Renaissance visual-art characteristics and artistic developments.
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In Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, what does Venus stand on?
The wind god Zephyrus blows Venus toward the shore, where a figure waits to cover her with a cloak.
Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa hangs in which Paris museum?
Leonardo took the portrait to France when he moved there to work for King Francis I.
Botticelli worked for which powerful Florentine banking family?
Botticelli included members of the Medici family among the worshippers in his Adoration of the Magi.
Donatello made the gaunt figure in Penitent Magdalene from which material?
The gaunt figure follows a medieval legend of Mary Magdalene fasting as a hermit in the desert.
Donatello's Gattamelata shows a military commander doing what?
The bronze rider honors Erasmo da Narni, a mercenary commander who led armies for Venice.
Who sits at the center of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper?
Leonardo shows the apostles reacting to Jesus's announcement that one of them will betray him.
Botticelli made a drawing called Map of Hell to illustrate which literary work?
The map shows Hell as a funnel of circles, matching Dante's journey down through different punishments.
Raphael's tomb is inside which ancient Roman building?
The Pantheon also holds the tomb of Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a united Italy.
Which Renaissance artist painted The School of Athens?
The fresco gathers ancient thinkers in one scene even though many lived centuries apart.
Botticelli's painting Primavera takes its name from the Italian word for which season?
Flora, the goddess of flowers, scatters blossoms while wearing a dress covered with flowers.