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
