A102 Quiz 7 Study Guide: Key Terms and Artworks

Vocabulary study flashcards for A102 Quiz 7 covering key art historical terms and their corresponding artworks from Grünewald, Dürer, Carracci, Caravaggio, Gentileschi, Gaulli, and Bernini.

Polyptych

An altarpiece or work of art composed of more than three separate hinged or framed panels, exemplified by Matthias Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece, 1510-15.

Predella

The horizontal platform or base beneath the main panels of an altarpiece, often adorned with narrative painted or sculpted scenes, as seen in Matthias Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece, 1510-15.

Self-portrait

A portrait an artist produces of themselves, representing their own likeness and artistic identity, such as Albrecht Dürer, Self-Portrait, 1498.

Diptych

A two-paneled hinged or paired painting or altarpiece, exemplified by Albrecht Dürer, The Four Apostles, 1526.

Protestant Reformation

The 16th-century religious movement in Europe that challenged papal authority and Catholic doctrine, which influenced contemporary art including Albrecht Dürer's The Four Apostles, 1526.

Counter-reformation

The period of resurgence and reform launched by the Catholic Church in response to the Protestant Reformation, encouraging dramatic and emotional visual art to stimulate Catholic devotion.

Council of Trent

The 16th-century Catholic ecumenical council associated with the Counter-reformation that established directives requiring religious art to be clear, intelligible, and emotionally inspiring to foster piety.

Quadro Riportato

An Italian term meaning 'carried picture,' describing a ceiling painting designed with simulated framing to look like an easel painting placed on a ceiling, as seen in Annibale Carracci's The Loves of the Gods, Ceiling of the Farnese Gallery, 1597-1600.

Chiaroscuro

The subtle manipulation and dramatic gradation of light and dark to create the illusion of three-dimensional volume, depth, and spatial relief on a flat surface, utilized in Annibale Carracci's Pietà, 1600.

Tenebrism

An intense, theatrical painting style employing violent contrasts between deep shadows and bright, focused light, prominently featured in Caravaggio's The Calling of Saint Matthew, 1599-1600, Conversion of Saint Paul, ca. 1601, and Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes, ca. 1614–1620.

Caravaggisti

Stylistic followers of Caravaggio who embraced his dramatic naturalism, heightened emotional intensity, and tenebristic lighting, such as Artemisia Gentileschi in Judith Slaying Holofernes, ca. 1614–1620.

Sotto In Su

An Italian phrase meaning 'from below upward,' referring to an extreme illusionistic foreshortening technique in ceiling paintings that gives the viewer the perception that figures are suspended or floating directly overhead, as shown in Giovanni Battista Gaulli (aka Baciccio), Triumph of the Name of Jesus, 1676-79.

Bel Composto

The Baroque concept of a 'beautiful synthesis' or unified artistic whole that integrates architecture, sculpture, and painting into a single unified theatrical ensemble, exemplified by Bernini's Ecstasy of St. Theresa, 1645-52.