civ midterm; renaissance (WIP)
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who painted the sistine chapel?
michelangelo
who painted the birth of venus
botticelli
who painted madonna and child with saint john the baptist
burgiardini
who painted the mona lisa
leonardo da vinci
who painted adoration of the magi
botticelli
who painted dreyfus madonna
leonardo da vinci
who painted ginevra de’ benci
leonardo da vinci
who drew the vitruvian man
leonardo da vinci
who painted the last supper
leonardo da vinci
who made la pieta
michelangelo
characteristics of renaissance art:
reflected humanism values, themes of both religion and the natural world, earthly landscapes, less halos, warm colors, proportional scale
qualities of middle ages art
children painted to look like small adults, subdued colors, heavy use of gold, religious symbolism, hieratic scale
what is a hieratic scale?
a scale used in middle ages art: the larger something is in a painting the more important it is
what is chiaroscuro
a strong contrast between light and dark to give the illusion of depth
leonardo da vinci
observed nature, used geometry, used human anatomy, was a renaissance man: designed and sketched inventions
michelangelo
renaissance man: sculptor, painter, architect, poet. famous for la pieta, david and the sistine chapel
raphael
painted madonnas, greeks and romans along with renaissance people. famous for school of athens
what are madonnas
paintings of virgin mary (and baby jesus)
who painted school of athens
raphael
who are the four major artists of the renaissance
raphael, leonardo da vinci, michelanglo, and donatello
humanism
the belief that human life should be held at equal if not a higher importance than the afterlife; enjoying your life as a human instead of living a life solely to serve god and wait for the afterlife
fatalism
living out your human life solely to serve god and make it into heaven; not enjoying your life because of the belief that heaven is when life really starts
the medici family
a family of wealthy bankers and people other high positions, commissioned a lot of art
northern renaissance
focused on the natural world and everyday life, more religious themes
italian renaissance
focused on the individual, heavily greek/roman focused
what did dante do?
translated texts from latin into italian to make them more accessible to more people
what is the vernacular
the language people speak in everyday life
what did petrarch do?
a poet and humanist scholar who discovered and used works from ancient rome in order to write an epic poem about Scipio Africanus and to write biographies on famous romans
who was Scipio Africanus
the Roman hero who defeated Hannibal in the Second Punic War
machiavelli
wrote “the prince;” a book of advice to rulers about power
what was the courtier by castiglione
a book about how to be a renaissance man and a perfect gentleman
what did it mean to be a renaissance man
to be well rounded, musically talented and educated
who were the northern renaissance artists
leonardo da vinci, michelangelo, and raphael
who were the italian renaissance artists
bruegel, durer, and jan van eyck