Renaissance & Perspective Crossword Puzzle Study Guide
Across
- 2. Johannes ____________ perfected the printing press
- 3. Filippo ______________ discovered linear perspective
- 5. The artist that won the rights to design the Baptistry Doors of the Florence Cathedral
- 8. The family that was known for being generous patrons of the arts during the Renaissance
- 9. It took Michelangelo over ___ years to complete the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
- 11. The _________ line is where the earth meets the sky, also known as "eye level"
- 12. The _____ press was one of the most important contributions of the Renaissance.
- 14. The printing press allowed for mass production of _____, giving people greater access to the works of ancient Greece & Rome
- 16. A period of great awakening
- 17. Sofonisba ____ was the first Italian woman to gain a worldwide reputation as an artist
- 18. A work of art showing Mary mourning over the body of Christ
- 22. A representation of the human body in which the weight is shifted onto one leg, shoulder, and hip to create an uneven balance to the figure
- 24. ____________ lines run alongside each other, are always the same distance from each other, and never meet
- 26. A type of linear perspective, _____-point perspective is used with the flat side of an object is facing you (answer will be a number spelled out, for example: SIX instead of 6)
- 29. The artist that painted the School of Athens
- 30. __________ perspective is a graphic system that showed artists how to create the illusion of depth and volume on a flat surface
- 34. Masaccio's painting "The Holy ___________" was the first finished work of art to correctly use linear perspective
- 36. What artist used perspective when carving sculptures to be placed above eye level
- 37. A ____ eye view shows an object below the horizon line, as if you are looking down onto the object
- 38. Brunelleschi designed the dome for the Florence ____.
- 39. A ____________ point is a point on the horizon at which parallel lines receding into space appear to meet
Down
- 1. Aerial & Linear are the two main elements of _____ drawing.
- 4. The term "Renaissance" means _________.
- 6. The artist that painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
- 7. Ghiberti is best known for creating the doors of the Baptistry of the ___ cathedral
- 10. A ____ eye view shows an object above the horizon line, as if you are looking up at the object
- 13. The second set of doors that Ghiberti created for the Baptistry were called "The Gates of ____"
- 15. The Last _____ was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci
- 19. A type of linear perspective, _____-point perspective is used when the edge of an object is facing you (answer will be a number spelled out, for example: SIX instead of 6)
- 20. The artist that assisted Ghiberti on the doors for the Baptistry of the Florence Cathedral
- 21. The artist that assisted Ghiberti on the first set of doors for the Baptistry
- 23. _________ perspective uses hue, value, and intensity to create the illusion of distance in a work of art
- 25. The ___ Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci is considered one of the most famous artworks of all time
- 27. The artist credited as the first to correctly use linear perspective in a finished work of art
- 28. drawing figures or objects according to the rules of perspective so that they appear to recede or protrude into three-dimensional space
- 31. An interest in the art and literature of Ancient Greece and Rome
- 32. In linear perspective, __________ lines connect to the vanishing point to show depth
- 33. Sandro ____ painted The Adoration of the Magi
- 35. Da Vinci dissected ___ to learn how arms and legs bend and how muscles shift as the body moves