Masters of Illusion Video Study Questions Name:
1. How long ago and during what time period were these illusionary techniques
developed?
2. What is the most basic challenge to both film makers and artists from long ago?
3. Where did the Renaissance movement begin?
4. What did Brunelleschi discover and develop? What did his theory illustrate?
5. What was wrong with the paintings from the 13th century?
6. What was Giotto known for? Was he able to understand the same theory as Brunelleschi? Explain.
7. Who was the first painter to really apply Brunelleschi’s concept of space? What was the title of the piece?
8. What was unique about the piece in the city of Urbino? How was this piece created?
9. Piero della Francesca explored the science of art. What did he do in his explorations?
10. What was Albrecht Durer known for? What was he determined to do?

Masters of Illusion Video Study Questions Name:
12. Leonardo da Vinci, one of the most influential artists of the time, made observations on every
part of our world. What ancient notion did he reject?
13. What did Da Vinci notice about light and shadow? About atmospheric Space or the “Perspective of Disappearance?
14. What is anamorphic art?
15. How does Erhardt Scherne use anamorphic art to create political
satire?
16. What are some possible meanings associated with Hans Holbien’s “double portrait” image?
17. How does Andrea Mantegna’s painting use point of view to lead us through the story of his image of St. James? How does he force us in the image of “The Dead Christ”? What about in the Ducal Palace of the Camera delgi Sposi?
18. In what ways does Michelangelo go “beyond” the standard or Renaissance representations with the Sistine Chapel?
19. In what ways does Rafael go “beyond” the standard of the Renaissance in his fresco, “School of Athens”? In other words, how does it record the significance of the time period?