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Name___________________ | Date_______
Introduction to PAINTING
ART HISTORY; Italian Renaissance
Mr. Mallory |
Boyer Valley
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2012-13
Matching- Painters of the Italian Renaissance
1) ______ “Mars and Venus” is an example of fact that this painter chose Greek & Roman
mythological subjects
2) ______ “The Ideal City” demonstrates the Renaissance technique of linear perspective
3) ______ Painted the “Expulsion from the Garden of Eden” witch looked like many Gothic paintings, but with more tortured expression
in Adam and Eve's faces.
4) ______ Duke Gonzaga was just one of the subjects
which this painter renered with so much
chiaroscuro, that his paintings looked
almost like sculptures.
5) ______ Painted “The Deliverance of St. Peter” for Pope Julius inside the Vatican.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Massacio
Raphael
Botticelli
Piero della Francesca
Mantegna
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Multiple Choice
6) ______ Renaissance technique of gradually making backgrounds go from dark, sharp and vibrant, to light, blurry
and neutral or faint to create the illusion of depth or space. Da Vinci is thought to have done this masterfully in
his painting 'Mona Lisa.'
a) Atmospheric perspective
b) Linear perspective
c) Sfumato
d) Chiaroscuro
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7) ______ Italian for "up in smoke," a technique where painters gradually (as if turning to smoke) blend different
values so that they create the illusion of dimension, making shapes look like 3-D forms. Raphael is thought to be
the ultimate master of this, although Michelangelo was no slouch at it either.
a) Atmospheric perspective
b) Linear perspective
c) Sfumato
d) Chiaroscuro
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8) ______ Thought of himself primarily as a sculptor, revered by much of the French, Spanish, and Italian speaking
worlds as one of the greatest poets of all time, you probably know him for having painted the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel in Rome.
a) Raphael Sanzio da Urbino
b) Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
c) Fra Angelico
d) Leonardo da Vinci
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9) ______ While he was also a scientist, a singer, an inventor and a weapons designer, he is probably MOST
famous for his painting of the 'Last Supper,' and for the 'Mona Lisa.'
a) Andrea Mantegna
b) Piero della Francesca
c) Leonardo da Vinci
d) Raffaelo Sanzio da Urbino
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10) ______ Most famous for painting scenes of the annunciation (when the angel Gabriel announces to the virgin
Mary that she will give birth to Jesus). He painted angels a lot, but his fellow monks also gave him a nickname
because they thought that he could paint like an angel.
a) Massacio
b) Fra Angelico
c) Sandro Botticelli
d) Andrea Mantegna
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11) ______ Use of dramatic (sometimes downright theatrical) contrast in lighting or shading in a painting. Da Vinci
was well known for his use of this technique, though other Renaissance artists used it as well.
a) Linear perspective
b) Atmospheric perspective
c) Sfumato
d) Chiaroscuro
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12) ______ The Medicci family and Pope Julius spent lots of money to commission artists to make paintings,
sculptures and frescoes for them. People who hire artists are called...
a) Sfumato
b) Renaissance Men
c) Patrons
d) Art Criticts
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13) ______ How dark the darkest dark of an image is
a) Sfumato
c) Contrast
b) Density
d) Range
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14) ______ The difference between the lightest light and the darkest dark in an image; also a principle of design
which can help emphasize an element in an image.
a) Sfumato
b) Density
c) Contrast
d) Range
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15) ______ The variety of different levels of value in a painting. Scientists believe that humansd can perceive at
leaast 255 different levels of light & dark.
a) Density
b) Contrast
c) Range
d) High Key
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16) ______ When a composition has bright shades and lighter colors.
a) Low Key
b) High Key
c) Sfumato
d) Value
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Matching- Principles of Design
17) ______ the path the viewer’s eye takes through the artwork, often to focal areas. Can be
directed along lines edges, shape and color
within the artwork.
18) ______ the feeling of harmony between all parts of
the artwork creating a sense of
completeness.
19) ______ the feeling created when all parts relate well
with each other and look like they're the
right size compared to the whole.
20) ______ the part of the design that catches the
viewer’s attention. Usually the artist will make one area stand out by contrasting it
with other areas.
21) ______ the distribution of the visual weight of
objects in an artwork. If the design was a
scale these elements should make a design
feel stable.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Proportion
Unity
Emphasis/Dominance
Balance
Movement
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
Line
Shape
Value
Space
Color
Texture
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Matching- Elements of Design
22) ______ also known as shading, the relative degree
of lightness or darkness.
23) ______ a mark with greater length than width. Lines
can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal,
straight or curved, thick or thin.
24) ______ the area between and around objects.
Around objects is often called negative. It
can also refer to the feeling of depth. Threedimensional; in visual art when we can also
create the feeling or illusion of depth.
25) ______ light reflected off objects. It has three main
characteristics: hue or its name (red, green,
blue, etc.), value (how light or dark it is),
and intensity (how bright or dull it is).
26) ______ any area of space that is defined as
separate from the space around it- usually
defined by line, but can also be set off from
other space by color, shading, or even
texture.
27) ______ the surface quality that can be seen and
felt. Can be rough or smooth, soft or hard.
This dose not always feel the way they look;
for example, a drawing of a porcupine may
look prickly, but if you touch the drawing,
the paper is still smooth.
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