Chapter 17 - Art
What is one characteristic that distinguished Giotto's paintings from Byzantine and Gothic styles?
An interest in portraying personal feelings
What accounted for the spread of Andrea Palladio's architectural designs?
Book publications
What biblical figure was a key subject for Florentine sculptors and patrons?
David
In addition to his role as an artist, Peter Paul Rubens was also a
Diplomat
Who were the greatest patrons of the Rococo style?
French aristocrats
How did Paolo Veronese avoid punishment from the Inquisition for his painting of the Last Supper?
He changed the title
What was on reason that some of the Roman clergy rejected the religious works of Caravaggio?
His rejection of idealized aristocratic images
What was one place Rococo flourished?
Hôtels
What was a criticism of Rococo?
It was too superficial.
Which group believed they were responsible for the Renaissance?
Italians
What is one characteristic that is typical of central Italian Mannerism?
Pictorial strangeness
One consequence of humanist thought was a greater shift to the
Potential value of humans to solve their problems
Albrecht Dürer believed that artists should be
Seen as creative individuals.
What is one way that scholars argue that Artemisia Gentileschi identified with the painting Judith and the Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes?
She painted her features onto the figure of Judith
What category of painting enjoyed a new vogue in the Netherlands and Spain during the baroque period?
Still life painting
What did the smoky chiaroscuro invented by Leonardo da Vinci achieve in a painting?
Subtle graduations of light and dark
Who encouraged Sandro Botticelli's use of Neoplatonist philosophy in The Birth of Venus?
The Medici family
What was one consequence of the Protestant Reformation for artists?
The development of genre painting
What was one influence of the Council of Trent in Baroque art for religious subjects?
The glorification of saints
Flemish painters used oil instead of tempera paint because oil
Was flexible and created brilliant color
Most of the figures in The School of Athens are
based on Classical antiquity.
What new technique did Masaccio use to paint The Holy Trinity?
linear perspective
