13/14th Century Italian Art Vocab

0.0(0)
studied byStudied by 0 people
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
Card Sorting

1/11

encourage image

There's no tags or description

Looks like no tags are added yet.

Study Analytics
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced

No study sessions yet.

12 Terms

1
New cards

Fresco

Italian word for “fresh.” Technique of painting on plaster with pigments grounding water so that the paint is absorbed by the plaster and becomes part of the wall itself

2
New cards

Tempera

a pigment mixed with egg yolks

3
New cards

Byzantine

a type of artwork produced during the Middle Ages in the Byzantine Empire. No facial expressions because they did not want to portray religious figures as “human-like”

4
New cards

Mendicant

a group that supported themselves with collecting. They were dedicated to the ascetic way of life

5
New cards

Franciscans

a group of related mendicant religious orders of the Catholic Church. Founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi. Frairs

6
New cards

Altarpiece

a painted or carved work of art placed behind and above the altar of a Christian Church

7
New cards

Allegory

a representation in which figures or events stand for ideas beyond themselves as symbols or metaphors, to create a moral or message for the viewer

8
New cards

Proto

an era of change in the style of art when art begins to foreshadow the characteristics of the Renaissance in terms of naturalism, realism, and humanism

9
New cards

Naturalism

a style of art that aims to depict the natural world as it appears

10
New cards

Sienese Style

figures are thinner, more elongated, decorative, and courtly. Lots of gold and rich decorative colors. Drapery carves artistically in fluttering. Marble patterns on thrones/pavement. Reflected more gothic styles because influenced by Pope/Europe

11
New cards

Florentine Style

Artists prefer fresco and tempera techniques that helped them to shade figures in a realistic way. was more realistic than Byzantine, figures weren’t floating. Expressive faces, meaningful gesturres, clear emotions. Played more with composition. Moved focus away from center of piece

12
New cards

City States

a city that with its surrounding territory forms and independent state