arth italian exam 2

Raphael 

School of Athens

1511 (at least 11 guys here)

Rome

Plato vs Aristotle

Circles and squares

Raphael

Loggia of Psyche 

Rome

1511 (11 go to heaven)

found in villa farnasina

Commissioned by Chigi 

Sofonisba

Self portrait painting the Madonna

Poland

1556 (56 arm on nifty stick)

Self promotion 

Wearing courtly attire and painting to show her position.

Raphael

Agnolo and Maddalena Doni

1507

Commissioned by Angolo Doni 

Sprezzatura 

Carlo Crivelli (crivelli smelly shoe)

Annunciation with St. Emidius

1482 (82 lady old shoe)

Pala (altarpiece with a single, unified surface)

conveys the sacredness of the scene where archangel Gabriel appears to the Virgin Mary.

Gentile Bellini (bellini beanie)

The Sultan Mehmed II

National Gallery, London

1480 (80 old mcully)

Imperator orbis (ruler of the world)

Gentile is brother in law of Andrea Mantegna 

Titian 

Equestrian Portrait of Charles V

1548 (48 charles lore drop: horse girl trait)

Colore

Conveys that Charles V is a military leader

Titian

Pastoral Concert

1510 (10 out of 10 performance, love the lute)

Arcadia 

Colore

Raphael

Galatea

Villa Farnesina

1513 (13 creatures, including the weird eels)

Mythological scene

Commissioned by Chigi

Giorgione (big colore guy)

Sleeping Venus

Dresden  (get dressed!)

1510 (10 out of 10 beautiful woman)

Belle donne

Colore

Giorgione (loves colore, venetian)

The Tempest

Venice

1508 (that baby 8)

Colore

Idyllic and nostalgic 

Giulio Romano (romano loves arches)

Fall of the Giants

Mantua 

1511 (at least 11 freaks)

Foreshortening 

in palazzo de la te  

Leonardo Da Vinci

St. Jerome of the Wilderness 

Vatican museum, Rome  

1483 (83 old shady turtle teen)

The shoulder and neck is darkly painted because a translucent flesh color would be placed over to balance it out.

This is an unfinished work, Leo often jumped between projects.

Raphael

Pope Julius II

1511 (at least 11 rings)

This pope commissioned Michelangelo to paint Sistine Chapel, he commissioned Raphael to paint Papal Apartments 

Rings represent wealth??? 

Pietro Perugino

Delivery of the Keys

Rome 

1482 (1482 no old lady in sight, oop)

Orthagonals

Pietro was Raphael's teacher

Michelangelo

Libyan Sybil - Sistine Chapel ceiling 

Rome

1508 (8 this guy lifts weight)

Based on his study sketches from 1510

fresco

Leonardo Da Vinci

Madonna of The Rocks 

1490 (1490 Madonna almighty)

The plants and rock formations seen are a collection of plants he had drawn in his sketchbooks.

More naturalistic, with no holos and the angels wings fade into the background

Michelangelo

Creation of Adam - Sitstine Chapel ceiling

Rome 

1508 (okay micky 8 with this one)

Human intellection 

Brain shaped figure surrounding God

Michelangelo

Bacchus

Florence

1498 (1498 old bacchus feeling righty sate)

As God of Wine, he is depicted more soft because he lives a sedentary life.

His pose is intentionally unsteady because he is drunk, the Sitar helps the statue balance.

Michelangelo

Ignudi - Sistine Chapel ceiling

Rome

1508 (8 micky d8 men)

No narrative significance, just there for aesthetics.

Idealized proportions and complex poses.

Michelangelo

Battle of The Lapiths and Centaurs

1492 (92 mighty foo fight)

Unfinished, from when Michelangelo was young 

High relief 

Michelangelo

David

Florence

1501 (1 okay micky won at sculputre)

Ingeno 

Contrappasto 

Leonardo Da Vinci

Mona Lisa

1503 (3 lisa body tea)

Smoky effect from layering thin washes of pigment called Sfumato

From the noble Ghirardini family

Giulio Romano (romano roman arches)

Palazzo del Te

Mantua

1524 (2 sets of 4 arches)

Constructed for Federico II Gonzaga

Loggia 

Titian

Philip II

1551 (51 nifty armor weighs a ton)

The State Portrait 

Conveys wealth, power, and status

Lavinia Fontana

Self portrait at the Clavichord

rome

1577 (77 ebony keys to heaven)

Conveys that she is educated 

Self promotion 

Michelangelo

Pietà

Rome

1499 (micky has 1499 problems and sculpture aint one)

Proportions are exaggerated to emulate the sense of a mother holding her baby.

The imprints of Mary’s finger on Christ's flesh is meant to make you think about Christ's flesh, but also marvel at how talented Michelangelo was.

Raphael 

Stanza della Segnatura 

Rome

1511 (11 school of athens)

holds school of athens

Commissioned by pope julius II

Raphael 

Marriage of the Virgin

milan

1504 (4 4ever sworn)

Orthagonals

Similar to Delivery of the Keys

Giulio Romano (Romano roman arches)

Sala di Psiche

mantua

1533 (33 too many freaky freaks)

found in palazzo della te

Pleasure palace 

Sebastiano del Piombo (piombo looks like a himbo)

Polyphemus

Villa Farnesina, Rome

1512 (12 can reach the top shelve)

Commissioned by Chigi 

Depicts a cyclops 

Michelangelo

Flood - Sistine Chapel ceiling

Rome

1508 (8 they h8 the water)

Areas are peeling off from issues with the fresco

First scene painted, before Michelangelo took a hiatus 

Sofonisba Anguissola

Asdruabale Bitten by a Crawfish

Naples

1554 (54 nifty 4 the crawfish)

Michelangelo said this was impressive because of the duality of expressions.

Self promotion (sent to Michelangelo)

Raphael

Alba Madonna

1510 (10 mother hen)

Idealized beauty 

Dolecezza 

Leonardo Da Vinci

Last Supper

Milan

1498 (8 last time old mighty jesus 8)

Orthogonal lines

chiaroscuro

Titian

Bacchus and Ariadne 

National Gallery, London

1522 (22 bacchus goonygoon)

Laocoon

Crowd of people function as an arrow pointing at Ariadne 

Titian

Venus of Urbino

Uffzi Gallery, florence

1538 (38 flirty date)

Belle donne 

Orthagonals

Baldassare Peruzzi (paruzzi fancy jacuzi)

Villa Farnesina

Rome

1505 (5 front arches)

Built for Agostino Chigi

loggia