Renaissance Study Guide

Know the following terms/concepts: contraposto, mannerism, oil painting, watercolor painting, Renaissance (definition), Palladianism, perspective, symmetry vs. asymmetry, compare/contrast Northern and Italian Renaissances, photo-realism, Renaissance aesthetics, sfumato, triptych, fresco, altar-piece, momento mori, central-plan building.
Know the following buildings:  Florence Cathedral (The Duomo), St. Peter's Basilica, Villa Rotunda, Palazzo Farnese, The Sistine Chapel.
Know the following artists/architects: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Sandro Botticelli, Parmegiano, Agnolo Bronzino, Albrecht Durer, Andrea Palladio, Brunelleschi, Hieronymous Bosch, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Domenikos Theotokopoulos ("El Greco").