Italy Trip

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Across
  1. 4. Town that begins the Piero trail
  2. 6. popular music of the 1970s
  3. 7. material for the Baptistery doors
  4. 9. he wrote "The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects"
  5. 11. Expert on Mannerism, holds a PHD from Barnard
  6. 12. Botticelli's muse
  7. 15. To paint in Italian
  8. 16. early renaissance artist who famously painted the "Lamentation" 1306
  9. 17. small church designed by Brunelleschi that is the quintessential example of renaissance architecture
  10. 18. a Roman temple retrofitted as a catholic church in 609ad
  11. 19. a favored instrument of the 15th century
  12. 25. predated the Romans
  13. 26. Mr. Lasker's home town
  14. 30. 100 tales of the human comedy told outside Florence during the plague
  15. 31. Currency in renaissance italy
  16. 34. New medium of the 15th century
  17. 35. Florence's record holder until the Dallas Cowboys
  18. 36. he sculpted the Pieta
Down
  1. 1. strong contrasts of light and shadow
  2. 2. Famous fountain in Rome
  3. 3. Setting of gladiatorial combat
  4. 5. mural painting executed in freshly laid lime plaster
  5. 8. favored philosophy of renaissance thinkers
  6. 10. popular game for the nobility to dine upon
  7. 13. painter of the "Venus of Urbino"
  8. 14. the central part of a church
  9. 20. Leonardo's lady holds this critter
  10. 21. 16th century architect who may be the most influential of all time
  11. 22. Large building used for public functions in ancient Rome that became the template for renaissance churches
  12. 23. In Davinci's sketchbooks and imagination
  13. 24. banking family that consolidated political power in Florence and were patrons of the arts
  14. 27. Italian word for pants
  15. 28. An association of craftsmen or merchants
  16. 29. sweet thing invented in 16th century Florence
  17. 30. Florentine sculptor of the very feminine David
  18. 32. Caravaggio's sport of choice
  19. 33. one rank below a king