The Early Renaissance in Northern and Central Italy.

1. Discuss Leone Battista Alberti's approach to architecture.
2. What was the favored form of church architecture during the renaissance?
3. What were some classical forms appropriated by Brunelleschi, then refined further by Alberti?
4. Why did Luca della Robbia rise to prominence?
5. What was della Robbia's favored medium?
6. As civic patronage began to wane, what format and media did Renaissance sculptors turn to?
7. Why were renaissance artists so fascinated with human anatomy? What proof do we have of this fascination?
8. Identify Andrea del Verocchio. What is the most significant feature of many of his works?
9. What is humanism?
10. What is neoplatonism?
11. Discuss the neoplatonic ideas expressed in Sandro Botticelli's "Birth of Venus."
12. How would you describe the painting style of Botticelli?
13. How does Domenico Ghirlandaio try to soften the appearance of his main subject in his Old Man and Grandson?
14. What is the trademark of many paintings by Andrea Mantegna?
15. Discuss the stylistic attributes and symbolism of Giovanni Bellini's "St. Francis in Ecstasy."