AHS 100 #3

Calling of St. Matthew

Caravaggio- artist technique-tenebrism

Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise

Contains large panels of bronze that were swept away in the flood of Florence located Firenze FI, Italy

The term for a painting in which different parts of a story are included in the same picture is called _______________ . The Tribute Money. Masaccio. Brancaccio Chapel, 1427

Continuous Narrative

What is the term used to describe David's pose? David. Donatello. 1446-1460

Contrapposto

Some art styles were shaped by historic forces. For Mannerism, one of the most significant force was a break-away from the Catholic Church. What was this break-away called?

The Protestant Reformation

The removed shoes in the Arnolfini portrait may symbolize that _______________________________ . Double Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife. Jan van Eyck, 1434

The couple stands on sacred or holy ground

Who is considered to be the woman in the following painting? Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci. 1503-1506

The wife of a Florence merchant

continous narrative

Different parts of a story are included in the same picture

3 Davids

Donatello Michelangelo Berini

Characteristics of Baroque art:

Dramatic Theatrical Emotional Multimedia

Tempura

Dry pigments are mixed with a water-soluble binder, typically egg yoke. This type of paint dries quickly and is opaque, meaning the surface is matte, because light does not penetrate the layers. Dry pigments are mixed with a binder - typically egg yoke. This type of paint dries quickly. The finish is opaque - light does not easily penetrate the layers.

fresco

Dry pigments are mixed with water and applied to wet plasterof a wall. When dry, the pigments become a permanent part of the wall

Kritios Boy

Early Classical, 480 BCE Bronze sculpture in round rounded body Calm expression

What about the composition of the following painting fit's the characteristics of the Mannerism art style? Allegory with Venus and Cupid. Angelo Bronzino, 1540.

Exaggerated poses

True or False. Leonardo's Last Supper is the altarpiece for the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie.

False

True or False. Mona Lisa represents a typical Renaissance portrait? Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci. 1503-1506

False

For Art Historians, what is the importance of this statue? David. Donatello, 1446-1460

First life-size, free-standing, bronze, nude sculpture since Classical antiquity

Many artists use a technique for creating the illusion of depth in an painting by creating an effect of perspective and angle of vision. What is this artistic convention called? An example can be seen below in this painting by the Spanish artist, El Greco. Resurrection. El Greco, 1584-1594

Foreshortening

What is the term when an artist creates an optical illusion by making lines shorter or at an angle. An example can be seen in the Haloes on the figures in Masaccio's Tribute Money. Detail of Haloes. The Tribute Money. Masaccio. Brancaccio Chapel, 1427

Foreshortening

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Four figures in the book of Revelation who symbolize the evils to come at the end of the world. Conquest rides a white hors; war rides a red horse; famine rides a black horse; and plague rides a white horse. based on parallel lines between the figures, basic middle tone, volume, and strong diagonal motion; the silhouettes overlap the powerful forms of the horses and riders from left to right.

Characteristics of the Mannerism style:

Irrational special environment Figures with elongated proportions Complicated and/or exaggerated poses Dreamy expressions Light, pastel colors

The Unicorn is Found

Weaving Techique Early Renaissance

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect Geometrically equated the ideal man with a circle and square painted the last supper and Mona Lisa

Arnolfini Double Portrait

Jan van Eyck slide ID Northern Ren attention to detail hidden symbols

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Johannes Vermeer-artist

Which High Renaissance artist is known for equating the ideal man with the geometric shapes of a circle and a square?

Leonardo da Vinci

the last supper

Leonardo da Vinci composition is 4 groups of 3. loacted Santa Maria delle Grazie

Which of the following statements is NOT true of this painting? Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci, 1495-1498

Leonardo includes all of the traditional symbols of the divine.

Prior to this painting, most representations of the Last Supper looked very similar. What key feature did Leonardo change in his version? Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci, 1495-1498

Leonardo placed Judas on the same side of the table with the other apostles.

Mannerism

Mannerism = artificiality

Etching

Metal plate is coated with resin~ Lines are drawn through the resin to expose the metal~ The plate is immersed in acid, which eats into the metal exposed by the lines~ Resin covering is removed~ Impression is taken

The City of Nuremberg

Michael Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, and workshop woodblock

Which High Renaissance artist created the sculpture Pieta, painted in the Sistine Chapel, and designed the new Saint Peter's Basilica?

Michelangelo

Pieta

Michelangelo was the artist

What allowed van Eyck to create the luminous quality of the painting? Double Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife. Jan van Eyck, 1434

Multiple Layers of Glazes

Hidden Symbols

Objects represented are not merely that, but represent such themes as wisdom, purity, divinity, religion, magic, sex, lies, memories, proverbs. Items that are treated as normal everyday objects, but often have special meanings to the viewer.

