Renaissance Art

2. a type of perspective that uses hue, value, and intensity to show distance in an artwork
3. the painter of the Holy Trinity (1428), notable for his use of linear perspective
5. philosophy that prioritized human thought, reason, and culture; focused on earthly experience
7. a true 'renaissance man', famous for Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, and at least 120 notebooks of drawings and studies
9. a painting on three hinged panels that can be folded together
10. painter notable for his round, fleshy figures and use of brighter colors; The Alba Madonna (1510)
11. a region in the northern portion of Belgium, where Flemish masters such as van Eyck and Campin
14. a technique of mural painting where dry-powder pigment is placed into wet plaster
15. a type of perspective system used to create the illusion of depth on a flat surface; lines converge to a vanishing point
17. describes paintings in which forms are created by soft patches of color rather than hard edges and lines
18. first Italian woman to gain recognition as an artist, because of her talent for painting portraits and background of a wealthy family

1. a painting medium popularized in the Northern Renaissance, mixture of dry pigment with oil and turpentine
4. a sculptor, famous for his bronze sculpture of David and use of contrapposto
6. painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, initially to his dismay
8. a sculptor, winner of the contest for the Baptistry Doors in 1401
9. famous Raphael painting that depicts the two opposing schools of thought represented by Plato and Aristotle
12. Venetian painter who had studied under Giorgione, eventually painted several portraits for nobility
13. known as the Master of Flemalle; most famous work The Merode Altarpiece (1425-28)
16. the artist given credit for developing oil painting in Flanders; he was a master of details
19. Venetian painter who became notable for using landscape to set a mood, and rich colors of oil paint with soft edges and lines