Renaissance Art Quiz

What is the time frame for the High Renaissance?

• 1401-1478

• 1479-1525

• 1526-1600

• 1601-1650

Who is considered the first Renaissance painter?

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Giotto di Bondone

• Donatello

What style did Giotto break away from?

• Romanesque

• Gothic

• Byzantine

• Baroque

Donatello was primarily known as a:

• Painter

• Sculptor

• Architect

• Scientist

Who is often referred to as the 'father of oil painting'?

• Jan van Eyck

• Masaccio

• Botticelli

• Raphael

Which two paintings are by Leonardo da Vinci?

• Pieta and David

• Mona Lisa and Last Supper

• Arnolfini Portrait and Madonna of the Rocks

• School of Athens and The Last Judgment

What did Brunelleschi invent during the construction of the Florence Cathedral dome?

• New pigments for fresco painting

• Methods to lift objects high into the air

• Techniques for carving marble

• Architectural blueprints

Who designed the dome of Florence Cathedral?

• Donatello

• Filippo Brunelleschi

• Michelangelo

• Raphael

Botticelli painted frescoes for which famous building?

• St. Peter's Basilica

• The Sistine Chapel

The Renaissance emphasized the study of classical texts from which two ancient civilizations?

• Egypt and Mesopotamia

• Persia and Babylon

• Greece and Rome

• China and India