michelangelo midterm

platonism

subcategory of humanism, meaning that all that is existence is all that is divine

humanism

exploration of ideas that come from Greco-Roman figures about humankind’s relationships to god or the universe

classicalism

repition and emulation of Greco-Roman forms and shapes

syncretism

the adoption of other cultural, religious, or philosophical concepts into another tradition

iconography

a symbol or sign represents or communicates meaning through art

Julius II

pope that commissioned Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling

Cardinal Riario

religious figure that was a patron of Michelangelo’s Bacchus, rejected it because of fear of idolatry

lorenzo de medici

brought in and was a patron of Michelangelo, powerful merchant family, sugar daddy of Michelangelo

typology

foreshadowing events or characters in Christian Theology, usually from Old Testament in the New Testament, ex jonah

drawing as thinking

the physical action of drawing is direct thinking, we are actively thinking as we draw

ignudi

archaic nude figures, on sistine ceiling around main scenes, androgynous, seers?

contrapposto

a classical position where more weight is fashioned on one leg than another

pope sixtus IV

commissioned the stories of Moses and Christ on the lower side walls of the Sistine Chapel, whom the chapel was named after, uncle to Pope Julius II