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