Exam 10: The Early Renaissance

Ghiberti used perspective to bring a new sense of deep space to __________.

The culminating work of Brunelleschi's career was the __________.

In general,Renaissance art can be best described as finding delight in __________ things.

__________ is the rational portrayal of spatial depth through linear or atmospheric means.

What does the Florence Cathedral's dome resemble more than a classical dome?

What Renaissance system of thought influences Donatello's depiction of St.George as a "hero of everyday proportions"?

__________ has been called the "Father of Humanism."

The Italian city of __________ was the first democracy in Europe since Ancient Greece.

Donatello's David was the first nude sculpture since Antiquity.

Part of the development of Renaissance architecture involved the measurement of __________ ruins and the conversion of the measurements into ideal proportions.

A term for lifelikeness or nearness to truth is __________.

By and large,the Renaissance popes were indifferent to art.

Alberti's Palazzo Recellai is clearly influenced by the Roman __________.

__________ sculpture,which had been out of favor since Classical times,was revived in the early Renaissance.

__________ believed that art was easier for the ancients because they had clear models to imitate.

What did the Greeks of Periclean Athens provide Renaissance artists?

What were the social,political,and economic factors that created a sense of "individualism" in the Early Renaissance? Give at least two examples of how this individualism was expressed in the arts.

An economic system pursuing market freedom and profit is called __________.

Masaccio is known for his continuation of Gothic painting technique.

Individualism was part of the central core of the Protestant Reformation.