Art History Review

Flashcards about the Renaissance, Protestant Reformation, Baroque, Rococo, and Impressionism periods discussed in the lecture notes.

Linear Perspective

A technique that creates the illusion of depth and space in art using a horizon line and vanishing points.

Filippo Brunelleschi

A Renaissance architect and engineer who developed linear perspective and designed the dome of Florence Cathedral.

Donatello

An early Renaissance sculptor known for lifelike, expressive statues; famous for David, the first freestanding nude since ancient times.

The Birth of Venus

A mythological painting showing Venus rising from the sea.

High Renaissance

A period (late 1400s–early 1500s) known for balanced, idealized art. Main artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael.

Michelangelo

A master artist and sculptor of the High Renaissance. Famous works: David, Pietà, and the Sistine Chapel ceiling.

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)

A painter known for clarity, harmony, and beauty; famous for The School of Athens and many Madonna paintings.

Mannerism

A style after the High Renaissance with elongated forms, unusual poses, and intense emotion; example: Madonna with the Long Neck by Parmigianino.

Protestant Reformation

A 16th-century movement challenging the Catholic Church’s authority and practices, started by Martin Luther, led to the creation of Protestant churches.

Lucas Cranach the Elder and Albrecht Dürer

Artists from the Protestant Reformation.

Baroque Art

A dramatic, emotional style of art from the 1600s with strong contrasts of light and shadow.

Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel

Composers from the Baroque period.

Rococo Period

A light, decorative style in 1700s France focused on romance, leisure, and beauty; Example: The Swing by Fragonard shows a playful, carefree scene.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, François Boucher, Antoine Watteau

Rococo painters.

Impressionism

A 19th-century art style using quick brushstrokes and light to capture moments.

Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Impressionism artists.

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Brandenburg Concertos.

Bach

Messiah, Water Music.

Handel