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Famous Artists: Renaissance to Contemporary

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Painters and sculptors from the Renaissance through contemporary art.

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What period does Renaissance art cover?

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1What period does Renaissance art cover?
Approximately 1350 to 1620 AD
2Giotto, whose work at the Arena Chapel in Padua was groundbreaking in naturalism
Considered the father of Renaissance painting
3Three great masters of the High Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael
4Leonardo da Vinci's most famous painting
The Mona Lisa (1503–1506)
5What groundbreaking technique did Leonardo pioneer in painting?
Sfumato - the fine art technique of blurring or softening sharp outlines by subtle gradual blending
6Michelangelo's greatest painting achievement
The Sistine Chapel ceiling (commissioned by Pope Julius II), completed between 1508 and 1512
7When was Michelangelo's 'The Creation of Adam' painted?
Around 1511, as part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling
8Michelangelo's most famous sculpture
David, a marble statue completed in his early twenties
9When did Raphael die and what marks this date?
1520 at age 37, which many art historians consider the end of the High Renaissance period
10Raphael's most famous painting
The Sistine Madonna, though he's also renowned for his numerous Madonna and Christ Child paintings
11Who developed linear perspective in art?
Filippo Brunelleschi and Leon Battista Alberti
12Foreshortening
The artistic technique of shortening lines in a drawing to create an illusion of depth
13The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli (c. 1485)
14What family was the great patron of Renaissance art in Florence?
The Medici family, especially Cosimo de' Medici
15bronze doors of the Florence Baptistery
Lorenzo Ghiberti, who won the competition in 1401
16Donatello's most famous work
His humanist and erotic bronze statue of David, one of the icons of the Florentine republic
17Brancacci Chapel frescoes
Masaccio (with Masolino), completed 1425–1428, which profoundly influenced later painters including Michelangelo
18The Bellini family, Mantegna, Giorgione, Titian, and Tintoretto
Great Venetian Renaissance painters
19Ghent Altarpiece
A masterpiece by Jan van Eyck (and his brother Hubert), completed in 1432, showing The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb
20Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin, Hans Memling, Rogier van der Weyden, and Hugo van der Goes
Leading Northern Renaissance oil painters
21Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), who studied in Italy and brought Renaissance ideas to Germany
Most famous German Renaissance artist
22What makes Hieronymus Bosch's work unique?
His surreal, fantastical imagery combining plant, animal, and architectural forms with humans, exemplified in 'The Garden of Earthly Delights'
23When did the Baroque period flourish?
Beginning around 1600 and continuing throughout the 17th century into the early 18th century
24Key characteristics of Baroque art
Great drama, rich deep colour, intense light and dark shadows (chiaroscuro), capturing the moment of action, and evoking emotion
25Caravaggio, whose dramatic spotlighting and realistic approach shocked contemporaries
Considered the founder of Baroque painting
26Chiaroscuro
The strong contrast between light and dark used to create dramatic effects in painting
27Caravaggio's most famous work
The Calling of Saint Matthew (1599–1600), showing his revolutionary use of light
28Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
Greatest Dutch Baroque painter
29Rembrandt's most famous painting
The Night Watch (1642), a militia group portrait showing masterful use of light and composition
30Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675)