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Art History Test 1
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33
Art History
Undergraduate 3
01/26/2011

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[image]
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Artist: Nicola Pisano           

Title: Annunciation, Nativity and Adoration of the  Shepherds

Location: baptistery pulpit, Pisa

Time: 1200s

 

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[image]
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Artist: Berlinghieri

Title: Saint Francis Altarpiece

Time: 1200s

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[image]
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Artist: Giotto

Title: Lamentation

Place: Arena Chapel, Padua

Time: 1300

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[image]
Definition

Artist: Simone Martini

Title: Annunciation

Time: 1300s

Term
[image]
Definition

Artist: Pietro Lorenzetti

Title: Birth of the Virgin

Time: 1300s

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Artist: Ambrogio Lorenzetti 

Title: Peaceful City, from Effects of Good Government

Medium: fresco

Plave: Siena

Time: 1300s

 

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iconography
Definition
the identification, description and interpretation of the content of an image - what the art is about
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style
Definition
the visual characteristics of a work of art - how it looks
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medium
Definition
the material or materials from which the artwork is made (plural media)
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technique
Definition
how the art is made
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classical
Definition
a style of calm, balanced art with idealized figures based on the ideas and art of ancient Greece.
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fresco
Definition
painting on plaster wall (for true fresco the plaster is wet)
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naturalism
Definition
the attempt to reproduce the visible world as closely as possible
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relief sculpture
Definition
sculpture made so all or part of it projects from a flat surface
(This differs from sculpture in the round which does not require a decision as to what side or sides of the object being sculpted to display.)
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tempera
Definition
paint that mixes the pigment with a binder of egg yolk
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triptych
Definition
an artwork done on 3 panels, the outer panels often hinged so they close like doors
(a many-paneled artwork is called a polyptych)
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[image]
Definition
Artist: Jan van Eyck
Title: Arnolfini Double Portrait
Time: 1400s
Term
[image]
Definition
Artist: Claus Sluter
Title: Well of Moses
Time: 1400s
Term
[image]
Definition
Artist: Robert Campin
Title: Mérode Triptych
Time: 1400s
Term
[image]
Definition
Artist: Van der Weyden
Title: Deposition
Time: 1400s
Term
[image]
Definition
Artist: Hugo Van der Goes
Title: Portinari Altarpiece
Time: 1400s
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[image]
Definition
Artist: Martin Schongauer
Title: Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons
Time: 1400s
Term
engraving
Definition
using a sharp pointed tool to cut a design into metal. This technique used both to decorate the metal and to make prints.
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illumination
Definition
painting in a hand-written book or scroll.
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print
Definition
artwork made by transferring ink to paper – usually done many times from same design.
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[image]
Definition
Artist: Donatello
Title: Saint Mark
Time: 1400s
Term
[image]
Definition
Artist: Donatello
Title: Feast of Herod
Time: 1400s
Term
[image]
Definition
Artist: Donatello
Title: David
Time: 1400s
Term
[image]
Definition
Artist: Masaccio
Title: Tribute Money
Place: Brancacci Chapel, Florence
Time: 1400s
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[image]
Definition
Artist: Masaccio
Title: Holy Trinity
Place: Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Time: 1400s
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[image]
Definition
Artist: Botticelli
Title: Birth of Venus
Time: 1400s
Term
[image]
Definition
Artist: Alberti
Title: Santa Maria Novella
Place: Florence
Time: 1400s
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[image]
Definition
Artist: Perugino
Title: Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to Saint Peter
Place: Sistine Chapel, Vatican
Time: 1400s
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