art history 4th test medievel(gothic)-Renaissance

Pisa Cathedral

Romanesque

Leaning tower of Pisa is included

Norte dame of Paris

Gothic

Has a big rose window

Abbot Suger and st. Denis

Abbot Suger invented Gothic architecture. He rebuilds burnt building. St. Denis is the 1st building that has characteristics of gothic architecture

Differences between gothic+ Romanesque cathedrals

Gothic- pointed arches, Romanesque- rounded arches

Gothic- elaborate exteriors, Romanesque- plain exterior

Gothic- thin walls, Romanesque- very thick walls

Gothic- many windows, Romanesque- lack of windows

Gothic- flying buttress, Romanesque- engaged buttress

Gothic- ribbed vaulting, Romanesque- complex vaulting

Nave/apse/transept

The nave is the main central aisle of the church. The apse is the hemispherical end of the nave. The transept is the aisle that crosses the nave at right angles

Chartres cathedral

Gothic

Part Romanesque

Salisbury cathedral

Gothic

English

Florence cathedral

Gothic

Italian

Milan cathedral

Gothic

Many statues

Cadoro

Gothic

“House of gold”

Facade

The (false) front exterior wall of a cathedral that is not load bearing. In gothic cathedrals this wall is covered with sculptural elements

Portals/Jamb/Tympanum

Portals are the doors of cathedrals that come in sets of 3. Jambs are the spaces between the doors, usually sculpted. The tympanum is the semi-circular area above the doors also filled with sculpture

Church furniture

Any sculpted, functional element in a cathedral that is

Ex: Moses well

Moses Well

Sluter

20ft Tall

Gisants

Gothic

Sculpture of a dead person on their tomb

Ekkehara and Uta

Gothic

Cold outside

Book of hours

Limbourg brothers

Hand painted

Oil paint

Pigment mixed with inseed oil. Colors were bright, the paint dried slowly allowing the artist to work and blend colors. Oil paintings were flexible after drying allowing for canvases to be rolled and transported

The merode altarpiece

Campin-northern EU

Priest added on

Descent from the cross

Weyden-Northern EU

John is Jesus’ brother

Portinari altarpiece

VanDerGoes

Bad proportions

Garden of Delights

Bosch-Northern EU

in Spain

The cure of Folly

Bosch-Northern EU

Tabletop

Madonna and chancellor rolin

Van eyck-northern EU

very detailed

Ghent Altarpiece

Van Eyck- Northern EU

His brother made the frame

Arnolfini wedding portrait

Van eyck- Northern EU

Mistitled

Temptation of St Anthony

Schongauer

Print

Isenheim altarpiece

Grunewald-Northern EU

Many paintings in one

Resurrection

Grunewald-Northern EU

Most epic resurrection image

Self Portrait

Durer

Hair is not natural

Printmaking

A method for artists to make copies from a single original. During the Renaissance there were two popular methods: woodcut + engraving

Ex: melencolia

Four horsemen of the apocalypse

Durer-northern EU

Horses have diff colors

Knight death and the devil

Durer-northern EU

Symbolism ex: faith

Melencolia

Durer-Northern EU

sweet sadness

Judgement of Paris

Cranach

Hat may represent winner

Judith and holofernes

Cranach

Woman is heroic

Erasmus

Holbein

Wrote a book

Sir Thomas more

Holbein

Head cut off

Henry VIII

Holbein

Went in a coma

The ambassadors

Holbein

French

The meat stall

Aertsen

Mary and Joseph in background

Hunters in the snow

Bruegel

January- February

Genre

Scenes from everyday life/ everyday people doing everyday things

Ex: hunters in the snow

Atmospheric perspective

An artists tool to create the illusion of a 3D space on a 2D plane outside. Where things father away appear to be

-smaller -higher up -bluer -less detailed