Art History 1st exam

Book of Hours

personalized medieval Christian prayer book that was highly decorated and meant for non-clergy. Meant to recite prayers at eight fixed intervals during the day

Buon Fresco

Water based pigments applied directly to WET lime plaster

Secco Fresco

Water based pigments applied directly to DRY plaster

Diptych

Artwork made up of two painted or carved panels

Triptych

Artwork made up of three pieces or panels

Polyptych

Artwork made up of four or more pieces or panels

Grisaille technique

Using monochromatic painting (greys or browns) to build up shadows as a form of underpainting before using transparent colors on top.

Renaissance

cultural and artistic movement that marked a “rebirth” of classical greek and roman ideas

Atmospheric Perspective

technique to create illusion of depth on flat surface in art by making distant objects appear lighter, less detailed, and lower in contrast

Intuitive Perspective

technique of depicting three dimensional depth based off of artists observation/ estimation rather than strict formulas

Linear Perspective

technique of depicting three dimensional depth based on mathematical drawing techniques

Foreshorten

Technique used to create illusion of depth by shortening the length of an object or body part

Genre Painting

Style of art that depicts scenes of everyday life

Contrapposto

figure standing with most weight on one foot creating asymmetrical balance

Trompe L’oeil

technique creating illusion of three dimensional space using perspective, light and shadow

Chiaroscuro

technique using strong contrasts between light and shadow to create three dimensional space

Sfumato

painting technique using fine shading to create soft gradual transitions between colors and tones without harsh outlines

Mannerism

transitional movement between high renaissance and baroque period. Characterized by distorted figures, complex poses and flattened space

Ukiyo-e

Genre of japanese art with woodblock prints and paintings during edo period

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Cimabue

1280

Virgin and Child Enthroned

1305-1310

Giotto

Lamentation in the Arena Chapel

1305-1306

Giotto

February Page in the Tres Riches Heures

1411-1416

Limbourg Brothers

Mérode Altarpiece

1425-1428

Robert Campin

The Unicorn in Captivity

1495-1505

Unicorn Tapestries

Ghent Altarpiece

1432

Jan and Hubert can Eyck

Double Portrait (Arnolfini Wedding)

1434

Jan van Eyck

Man in a Red Turban

1433

Jan van Eyck

Melencolia I

1514

Albrecht Durer

Self Portrait

1500

Albrecht Durer

Isenheim Altarpiece

1510-1515

Matthias Grunewald

Return of the Hunters

1565

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Garden of Earthly Delights

1505-1515

Hieronymus Bosch

Dome of Florence Cathedral (Duomo)

1417-1436

Filippo Brunelleschi

David

1446-1460

Donatello

The Delivery of the Keys to Saint Peter

1481

Perugino

Mona Lisa

1503

Leonardo da Vinci

Vitruvian Man

1490

Leonardo da Vinci

School of Athens

1510-1511

Raphael

David

1501-1504

Michelangelo

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

1508-1512

Michelangelo

Last Judgment

1536-1541

Michelangelo

Tempietto

1502-1510

Donato Bramante

Venus of Urbino

1538

Titian

Madonna of the Long Neck

1534

Parmigianino

Coatlicue “She of the Serpent Skirt”

15th to early 16th century

Coyolxauhqui Stone “Bells for Cheeks”

1469

Whirling Log Ceremony

1925

After Hosteen Klah (Dine people/ Navajo)

Bandolier

1850

Lenape People / Delaware

Wampum Belt, traditionally called William Penn's Treaty with the Delaware

1680

Lenape People/ Delaware

Panoramic View of the Diamond Mountains

1734

Jeong Seon

Glazed white porcelain “full moon” jar

18th century

Korea

Under the Wave off Kanagawa (from Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji)

1830-1832

Katsushika Hokusai

Mannen Bridge, Fukagawa (from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo)

1858

Utagawa Hiroshige