Art History Unit One

Giotto di Bondone was an Italian painter considered one of the founders of modern European painting, while Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael are also renowned artists of the Renaissance period, they did not create the painting Virgin & Child Enthroned.

The correct answer is Giotto Di Bondone. He was a renowned Italian painter in the proto Renaissance period, known for his frescoes. The Lamentation fresco in the Arena Chapel, Padua, was commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni and is one of Giotto's notable works.

Ambrogio Lorenzetti is the correct answer as he was the artist commissioned by the government of Siena to paint the fresco 'Good & Bad Government in the City and Country' in the Town Hall (Palazzo Pubblico).

Masaccio is the correct answer as he is the artist commissioned to paint the fresco 'Tribute Money' at the Church of Sta. Maria del Carmine in Florence. While all the artists listed are famous Italian Renaissance painters, only Masaccio was responsible for this particular artwork.

Donatello was the sculptor who created the sculpture of St. George & the Dragon, commissioned by the Armorers & Swordsmiths Guild in Florence. The other three artists listed were prominent figures of the Renaissance period, but they were not the creators of this specific sculpture.

The correct artist who painted the Duchess & Duke of Urbino was Piero della Francesca, not Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, or Raphael. This masterpiece was commissioned by the Duke of Urbino and is housed at the Ducal Palace in Urbino.

The correct answer is Pietro Perugino. This fresco was commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV in 1481 and is located in the Sistine Chapel in Rome.