Renaissance Art Trivia
From the Mona Lisa's missing eyebrows to Michelangelo’s petty Sistine Chapel frescoes, it’s time to prove you're more than just a bundle of radishes.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Purchased in 1504 by Flemish merchants, the "Madonna of Bruges" was the first and only sculpture by Michelangelo to leave what country during his lifetime?
Italy
In Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne,' the infant Jesus is seen grasping a lamb which symbolizes what future event?
The Passion
What translucent, slow-drying medium replaced tempera during the Renaissance, allowing artists to master dramatic light and shadow through the use of thin glazes?
Oil paint
Between 1504 and 1508, Raphael moved to which Italian city to study the techniques of his rivals Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo?
Florence
Originally commissioned in 1464, Michelangelo's giant block of marble was intended to be a statue for the roofline of what Florentine landmark?
Florence Cathedral