Late Ren Exam One

What are distinct things about the Adoration of the Magi

It is a cartoon (preliminary sketch) 

Triangular composition 

Sfumato

What does Sfumato mean?

A technique of softening edges and blending colors to create a smoky effect in painting.

How did Leonardo make things appear naturalistic

by using techniques like sfumato, chiaroscuro, and careful observation of light and shadow. All while studying cadavers and using triangular composition

What are distinct things about the Last supper

Judas is on the same side of Christ

Uses Beuno Fresco

Judas isn’t represented as demonic

Everyone is grouped in threes except Jesus

Who commissioned the Last Supper

The Sporsa family

What are two distinct things that stands out in the Madonna and Child Meadow

The blue cloth is unfinished

Uses Atmosphric Perspective

When was the Madonna and the Child Meadow created

1505-1506

What are distinct things about the Mona Lisa

Looks at the viewer

Isn’t highly decorated

Was stolen

When was the Mona Lisa created

1503

Who did Michelangelo stay with

The Medici family

What was Michelangelo’s first big commission

Bacchus

Did the commissioner like Bacchus?

No

What is the message behind Bacchus

A warning against the sin of drunkenness

What is the significance of Pieta

This is the only artwork with Michekanglos’s signature

How does Michelangelo depict the suggestion of life in Jesus

He is grasping at the cloth and Jesus foot shows muscles pressing against the ground suggest a attempt to move

What is a criticism of Pieta

Mary looked too young

What was a important incident regarding the statue of Pieta

A visitor took a sledge hammer and smashed and people took pieces of it

Who commisions Michelangelo to Florence for the statue of David

The Republic of Florance

Where was the statue of David supposed to go

Originally on top of the cathedral

Where does the statue of david end up

In front of the Cathedral

What is the message of the Statue of David

Symbolizes the Power of the Republic and looks strategically to the south towards Rome

What stands out on the statue of David

Oversized hands

When was the statue of David created

1504

Who is the artist of the battle of Cassina

Michelangelo

Who’s the artist of Battle of Anghiari

Leonardo

What does the Battle of Anghari depict

The moment of surprise and ambush

Who’s the artist of the Marriage of the Virgin

Raphael

How does Rapheal’s art differentiate from Michelangelo and Leonardo’s

Very bright and clear forms