Characteristics of Renaissance painting

Oil paint on canvas Linear perspective Chiaroscuro Pyramid configuration

linear perspective

Parallel lines appear to converge with distance The more they converge, the greater their perceived distance

Which High Renaissance artist created paintings such as the Small Cowper Madonna, painted in Saint Peter's Basilica, and created a bronze statue of David?

Raphael

Renaissance

Renaissance= balance

Birth of Venus

Sandro Botticelli based on the long lost Venus Anadyomene, a painting by ancient Greek artist Apelles that was once described by Roman author Pliny the Elder and known only through his written account.

What is the term for the hazy, smoky aspect that allows the tones and colors to gradually shade into one another?

Sfumato

Which of the following statements is TRUE about Pontormo's painting?

Some figures are positioned in unnatural poses.

El Greco

Spanish painter (born in Greece) remembered for his religious works characterized by elongated human forms and dramatic use of color (1541-1614) translates to the greek

oil paint

Suspended pigments in linseed oil. The paint is translucent, allowing light to penetrate to the lower levels. Oil paint takes time to dry

What narrative did Michelangelo paint on the back wall above the altar in the Sistine Chapel?

The Last Judgement

The German artist, Albrecht Dürer, was a painter, but was most well-known for his works using the two graphic art techniques. Which technique did Dürer use to create the following artwork? Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Albrecht Dürer, 1497-1498.

Woodcut

Sgraffito

a ceramic or mural decoration made by scratching off a surface layer to reveal the ground

Baroque

overly decorated From the Italian word that means something beautiful, fascinating, and strange.

Poesis

painted poems inspired by a 16th C revival od ancient pastoral poetry

Titian

renowned for his plump and sensual female nudes in mythological or pastoral settings

Foreshadowing

showing depth by an effect of perspective and the angle of vision

Judith and her Maidservant

tenebrism-technique artist-Artemisia Gentileschi

Vitruvian Man

the circle represents humanitarian service da Vinci attempts to relate man to nature

Chiaroscuro

transitioning from light to dark

graphic arts

two early techniques were woodcut and engraving.

Drypoint

~ Incised Lines are scratched on a metal plate ~ The metal pushed up by the needle (burr) is left in place ~ The burr and the groove hold the ink ~ Impression is taken

the three crosses

first state by Rembrandt

Tribute Money and Expulsion of Adam and Eve

located- Brancacci Chapel inside the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence.

Donatello's david

lost wax casting technique contrapposto pose important because it was the 1st free standing nude sculpture.

The figure of Venus in Botticelli's Birth of Venus was based on ________________________ . Birth of Venus. Sandro Botticelli. 1484-1486

An ancient Greek sculpture of Aphrodite

Renaissance

"rebirth"; following the Middle Ages, a movement that centered on the revival of interest in the classical learning of Greece and Rome

Rogier van der Weydon's Deposition reveals many artistic conventions of the Northern Renaissance artists. Which of the following is NOT present in this painting? Deposition. Rogier van der Weydon, 1435-1438

An interest in detailed landscapes

Mona Lisa

A painting by Leonardo da Vinci of a woman with a mysterious smile. It is now of the most readily recognized paintings in the world.

Pyramid Configuration

A technique Renaissance artists used to draw the viewer's attention to a figure. The artist places figures within the outline of an imaginary triangle or pyramid

Mannerism expressed a different kind of spirituality than the Renaissance, which was more focused on naturalism. Mannerism, on the other hand, was more interested in ________________________ .

Artificiality

This painting is typical of other Northern Renaissance works because of its _________________________________ . Double Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife. Jan van Eyck, 1434

Attention to detail

What medium (material) did Donatello use to create this statue?

Bronze

Sfumato

allowing tones and colors to gradually shade into one another

Diego Velázquez

considered one of the most brilliant painters of 17th century Spain. Painted Las Meninas

Rembrandt

considered the most important painter in the Netherlands in the 17th C. Painted The Company of Captain Franz Banning Cocq

Michelangelo

created sculpture such as Pieta, David; paintings such as the Sistine chapel ceiling, The Last Judgment; buildings such as St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican

Raphael

created the paintings like The Small Cowper Madonna, and paintings in the Pope's library at St. Peter's Basilica that represented the four schools of knowledge, such as The School of Athens.

Tenebrism

darkened and obscuring. It is used to describe a certain type of painting in which significant details such as faces and hands are illuminated by highlights which are contrasted with a predominantly dark setting.

The Tribute Money

example of continuous narrative atmospheric perspective linear perspective

The tribute money

example of continuous narrative atmospheric perspective linear perscepetive