SURVEY II EXAM I

Proto Renaissance

Cultural movement before the Renaissance

Humanism

Emphasizing human potential through God

Black Death

Pandemic resulting in 40% death in Europe

Baptistry Doors at Pisano

-Artwork depicting john the baptist enthroned
-8 virtues at the bottom
-lifelike, not rigid, clothes flow

Virgin and Child Enthroned - Giotto di Bondone

-Stalky form
-Jesus hands in blessing gesture

Virgin and Child Enthroned - Cimbabue

-12 feet
-Prayer Panel altar piece
-Eye contact and gesture

Trompe l'oeil

Art technique that fools the eye

Usury

Sin of charging interest on a loan

Arena/Scrovegni Chapel

-Padua, Italy
-Scrovegni commissioned
-Lives of Mary's parents Joachim and Anna, Mary, Christ, Passion

The Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country

Artwork showing the impact of good vs bad governance

Vesperbild

mary mourning Jesus

Maesta Altar Piece

-virgin mary in majesty
-small scenes of mary
-back: raising of lazarus, betrayal of Jesus

Merode Altarpiece

-Gabriel's annunciation to Mary
-simone martini
- olive branch + lilies are symbols of virginity

book of hours

A prayer book for private use, containing a calendar, services for the canonical hours, and sometimes special prayers.

- jean d'evreaux
- signs of having lots of babies (fertility lol)

Well of Moses and David

-Claus Sluter
-French Monastery
-5'8", marble
-Exodus 34 explains horns
-Mass, drapery, body, bright colors

February: Life in the Country, from Tres Riches Heures

-Paul, Herman, and Jean Limbourg
-Farm, winter, social classes
-Calendar, holidays, zodiac
-Atmospheric perspective

Donatello's David

Artwork depicting David and Goliath

Double Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his ? - jan van eyck

Marriage, engagement
Dog - fidelity
No shoes - sacred ground
Light and candle - God, Christ Present
Signature above mirror, certificate mayhaps?
Gargoyle - protection
St. Margaret - childbirth

Primavera

-Artwork by Sandro Botticelli depicting Neoplatonism
-Cupid, Flora, Zephyrus, Chloris, Venus, 3 graces (Chastity, Love, Beauty), Mercury

St. Hedwig from the Hedwig Codex

Artist unknown
Married at 12, 7 children
Convent after husband died
Suffer for Christ, barefoot in snow
Carries tiny ivory statue

Mona Lisa

-Leonardo da Vinci
-Did not sign it and kept it with him at all times
Combined landscapes on each side of Lisa

Stendhal Syndrome

Psychosomatic illness when exposed to art

School of Athens

Famous fresco by Raphael depicting knowledge
4 areas of knowledge - religion, poetry, philosophy, law
Apollo and athena
Plato and aristotle, Socrates
Pythagoras, euclid
Ptolemy , raphael self portrait
Heraclitus, Michaelangelo

Pieta by Michelangelo

Sculpture depicting Mary holding Jesus in the vatican
-supple chunk of rock
-finger between folds!

Birth of Venus

Sandro Botticelli
Neoplatonism and Allegory
Venus, Flora, Zephyrus, and Chloris
OR Mary, Angels, St. John

michaleangelo's david

-david was symbol of florence (underdog)
-intended to display on top of a cathtedral
-pose of confidence
-correct human anatomy

Sistine Chapel

Michelangelo
Commissioned by Pope Julius the 2nd
Story of Genesis
God as father
Eve in the heavenly realm

Who painted "Expulsion from the garden"

Michelangelo

Flood Panel

Michelangelo
60 people
Ark represents church
Wood of tree and ark represent the cross

The Last Judgment

michaelangelo
Bartholomew's skin - Michelangelo self portrait
Charon - mythological figure
Master of ceremonies painted in hell
Clothes added later

Venus of Urbino

-Titian
-Mannerism - new style in Florence and Rome; artificial over lifelikeness. Elegant elongated limbs, tiny hands, etc.
-Intricate
-Elegance
-Erotic imagery
-Unusual colors

Madonna of the Long Neck

-Parmigianino
-odd proportions
-reference to pieta
-vase: mary's virginity
-St. jerome in the corner

sofonisba anguissola

self portrait with name and hometown on medallion

Putto/putti

- plump naked little cherubs

Prophets and sibyls

- foretold Jesus birth

Ignudi

- nude young men that link panels together

Grazia

- strength and grace, divinely inspired genius