Quiz 1 - Art History

Mosaic from the Church of Hagios Demetrios in Thessa Ioniki, late 7th or early 8th century

Cimabue, Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, c. 1260-1280

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Madonna and Child Enthroned, commissioned 1285

Duccio, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, 1308-1311

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Betrayal of Jesus (Back of the Maesta Altarpiece), 1308-1311

Giotto di Bondone, Madonna Enthroned, c..1310

Giotto di Bondone, Interior of the Arena Chapel, Scene of Last Judgment, 1305-1306

Giotto di Bondone, Arena Chapel,The Lamentation, c.1305

Giotto di Bondone, Arena Chapel, The Kiss of Judas/The Betrayal of Jesus c. 1305

Filippo Brunelleschi, Sacrifice of Isaac, competition panel, 1401-140

Lorenzo Ghiberti, Sacrifice of Isaac, competition panel, 1401-1402

Epigonos, Gallic Chieftain Committing Suicide, c. 230-220 BCE, Greek Hellenistic

Ghiberti East Doors of Baptistry

Nanni di Banco, Four Crowned Saints, c. 1410-1414

Donatello, Saint Mark at Or San Michele, c. 1411-1413

Polykleitos ,Doryphoros (copy), c. 450-440 BCE

Contrapposto

the disposition of the human figure in which one part isturned in opposition to another part (usually hips and legs one way, andshoulders and chest another), creating a counter-positioning of the bodyaround its central axis. It is sometimes called a "weight shift" because theweight of the body tends to be thrown to one foot, creating tension on oneside and relaxation on the other.

Donatello, David, c. 1440-1460

Andrea del Verrocchio, David, c. 1465-1470

Donatello, Gattamelata, c. 1445-1453, Italian Renaissance

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, c. 175 CE, Roman

Andrea del Verrocchio, Bartolommeo Colleoni, c. 1481-1495, Italian Renaissance

Simone Martini, The Annunciation, 1333, Italian Protorenaissance

Jean Pucelle, Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux(Annunciation, right), c. 1325-1328, French Gothic

Old timey book art

Gentile da Fabriano, Adoration of the Magi, 1423, Italian Renaissance

Linear Perspective

developed by FilipoBrunellschi; a method ofpresenting an illusion ofthree dimensions on a two-dimensional surface. Inlinear perspective, all parallellines or surface edgesconverge on 1, 2, or 3vanishing points located onthe chosen horizon line in apicture. Objects further fromthe viewer are intended tosee smaller

Paolo Uccello, Battle of San Romano, c. 1435-1440

Fra Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with Angels,c. 1460-1465, Italian Renaissance

Sandro Botticelli, Primavera (Spring), c. 1482

The Three Graces, Greek and Roman original 2nd Century

Brunelleschi, Pazzi Chapel, begun 1433

Brunelleschi, Pazzi Chapel (interior), begun 1433

Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, begun 1445

Leon Battista Alberti and Bernardo Rossellino, Palazzo Rucellai, c. 1452-1470

Perugino, Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to St. Peter, 1481-1483

Fresco

paintingon plastersometimes dryplaster or wetplaster, butusually wetplaster duringthis time, wherepigments aremixed with waterto becomechemically boundto the freshly laidplaster

Andrea Mantegna, Ceiling of the Camera Picta, 1465-1474

trompe l'oeil

which is French for "deceives the eye"

Andrea Mantegna, Lamentation, c. 1500

Limbourg Brothers, January (L) and February (R) from Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 1413-1416

Snowy scenes, one in palace, one outside.

Jan van Eyck, Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?), 1433

Hubert van Eyck and Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Lamb, c. 1423-1432 - closed

Hubert van Eyck and Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Lamb, c. 1423-1432 - open

Jan van Eyck, Madonna in the Church, c. 1430-1440

Robert Campin (Master of Flémalle), Mérode Troptych, c. 1425-1428

Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition, c. 1435-1442