Art Of The Renaissance Questions And Vocabulary

Ryan Cho 8/28/16 AP European History 1-2 12.5 Assignment 12.5 (Art in the Renaissance) Assignment- Questions and Vocabulary Terms: Giotto, Masaccio, Botticelli, Perspective, Guild, Artisan, Apprentice, Patron, High Renaissance, Pope Julius II, Michelangelo, Northern Renaissance, madrigal. 1) Giotti di Bondone (1266-1337) was an Italian artist and architect from Florence in the very late Middle Ages. He is considered to be one of the most important artists in Italy because he contributed greatly to the Renaissance style of painting and art in general. Many historians today believe that di Bondone started the great art of painting as we know it today, introducing the technique of drawing accurately from life, which had been neglected for more than two hundred years.† 2) Masaccio (1401-1428) was the first great painter/artist during the Italian Renaissance. 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