the artistic technique of allowing tones or colours to gradually shade into one another is called sfumato

the use of light and shade in drawing and painting is called chiaroscuro

a basilica is a church considered highly important by the Catholic Church

The Italian Renaissance: art and architecture

History

Pupils will continue to study the power of new ideas when they consider the English Reformation and the impact of the Enlightenment (Y8).

Pupils will already have an understanding of the role of the Church in medieval society. They will also have a prior understanding of the architecture of medieval towns and villages, which will enable them to chart the impact of the Renaissance on Early Modern England.

The Renaissance: what do the artefacts of the Renaissance tell us about it?

Renaissance artists were inspired by the {{ }} world.

Which Renaissance painting technique focused on a soft change between colours?

Renaissance painters used a range of dark to light tones in their paintings, a technique known as...

Da Vinci used {{ }} principles to make his paintings more realistic.

Roughly how old was the old basilica of St Peter's before it was rebuilt?

The new St Peter's took inspiration from classical buildings like the Pantheon and the...

Who controlled most book copying before the Renaissance?

Erasmus worked hard studying classical texts.

Holbein's portrait of Erasmus compared his work to the tasks of Hercules because...

During the Renaissance, the number of universities...

During the Renaissance, humanist ideas were spread in...

became centres of humanist teaching and learning

allowed the books that humanists studied to be copied quickly

travelled between universities, spreading humanist ideas

Match the factor to the role it played in spreading humanism during the Renaissance.

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