1 14TH CENTURY ART IN EUROPE 2

Altarpiece

 a panel that is painted or sculpted representing a religious subject that is placed above and behind an altar in a church. Two panels = diptych; three panels = triptych; multiple panels = polyptych.

Chiaroscuro

literally translated as “light-dark.” The use of light and dark to produce three-dimensional modeling.

Foreshortening

the use of perspective to show the extension of an object back into space.

Fresco

Italian for “fresh.” A mural-painting technique involving the application of permanent lime-proof pigments, diluted in water, on freshly laid lime plaster. (Buon fresco involves the application of pigment on several layers of wet plaster, while fresco secco refers to the painting directly on dried lime plaster.).

Gilding

very thin bounded gold leaf applied with glue to a surface. Emphasizes the spiritual and heavenly subject matter of religious works.

Giornata (pl. giornate)

meaning “day” in Italian, the section of plaster that a fresco painter expects to complete in one session, to keep the plaster from drying before pigment can be added.

Italo-Byzantine Style (the maniera greca)

the use of the Byzantine style in Italy, especially prevalent after the fall of Constantinople in 1204, which led to the migration of Byzantine artists to Italy.

Maestà

the scene of the Virgin Mary (Madonna) seated on a throne holding the infant Jesus in her lap, often flanked by angels, saints or prophets. Literally translated, “majesty.”

Tempera

a paint made of pigment mixed with egg yolk, glue or casein.

Capturing the appearance of the natural world

Northern Renaissance art demonstrates an interest in

Wealthy merchants and bankers

The flemish style of painting became influential due to the patronage of

International Gothic

What artistic style did melchior broederlam use in the chartreuse de champol alterpiece

Illuminated manuscript daily prayer book

Three brothers, the limbourgs, created a masterpiece of the northern Renaissance that is classified as which of the following

Flanders

What city in the north was the epicenter for the northern Renaissance

Tapestry

The Unicorn is found is an example of which of the following media

idk

At the Palazzo medici-Riccardi the first story is distinguished from the two upper stories by the

Sandro Botticelli

Which artist was responsible for painting the most iconic painting “Birth of Venus” and “Primavera”

Ghiberti

Which artist won a competition in the city of Florence giving him the commission to make the bronze doors for Baptistry of the cathedral

Venus

Jan van eyck

“The arnolifini marriage” is by which flemish painter who was part of the renaissance in northern europe

Renaissance

What historical period has the characteristics of worldwide exploration, rapid growth in scientific knowledge and interest in the value of people

Humanism

The renaissance belief that humankind was not worthless in the eye of God as the church taught during the middle ages has come to be known as which of the following

Annunciation

A painting with the subject of an angel telling mary that she has been chosen to bear the son of God is known by which of the following terms

altarpiece

What innovation in painting lead northern artists to become obsessed with details

Saint Antjony Tormented by Deamons

Individualized figures

What element of Claus Sluter’s “well of moses signaled a break with the international gothic style

True

The international Gothic style is defined by slender, gracefully posed figures whose delicate features and gestures are framed by masses of curling hair and extraordinary complex headdresses

idk

what is it called with figures appear in multiple events in the same composition

engraving

Antionio de Pollaiuolo’s battle of the nudes is an example of

del verrocchio

Van eyck

Gates of paradise

Van eyck

Rogier van der weyden

Hugo van der goes

Perugino

St. Francis in ectasy

idk

Fra angelico

Donatello

Brunelleschi

Flamboyant

Donatello