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Northern or Italian? Focus on idealized standards of beauty

Italian

Northern or Italian? Paintings of domestic and religious scenes

Northern

Which Renaissance sculptor often created sculptures in bronze?

Donatello

Which Renaissance painter painted "Primavera"?

Botticelli

Jan Van Eyck is often credited as the father of what type of painting? (hint: think medium)

Oil painting

Which Italian-French poet defended the experiences of women in her written work?

Christine de Pizan

Which painter is often considered the first great painter of the Italian Renaissance?

Massacio

What was Chaucer's most famous work?

The Canterbury Tales

What did the nickname "Tintoretto" mean?

Little dyer

Northern or Italian? Focus on intense realism

Northern

True or false? The painter Raphael's works were all very dark and somber.

False, they were all very colorful and vibrant.

Where was Albrecht Dürer born?

Germany

Which Renaissance architect designed the Duomo in Florence?

Brunelleschi

What is the most famous canticle of Dante's Divine Comedy?

Inferno

What was the name of the painting style used by many Renaissance artists where wet plaster was bonded with dry paint?

Fresco

Which Renaissance painter is responsible for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?

Michelangelo

What is the name of Miguel de Cervantes' most famous work?

Don Quijote

Northern or Italian? Paintings of mythological and religious scenes

Italian

What was the name of Petrarch's unrequited love (and inspiritation)?

Laura

What is the word for the local language or dialect spoken by people in a region?

Vernacular

Which artist is widely considered to be the prototype of the "Renaissance man"?

Leonardo da Vinci