Leonardo da Vinci

1. When is the time period of the "high renaissance"? Why is it called that?
2. The previous view of the high renaissance was that the followers of it took ideas of the early renaissance and brought them to completion. What is the current view?
3. What is a "Renaissance Man"?
4. Who was Leonardo apprenticed to as a boy?
5. Describe to work methods of Leonardo. How is his method of creating forms different from that of Botticelli, his former classmate?
6. What is chiaroscuro?
7. What is sfumato?
8. Describe some of the typical elements found in a painting by Leonardo.
9. How does Leonardo express ideas, emotions and stories in his paintings?
10. Discuss the stylistic attributes and symbolism of Leonardo's "The Last Supper."
11. What is one theory about the appearance of Jesus' isolationism in the "Last Supper"?
12. Which three paintings did da Vinci keep with him until his death?
13. Which painting from Leonrado's Florentine period was the first to exhibit the use of sfumato? What later element of Leonardo's is absent from this painting?
14. What did Leonardo consider to be the best type of light?
15. What was Leonardo's new fresco-drying technique that he employed for his Battle of Anghiari, and what were its results?
16. Discuss the stylistic attributes and symbolism of Leonardo's "Mona Lisa".
17. Why did Leonardo dissect human corpses?
18. What were some of Leonardo's inventions that are still used today?