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Art History 2
Renaissance works
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02/26/2018

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Cimabue, Florence c.1280

hierarchic scale

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Martini, Annunciation

Sienna Cathedral, 1333

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Jan Van Eyck, Double Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife

Northern Renaissance, 1434

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Brunelleschi, Florence Cathedral Dome

1420-1436

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Ghiberti, Jacob and Esau

Florence, 1435

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Botticelli, Birth of Venus

Florence 1484-86

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Divinci, The Last Supper

Milan, 1495-1498

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Raphael, The School of Athens

Rome, 1525-1528

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Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam

Rome, 1536-41

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Titan, Pastoral Concert

1510

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Pontormo, Deposition

1525-28, Florence

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Palladio, Villa Rotunda

Vicenza, 1560

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Durer, Four Apostles

Nuremberg, 1526

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El Greco, Burial of Court Orgaz

1586, Toledo

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Velazquez, Les Meninas

Madrid, 1656

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Proto-Renaissance
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1300-1400
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Early Renaissance
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1400-1500
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High Renaissance
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1500-1525
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Late Renaissance
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1525-1700
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City State
Definition
A city that with surrounding territory forms a state
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Secco Fresco
Definition
The technique of painting on dry plaster with pigments mixed in water
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Buon Fresco or true Fresco
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where pigments are mixed with water and painted on wet plaster
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giornata
Definition
how much can be done in a days work
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grisaille
Definition
a method of painting in monotone to imitate sculpture
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The International Style
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The Gothic style that lasted from the 1400s-1500s transitioning into the renaissance
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Pieta
Definition
A composition that consists of Mary holding the deceased Jesus
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Loggie
Definition
A gallery or room with one or more open sides
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book of hours
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a book of prayers to be said at specific hours of the day
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engraving
Definition
Incision of a design into a metal surface
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intuitive perspective
Definition
objects are placed on a plane but the linear elements don't converge at one point
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atmospheric persepctive
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the illusion of creating depth to a work by modulating color
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diptych/triptych/polyptych/predella
Definition
a painting or altarpieceon two or more wood panels
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picture plane
Definition
the imaginary plane corresponding to the viewers line of sight in a picture
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donor/ votiv portrait
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A portrait often times displaying the person who commissioned the artist and their family
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iconography
Definition
visual images and symbols used in a work of art
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tempera/ egg tempera
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a permanent and fast drying paint that is pigments mixed with material such as yolk
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humanism
Definition
the emphasis on humans and day to day life emerging in renaissance work
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rusticated
Definition

a style of masonry developed in Greece but further perfected during the renaissance

 

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guild
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an organization of people sharing one main similar interest
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trompe l'oeil
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a term used to express a very realistic representation in art
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putti
Definition
representations of cherub children in paintings
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allegory
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stories or poems that have hidden meanings often moral ones.
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palazzo
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a style of architecture that references the palaces built by the palazzi family
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chiaroscuro
Definition
treatment of light and shade when drawing
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vitruvious
Definition
How Da Vinci depicted the ideal proportions of a man
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sfumato
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letting forms, colors, and shades fade into each other
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poesie
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a poetic work
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giorgio vasari
Definition
a historian, painter, writer, and architect, his writings shape the ideologies behind art history today
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the council of trent
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headed the counter-reformation of the church, created new rules for religious art, including that its primary function is to be used to educate people on the church.
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glazes
Definition
thin transparent or semi-transparent layers that can be put over paint to change it's appearance
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mannerism
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a style that emerged in the late renaissance
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protestant reformation
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harsh criticism of the Catholic church lead to many breakaway protestant groups
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genre painting
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a very broad term for paintings that depict every day life
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iconoclasm
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the rejection or destruction of religious imagery
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momento mori
Definition
imagery included in paintings to remind viewers of the death that looms over them
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tenebrism/tenebroso
Definition
dramatic illumination that is used to emphasize certain parts of paintings
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baldacchino
Definition
a ceremonial canopy of stone, metal or fabric
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vanitas
Definition
basically a momento mori
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