Renaissance Masters

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1. This painter was noted for his ceiling fresco of Aurora in the Villa Ludovisi, commissioned by Pope Gregory XV. One of Bologna's leading painters he was nicknamed the 'squinting one'. Who was he? Il Guercino El Greco Paollo Uccelo Giambologna

2. She was the first female painter to gain international renown in Europe and painted numerous self-portraits, but was perhaps best captured by van Dyck when she was 93! Who was this charming lady? Sofonisba Anguisciola Artemisia Gentileschi Angelica Kauffman Rosa Bonheur

3. It is widely accepted now that which painter was the so-called 'Master of Flémalle'? Robert Campin Hugo van der Goes Roger van der Weyden Jan Fyt

4. Jan van Eyck frequently worked with his brother, most famously on the altarpiece at Ghent. But what was his brother's name? Egbert Herbert Hubert Robert

5. Brunelleschi, the greatest architect of the Renaissance, was passed up for the design of the new Medici palace in favor of which younger architect? Michelozzo Antonio del Pollaiuolo Niccolo Dell'arca Luca Della Robbia

6. Who sculpted 'St. Mark' for the Or San Michele in Florence, the first statue of the Renaissance era to capture the full meaning of contrapposto? Answer: (One word...pre-Michelangelo)

7. True or false: Ghiberti sculpted the first set of doors for the Baptistery of Florence. True False

8. True or false: Brunelleschi lost to Ghiberti in the competition to sculpt a set of bronze doors for the Florentine Baptistery, but later defeated Ghiberti in the competition to construct the cathedral dome in Florence. True False

9. Who was the young genius that first applied Brunelleschi's scientific laws of perspective to painting? Giotto Masaccio Cimabue Verrocchio

10. Yes or no: Filippino Lippi was the son of Fra Filippo Lippi. Yes No