade with China. |
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| Florence's richest family. Bankers with many branches as far away as London. |
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| Paint on wet plaster with pigment so the painting is set in the wall plaster. |
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| First developed in Flanders. Oil lets artists paint intricate details in surface textures. Jan Van Eyck was a master. |
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| Long thin boats propelled by a standing driver with a long pole. |
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| More interesting in this world and human ideas than religion and heaven |
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| Softened edges by using light and shadows instead of stiff outlines. Means "Clear-Dark." Created more drama and emotion in painting |
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| It is a region in Northern Belgium today. Oil-painting developed here. |
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| Cities and the surrounding area with a central government and a larger population that could specialize in particular skills. Many were wealthy enough to raise an army or navy for protection. |
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| Why does the Renaissance start in Italy and how do city-states contribute to its growth? |
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| Italy had a long peninsula so most city-states had a port on the mediterranean sea for easy trade. The crusades brought Italian merchants into contact with Arab merchants. The Mongol empire united most of Asia into one vast trade network. Large enough groups of people lived in the cities to support artisans. |
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| What are the differences between medieval and renaissance art? |
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Medieval: not truly realistic, meant symbolically.
Renaissance: focused on real-life depiction of people and emotions. More techniques and used perspective. |
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| What are characteristics of Renaissance art? |
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| Renaissance: focused on real-life depiction of people and emotions. More techniques and used perspective. |
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| What are the differences between Ren. art in Italy and in Northern Europe |
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Both focused on greater realism.
Northern Europe: Used different methods--oil painting, engravings,
Italy: focused on real-life depiction of people and emotions. More techniques and used perspective. |
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| How did the development of the printing press impact society? |
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| Helped spread ideas throughout Europe. Made it possible to print books much more quickly, so people could learn better and more easily. Scholars could read each others' works and debate each other in letters. Johannes Gutenberg invented Movable metal type in Europe in 1450. |
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