Experiencing Art - Quiz #9 (Chapters 17 & 18)

Sandro Botticelli

"Birth of Venus" First large mythological painting since Classical antiquity Depicts the Roman goddess of love just after she was born from the sea Blown to shore by a couple symbolizing the wind Greeted by young women who represents Spring Byzantine influence

Albrecht Durer

"Self-Portrait with Fur Coat" face-to-face with viewer otherworldly gaze, generally reserved for Jesus Christ appears thoughtful, confident, and even spiritual

Mannerism

A style that arose in central Italy in the mid-sixteenth century, characterized by stylized and mannered expressions, often revolting against the balanced Classicism of the High Renaissance

Rococo Style

A style used in interior decoration and painting in France and southern Germany in the eighteenth century, characterized by small-scale and ornate decoration, pastel colors, and organic arrangement of curves

Early Southeast Asian art and architecture was primarily what religion?

Buddhist

Terra Cotta Warriors

Buried with emperor Qin Shihuangdi Qin Shihuangdi wanted to guard himself in the afterlife Life-size clay soldiers Around 6,000 Cavalrymen, Archers, and Foot Soldiers

Why did Flemish painters use tempera paint instead of oil?

It was flexible and created brilliant color

Chiaroscuro

Italian word meaning "light dark;" the gradations of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery, especially the illusion of rounded, three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line

Japanese ukiyo-e prints

Japanese prints that depict scenes of the "floating world," including landscapes, popular entertainments, and theater scenes of actors

Gianlorenzo Bernini's "David"

Life-sized rather than monumental Rather than capturing an introspective moment before the battle, it shows David in the midst of his backswing, as he prepares to fling the stone at Goliath

Jan van Eyck's "The Arnolfini Portrait"

Likely commemorating a wedding or betrothal People in the portrait are unknown Iconography: single lighted candle in the chandelier - presence of Christ amber beads and the sunlight shining through them -purity dog - marital fidelity bride holding up her skirt in front of her stomach - willingness to bear children green - fertility

Early Chinese Porcelain Characteristics

Made from a rare type of clay that when fired becomes pure white Only decorated with blue (only color that could withstand the high temperature necessary to fire porcelain correctly)

Literati Painting

Most commonly used to describe the work of painters not attached to the royal courts of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties in China

What category of painting enjoyed a new vogue in the Netherlands and Spain during the Baroque period?

Still life

What was the first painting to systematically use Linear Perspective?

The Holy Trinity by Masaccio

Calligraphy

The art of beautiful writing; broadly, a flowing use of line, often varying from thick to thin

Renaissance

The period in Europe from the late fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries, characterized by a renewed interest in human-centered classical art, literature, and learning

Baroque

The seventeenth-century period in Europe characterized in the visual arts by dramatic light and shade, turbulent composition, and pronounced emotional expression

Linear Prespective

Used to create an illusion of depth or three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface, it is based on the fact that parallel lines or edges appear to coverage and objects appear smaller as the distance between them and the viewer increases