ART APPRECIATION Flashcards
He was epitomized as the Renaissance humanist ideal.
Leonardo Da Vinci.
What was Da Vinci’s famous quote?
“He who thinks little, errs much.”
The painting Mona Lisa of Leonardo da Vinci was stolen by whom?
Vincenzo Peruggia in 1911.
One of the famous painting of Da Vinci which symbolizes harmony, a canon of proportions, and epitome of perfection.
The Vitruvian Man.
He said that “Genius is eternal patience.”
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.
In tbis painting, Michelangelo took inspiration from the Bible, book of Genesis 1:27, “God created man in his own image, in the image of God, He created him.”
David Creation of Adam.
One of Michelangelo’s famous painting that depicts the Virgin Mary cradling the dead Christ.
The Pieta.
It is where Michelangelo painted his painting that tells the story of The Creation of Heavens and Earth, Creation of Adam and Eve, Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, and The Story of Noah and the Great Flood.
Sistine Chapel.
Where was Mona Lisa resided at present?
Louvre Museum in Paris
He was a famous post-impressionist painter who suffered from mental illness?
Vincent Van Gogh.
Van Gogh was called by his neighbors as?
The Redheaded Madman (Le fou roux)
Who was Van Gogh’s close friend?
Paul Gauguin.
Where was Van Gogh’s painting, The Starry Night painted?
Saint-Paul-de-Mausole Mental Asylum.
He was the pioneer of post-impressionistic selfie.
Vincent Van Gogh.
What was Van Gogh’s heartbreaking parting words to his brother before he died?
“The sadness will last forever.”
