art 100 chapter 16

During the Renaissance, vast changes were seen in the world of art. This "rebirth" or reawakening of the "arts" revived interest in which culture(s)?

Ancient Greek and Roman

Look at this image. What aspects are unusual about Sandro Botticelli's Primavera when it was created?

It displayed nude figures that were not seen at the time. It uses unusual linear style and shallow modeling.

What statements describe the philosophy of humanism?

It focused on the abilities and accomplishments of mankind. It revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman scholars.

What is significant about the subject matter of Sandro Botticelli's Primavera?

It illustrates a renewed interest in Greek and Roman mythology.

What main purposes did the Limbourgs' illuminated prayer book known as Les Très Riches Heures serve?

Lives of nobility and peasantry Daily devotion

An artistic trend reflected in a fondness for elaborate or obscure subject matter in which critics described as a negative reaction against the balance and order used in the Renaissance is ________ .

Mannerism

The High Renaissance occurred during from 1500 to 1520. Who are two of the most famous High Renaissance artists?

Michelangelo Leonardo da Vinci

What characteristics in Bronzino's Allegory, made it difficult for scholars to understand the allegory taking place?

There was a forbidden undertone in the painting. Venus and Cupid were mother and son, yet the interactions suggested a different relationship. There were too many figures in the artwork doing different things that were unusual, as in a man grabbing his head and a girl holding a sponge.

During the Renaissance, what response did works of art with Classical Greek and Roman subject matter receive?

They were especially popular and were commissioned for both secular and religious spaces.

In what ways did portraits portray women's fertility in continuing their families' lineage?

Arms were folded. Flowers were placed near the abdomen.

Referred to as the "Renaissance man," someone who could do anything, which artist produced the masterpiece The Last Supper?

Leonardo

How were portraits, such as Leonardo's Mona Lisa, instrumental in aiding the family line?

The portraits of women represented their wealth, beauty, good nature and hints of the babies she may produce.

Appearances of sculptures changed during the Renaissance beginning with Donatello, a first generation Renaissance artist. Gothic sculptors carved exactly what they saw from the model's face, clothing and limbs. Donatello thought that the nude body must be considered first in order to provide a framework for the piece. What did this process involve?

Carving a body in clay and draping clay-soaked linen over it, arranging the folds as the fabric dried

Look at this image. Matthias Grunewald's depiction of the Crucifixion is in keeping with the Northern common tradition of showing extreme agony, which is shown through what means?

Christ's hands are reaching outward in an effort to relieve the pain. Mary Magdalene is weeping. Christ's feet are bent inward as if to relieve the pressure of the hanging body.

The Early Renaissance in Italy produced a well-known sculptor named Donatello. What is one of the works he created?

David

What themes are commonly seen in Renaissance art?

Detailed depictions of the physical world Interest in ancient Greek and Roman subject matter Idealized and proportioned human figures

Many Renaissance artists began sculptural works by creating figure out of clay, they then draped clay-soaked fabric over the figure. After the clay dried they used the resulting model as the basis for a final marble copy. Which Renaissance artist may have invented that technique?

Donatello

In Agnolo Bronzino's Allegory, Venus and Cupid are in the foreground, as mother and son, and suggests an unusual relationship. The elongated and S-shaped poses are reflective of ______________ .

Mannerism

Upon entering Santa Maria Novella, in Florence and seeing Masaccio's Trinity and the Virgin, what illusions are present?

Masaccio has created the illusion that the sacred scene is really present before them by using linear perspective. Due to Masaccio's using a vanishing point in his composition, the illusion of actually viewing this sacred scene in person seems a reality.

Look at this image. The plan of Leon Battista Alberti's church Sant'Andrea in Mantua recalls examples found in the architecture of which ancient culture?

Rome

Look at this image. Leon Battista Alberti designed the interior of which church?

Sant'Andrea Mantua

Why did Italy emerge as the home of the Renaissance?

The Middle Ages brought chaos to many areas. Italy economy was one of the first to recover. Banking had developed due to power city-states which engaged in extensive trade. An important part of the arts was the Church which was centered around Italy.

What period of art history is most closely associated with a revived interest in the art and culture of ancient Greece and Rome?

The Renaissance

Look at this image. How does Donatello's David show the celebration of the new era in its style?

The full round male nude body stands in contrapposto and is in perfect proportion. David's stern face and body are expressive and shows confidence. The new style reflected ancient Roman and Greek art to be full round and naturally proportioned. This reflects the new style.

What did Michelangelo feel summarized the noblest of creations worthy of art?

The nude body

True or False: Macaccio used linear perspective in order to show architectural space for the figures in Trinity with the Virgin.

True

True or false: Lorenzo Ghiberti, Donatello's teacher, was the first to design figures an architecture piece on the same scale so that the images in the foreground would look larger than those in the distance.

True

During the Renaissance, in order to promote the family, along with the safety of their lineage,_______________ were used.

portraits