Question

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs. Match the Renaissance artists with their works. Jan van Eyck Leonardo da Vinci Michelangelo Raphael Botticelli The School of Athens arrowRight Ghent Altarpiece arrowRight Mona Lisa arrowRight The Birth of Venus arrowRight David arrowRight

Answer 1

The pairs are as given below:

Jan van Eyck - Ghent Altarpiece

Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa

Michelangelo - David

Raphael - The School of Athens

Botticelli - The birth of Venus

Explanation:

• The Renaissance is referred to the time period between 15th and 16th centuries which signifies a change from the Middle Ages to Modernity.
• The Ghent Altarpiece is the work done by Jan van Eyck and his brother in St. Bavo's Cathedral in Belgium.
• Mona Lisa is a world famous painting done by da Vinci. It is considered as a masterpiece and is known for Mona Lisa's mysterious smile.
• David is a sculpture made by Michelangelo based on the biblical account of David. It is made out of marble.
• The School of Athens is a painting that represents all the mathematicians, philosophers and scientists in Athens pictured as learning from one another. It was done by Raphael when he decorated the Stanze di Raffaello in Vatican.
• Botticelli is the artist behind the famous work The birth of Venus which shows the Goddess Venus after she is fully grown, arriving at the shore from the sea.