ART 431 (ADAMS CSUF) - FINAL EXAM REVIEW

Terribilitá - which artwork best represents this?

a quality ascribed to his art that provokes terror, awe, or a sense of the sublime in the viewer, TERRIBLENESS, HIGH SENSE OF INTELLIGENCE AND GENIUS WITH A POWERFUL TEMPER * MOSES - TOMB OF JULIUS II *

The Evolution of Saint Peter's - which High Renaissance architects work on this project? Who commissioned its construction? How were funds raised to pay for construction?

Bramante and Michelangelo, Pope Julius II, sale of indulgences

Martin Luther - why did Luther act against the Catholic church?

drew up 95 theses condemning the Catholic Church for its corrupt practice of selling indulgences (forgiveness of sins)

Reformation, Counter-Reformation - what is it? How did it impact the art of the time?

While the Protestants largely removed public art from religion and moved towards a more "secular" style of art, embracing the concept of glorifying God through depictions of nature, the Counter-Reformation Catholic Church promoted art with "sacred" or religious content.

The Sack of Rome and what year?

410 AD (AUGUST), An army of more than 20,000 soldiers invaded Rome—the Eternal City—and violently looted and pillaged it for over a month.

Artistic rivalries

Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian

Artistic Patronage in Rome - why did Rome become the most important city for patronage? who became the first and most important art patron?

Rome: most powerful center of patronage in Italy, Julius sets this up; Lorenzo di Medici

What was the artistic goals of Julius II?

served political, spiritual and aesthetic purposes, modeled his patronage practices on those of his uncle Pope Sixtus IV and began amassing large personal and public art collections and commissioning numerous civic and religious buildings

What made Venice a prosperous city?

Venice grew in both wealth and power due to its ability to control trade between Europe and the Middle East

What influenced Venetian art?

strongly influenced by the Byzantine use of bright colors and gold in church mosaics

Venice in the Sixteenth Century pg. 357-358, 362-363 and pg. 370

(how does it differ from Florentine artists?)

Oil painting characteristics

Line v. color

Venetian artist's rendition of human body