The Annotated Mona Lisa: Pages 40 - 41

Question 1

The Northern Renaissance

Answer 1

• break of Gothic style produced a brilliant flowering of the arts
• painters perfected it
• subtle variations in light and shade heightened the illusion of three-dimensional form

Question 2

Jan Van Eyck

Answer 2

• his brother is credited with inventing oil painting

- he created the earliest known painting in which the sitter looked at the spectator

Question 3

Bosch: Garden of the Grotesque

Answer 3

• 1450-1516

- his moralistic paintings suggested inventive torments meted out as punishment for sinners

Question 4

Bruegel

Answer 4

• painter of peasants
• inspired by Bosch
• used atmospheric perspective to give paintings depth