Exercises on the Artists of the Renaissance

The cultural and artistic renaissance of the 16th century had great names in painting among its protagonists. Tick ​​the alternative that indicates the Italian Renaissance artist who became known as the Painter of the Madonnas .

a) Leonardo da Vinci

b) Rafael Sanzio

c) Giordano Bruno

d) Michelangelo

The European cultural and artistic Renaissance of the 16th century was a slow and prolonged process of transformations dating back to the late Middle Ages, mainly from the 11th century onwards. From your knowledge regarding the period, answer:

a) What are the main aspects valued by Renaissance artists in their works and in which places in Europe was this artistic production more valued?

b) Name two Renaissance painters and two architects of the period, indicating at least one of their works.

On the main technical characteristics of artistic production, on which Renaissance painters and sculptors were based for the production of their works, mark the incorrect alternative:

a) mathematical and rational principles;

b) anthropocentrism;

c) the right plan and religious motives; or

d) the adoption of perspective.

(FCBH-MG) Man is the model of the world. Experience is the master of things . (Leonardo da Vinci)

Regarding the artistic, literary and scientific Renaissance, a typical element of transition from feudalism to capitalism, the following statements can be made, except:

a) Humanists played an extremely important role in the diffusion of Renaissance ideas.

b) The reflection on human problems led the Renaissance man to the analysis of his own individuality, in an effort of self-knowledge.

c) The medieval political-religious world view continued to be the fundamental element for the understanding of man and the world.

d) Wealth from commerce financed artists, scientists, architects, who began to be hired to shape the new social realities.

e) Rationalism became the touchstone of the Renaissance mentality, stimulating the birth of modern science.

Letter b

a) The main aspects valued by Renaissance artists go back to what was appreciated in Greece and Rome, during Classical Antiquity, such as rationalism, critical spirit and naturalism . The main locations of this artistic production of the 16th century were Italian cities, such as Florence, later extending to the rest of Europe.

b) Among the painters we have Leonardo da Vinci, who painted the “Last Supper” and the “Mona Lisa”, and Michelangelo, author of the paintings on the walls of the Cistine Chapel in Milan. Among the architects, we can mention Fillipo Brunelleschi, who designed the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Friore and the Palace of Pitti, both in Florence, and Donato Bramante, whose main achievement was the Cathedral of Saint Peter in the Vatican.

Letter c .

The straight plan and religious motifs were an artistic feature of art in the Middle Ages, dominated mainly by the Catholic Church. Renaissance art appears in opposition to what was produced by medieval artists, adopting reason and the use of mathematics in the elaboration of their works, resulting in the use of background perspective in paintings. Furthermore, man was the main theme of these artists, hence the reason to characterize this art as anthropocentric.

Letter c .

The Renaissance world view came to be based on reason and on the knowledge produced by the experience of the human being, as indicated by the quote by Leonardo da Vinci at the beginning of the question. As it was a cultural movement of rupture, the vision of these artists was contrary to the one proclaimed by the Catholic Church during the medieval period.