Module 3: 15th Cent. Italian Art (Quattrocento)
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Filippo Brunelleschi
Who built the Duomo in Florence (1420-36) and is said to have invented perspective in the Renaissance?
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Lorenzo Ghiberti
Who won the competition for the East Baptistery Doors in 1401-1402?
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Nanni di Banco
Who sculpted the “Four Crowned Saints” in 1408-1414?
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Lenzi family
What family commissioned Masaccio to paint the “Holy Trinity” fresco in 1428?
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Donatello
Who cast the bronze “David” dated to 1420s-50s patronized by the Medici?
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Duomo (Florence Cathedral)
What is the name of this building?
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Opera del Duomo
Who was the patron of this building?
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1420-1436
When was the Florence Cathedral constructed?
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Arte de la Calimala
Wool merchant's guild that has panel competition for East doors later moved to North of baptistery
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Giangaleazzo Visconti of Milan
surrounded Florence with his troops in 1401 and died mysteriously in 1402
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Pietro & Felice Brancacci
Who paid for the Brancacci Chapel?
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Humanism
In the Renaissance, an emphasis on education and on expanding knowledge (especially of classical antiquity) the exploration of individual potential and a desire to excel, and a commitment to civic responsibility and moral duty.
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Linear Perspective
a method of presenting an illusion of the 3D world on a 2D surface. All parallel lines or surface edges converge on one, two or three vanishing points.
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Niche
An ornamental recess in a wall or the like, usually semicircular in plan and arched, as for a statue or other decorative object.
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Predalla
The narrow ledge on which an altarpiece rests on an altar
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Quatrefoil
A shape or plan in which the parts assume the form of a cloverleaf
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Renaissance
French for “rebirth”, the history, culture, and art of 14th-16th century West Europe during which artists consciously revived the classical style
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Schiacciato
Squashed relief, very low relief practiced by Donatello
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Masaccio
Who painted the Holy Trinity in 1428?
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Memento-more
A reminder of death; bottom portion of Holy Trinity
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Lorenzo Ghiberti
Who was the creator of the Gates of Paradise?
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The sacrifice of Isaac
What was the subject of the panel competition?
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Spinario
What classical work does Brunelleschi reference in his panel rendition of the sacrifice of Isaac?
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Donatello’s David
What was the first full sized free standing nude figure since antiquity?
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Pierro de Medici
Who is thought to be the patron of Donatello’s David?
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Late 1420s-late 1450s
When did Donatello create the bronze sculpture of David?
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Bargello Museum in Florence
Where is the bronze statue of David located?
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Granary, meeting place for guilds
What were the difference purposes of the Or San Michele?
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Orcanga
Who created the image of the Madonna in Or San Michele that was believe to have miraculous powers?
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Gates of Paradise
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Four Crowned Saints
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Holy Trinity
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Santa Maria Novella
In what church is the Holy Trinity painting located?
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Boticelli
Who painted the Birth of Venus?
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1484-1486
When was the Birth of Venus painted?
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Galleria degli Uffizi
Where is the Birth of Venus located?
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1425-1452
When were the Gates of Paradise created?
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1408-1414
When did Nanni di Banco sculpt Four Crowned Saints?
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1428
When Did Massacio paint the Holy Trinity?