Unit 5 - Chapter 2: The Early Renaissance

Filippo Brunelleschi was in a lifelong rivalry with ________ after losing the the Baptistery door design contest.

• churches

• Ghiberti

• Donatello

• Sculptors

Why did Brunelleschi refuse to show his plans for the dome to the guild members?

• He thought they would steal his ideas.
• He didn't have any plans.
• He was unsure of his design.
• He wanted to surprise them.

What did Brunelleschi do to illustrate his point about sharing his plans?

• He showed a video.
• He drew a sketch.
• He built a small model.
• He balanced an egg on its jagged top.

The stance that Donatello choose to sculpt the standing figure of St. George shows . . .

• a merchant trading in goods.

• a monk delivering a sermon.

• a man pondering the building.

• a proud and confident warrior.

Lorenzo de Medici was a member of a family that provided what to artists of the time?

• blankets

• money

• ships

• spices

Who was a great sculptor of the early Renaissance?

• Brunelleschi
• Ghiberti
• Donatello
• Botticelli

Which painting is Botticelli most famous for that depicted Greek mythology?

• The Sistine Chapel
• Saint George
• The Birth of Venus
• The School of Athens

What did Brunelleschi develop that inspired Renaissance artists?

• Architectural blueprints
• Sculpting methods
• Mathematical rules for perspective
• New painting techniques

Artists would use the vanishing point in a painting to . . .

• bring the viewer's focus to the blurriest part of a painting.

• bring the viewer's focus to the unimportant part of a painting.

• bring the viewer's focus to an important part of a painting.

• bring the viewer's focus to the side part of a painting.