ARH 171 Final Review Art History Flashcards

A collection of flashcards identifying key artworks, artists, dates, and stylistic features from Late Medieval Italy through the Baroque period based on the lecture review.

Late Medieval Italy

A period where naturalism and emotion began to replace flat medieval conventions.

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints

The principal panel of the Maestà altarpiece from the Siena Cathedral ($1308-1311$), created using tempera and gold leaf on wood and measuring $7' \times 13'$ for the center panel.

Giotto di Bondone, Lamentation

A fresco in the Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni) in Padua, Italy, dating to ca. $1305$.

Effects of Good Government

A work by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in Siena that examines the patronage system, city-state rivalries, and growing European power structures.

15th Century Italy Style

Art characterized by humanism, classical revival, perspective, and Florentine patronage.

Filippo Brunelleschi, Sacrifice of Isaac

A gilded bronze competition panel for the east doors of the Florence Baptistery created in $1401-1402$.

Lorenzo Ghiberti, Sacrifice of Isaac

A gilded bronze relief competition panel for the east doors of the Florence Baptistery ($1401-1402$) measuring $1' 9" \times 1' 5"$.

Dome of Florence Cathedral

An architectural feat designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and built between $1420-1436$.

Donatello, David

A late $1440-1460$ bronze statue ($5' 2 1/4"$ high) that was the first free-standing nude statue since antiquity, utilizing contrapposto to portray a Biblical hero.

Donatello, Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata

A bronze statue of Erasmo da Narni in the Piazza del Santo, Padua, created ca. $1445-1450$.

Masaccio, Tribute Money

An Early Renaissance painting that introduced innovations such as linear and aerial perspective, classical body types, and chiaroscuro with a single light source from the right.

Masaccio, Holy Trinity

A fresco from ca. $1424-1427$ in Santa Maria Novella featuring a pyramidal composition, symmetry, classical architecture, and a memento mori.

Fra Angelico, Annunciation

A fresco at San Marco, Florence, created ca. $1438-1447$.

Sandro Botticelli, Primavera

A tempera on wood painting created ca. $1482$ located in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.

Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus

A tempera on canvas work created ca. $1484-1486$ measuring approximately $5' 9" \times 9' 2"$.

Andrea Mantegna, Camera Picta

The Painted Chamber in the Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy ($1465-1474$), featuring fresco decoration.

15th Century Northern Europe Style

Art characterized by the use of oil paint, detail, domestic sacred scenes, and symbolism.

Jan van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride

A $1434$ oil on wood portrait measuring approximately $2' 9" \times 1' 10 1/2"$.

Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece

A large oil on wood altarpiece completed in $1432$ for the Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium.

Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition

An oil on wood triptych center panel created ca. $1435$ found in Louvain, Belgium.

High Renaissance Style

Art focused on balance, ideal beauty, Rome, and artistic mastery.

Leonardo da Vinci, Last Supper

An oil and tempera on plaster mural created ca. $1495-1498$ in the refectory of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan.

Leonardo's Atmospheric Setting

A groundbreaking achievement defined as the unified representation of objects within a convincing atmosphere.

Raphael, School of Athens

A fresco in the Stanza della Segnatura at the Vatican Palace, Rome ($1509-1511$), influenced by Bramante, Leonardo, and Michelangelo.

Michelangelo, Pieta

A significant marble sculpture from the High Renaissance known for its formal features and humanistic interpretation.

Michelangelo, Moses

A marble statue ($7' 8 1/2"$ high) from the tomb of Pope Julius II in Rome, created ca. $1513-1515$.

Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling

A series of paintings, including the Creation of Adam, showcasing a humanistic interpretation and formal references to classical antiquity.

Donato D'Angelo Bramante, Tempietto

A small circular temple in San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, created ca. $1502$.

Venetian & Mannerism Style

Art characterized by color and atmosphere (Venetian) followed by distortion and elegant instability (Mannerism).

Titian, Venus of Urbino

A $1538$ oil on canvas painting that exemplifies Venetian focus on color and atmosphere.

Andrea Palladio, Villa Rotonda

A villa near Vicenza, Italy ($1566-1570$) that reflects classical architectural principles.

Parmigianino, Madonna with the Long Neck

A Mannerist oil on wood painting ($1534-1540$) known for its stylized distortion.

Northern Renaissance / Reformation Period

A time involving prints, moral meaning, portraiture, and religious change.

Albrecht Dürer, Fall of Man (Adam and Eve)

A $1504$ engraving portraying the biblical figure of Adam and Eve.

Hans Holbein the Younger, The French Ambassadors

A $1533$ oil and tempera on wood painting known for its detailed symbolism and portraiture.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Hunters in the Snow

A $1565$ oil on wood landscape depicting a seasonal domestic scene.

Baroque Italy & Spain Style

Art characterized by drama, motion, tenebrism, and Counter-Reformation intensity.

Gianlorenzo Bernini, David

A $1623$ marble sculpture standing $5' 7"$ high, capturing drama and motion unlike previous versions.

Gianlorenzo Bernini, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

A marble group in the Cornaro Chapel ($1645-1652$) measuring $11' 6"$ high.

Caravaggio, Calling of Saint Matthew

An oil on canvas (ca. $1597-1601$) featuring dramatic tenebrism in the Contarelli Chapel.

Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes

An oil on canvas painting (ca. $1614-1620$) depicting a dramatic biblical scene.

Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas

A $1656$ oil on canvas ($10' 5" \times 9'$) also known as The Maids of Honor.