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Chapter 19
Italy 1200 to 1400
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/06/2012

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When was Nicola Pisano active?
Definition
1258-1278
Term
What did Nicola Pisano specialize in?
Definition
Marble reliefs and edorments for pulpits. (Sculptor)
Term
[image]
Definition

Nicola Pisano, pulpit of the baptistery, Pisa, Italy, 1259–1260.

Marble, 15 high.

Term
What are some medival influences?
Definition
Trefoil arches and supporting lions. (as seen in Nicola Pisano, pulpit of the baptistery)
Term
[image]
Definition

Nicola Pisano, Annunciation, Nativity, and Adoration of the

Shepherds, relief panel on the baptistery pulpit, Pisa, Italy, 1259–1260.

Marble

Term
When was Giovanni Pisano active?
Definition
1250-1320
Term
Who is the son of Nicola Pisano?
Definition
Giovanni Pisano.
Term
[image]
Definition

Giovanni Pisano, Annunciation, Nativity, and Adoration of

the Shepherds, relief panel on the pulpit of Sant’Andrea, Pistoia, Italy,

1297–1301.Marble,

Term
What was the difference between Nicola Pisano and Giovanni Pisano relief carvings?
Definition

Nicola Pisano was mainly classical. (romanisque)

Giovanni Pisano was French gothic.

Term
What were the three contributing influence for 14th century Italian art?
Definition
Classical (roman), Gothic, and Byzantine.
Term
[image]
Definition

Bonaventura Berlinghieri,

panel from the Saint Francis Altarpiece,

San Francesco, Pescia, Italy, 1235. Tempera

on wood.

Term
What was the name of the Italo-Byzantine style?
Definition
Maniera Greca.
Term
When was Bonaventura Berlinghieri active?
Definition
1235-1244
Term
What is a stigmata?
Definition
The reflection of Christ's wounds.
Term
What are some indicators of the Byzantine style?
Definition
Lack of modeling and use of gold leaf.
Term
What was one of Bonaventura Berlinghieri's influences?
Definition
Byzantine illuminated manuscripts.
Term
Bonaventura Berlinghieri's Saint Francis Altarpiece is the earliest known what?
Definition
Earliest known signed and dated representation of the saint.
Term
[image]
Definition
Nave of Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, ca. 1246–1470.
Term
Who was one of the first artists to break away from the Italo-Byzantine style?
Definition
Cimabue.
Term
When was Cimabue active?
Definition
1240-1302
Term
What defines Cimabue's work?
Definition
Gothic sculpture influence with naturalism.
Term
[image]
Definition

Cimabue,Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets, from

Santa Trinità, Florence, Italy, ca. 1280–1290. Tempera and gold leaf on

wood.

Term
Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets by Cimabue reveals what new kind of style?
Definition
While still using Byzantine models and gold leaf, Cimabue adds a new level of depth.
Term
The word renaissance essentially means.
Definition
A rebirth of art and culture through the 14th to 16th centuries.
Term
What was the fundamental to the development of the Italian Renaissance?
Definition
Humanism.
Term
What was humanism?
Definition

Concern for human values and interests as distinct from—but not

opposed to—religion’s otherworldly values. Pointed to classical cultures as praise-worthy.

Term
When was Giotto di Bondone active?
Definition
1266-1337
Term
What city was Giotto di Bondone from?
Definition
Florence.
Term
Who was considered as one of the first renaissance painters?
Definition
Giotto di Bondone.
Term
Who was Giotto di Bondone's teacher?
Definition
Cimabue.
Term
What influence Giotto di Bondone more than anything else?
Definition
Nature.
Term
[image]
Definition

Giotto di Bondone,Madonna Enthroned, from the Church

of Ognissanti, Florence, Italy, ca. 1310. Tempera and gold leaf on wood.

Term
What is Fresco Italian for?
Definition
Fresh.
Term
What is buon fresco?
Definition
"True" fresco, or wet fresco.
Term
Fresco secco is what?
Definition
Dry fresco.
Term
What is the name of a burnt-orange pigment common to frescos?
Definition
Sinopia.
Term
What does Giotto di Bondone's Madonna Enthroned mark?
Definition
It marks the end of medieval art and the beginning of a new naturalistic period in Italy.
Term
[image]
Definition
Giotto di Bondone, Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy, 1305–1306.
Term
What showcases Giotto di Bondone's art at its finest?
Definition
His fresco paintings in the Arena Chapel.
Term
[image]
Definition

Giotto di Bondone, Lamentation, Arena Chapel (Cappella Scrovegni), Padua,

Italy, ca. 1305. Fresco.

Term
What was one of the first artworks to utilize forshortening and showing the backs of figures?
Definition
Lamentation by Giotto di Bondone.
Term
Lamentation by Giotto di Bondone. has a level of what not commonly seen before it?
Definition
Emotional impact to the viewer.
Term
Who took the first steps toward chiaroscuro and with what artwork?
Definition
Giotto di Bondone with his Lamentation.
Term
When was Duccio di Buoninsega active?
Definition
1278-1318
Term
Where was Duccio di Buoninsegna from?
Definition
Siena.
Term
What was Duccio di Buoninsegna's most famous artwork?
Definition
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, principal panel of the Maestà altarpiece,
Term
What is a guild?
Definition

Associations

of master craftspeople, apprentices, and tradespeople.

Term
[image]
Definition

Duccio di Buoninsegna, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, principal panel of the Maestà altarpiece, from Siena Cathedral, Siena,

Italy, 1308–1311. Tempera and gold leaf on wood.

Term
The faces of Duccio di Buoninsegna are
Definition
Individualized.
Term
[image]
Definition

Duccio di

Buoninsegna, Betrayal of

Jesus, detail from the back of

the Maestà altarpiece, from

Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy,

1309–1311. Tempera and gold

leaf on wood.

Term
[image]
Definition

Lorenzo Maitani, west facade of Orvieto Cathedral, Orvieto,

Italy, begun 1310.

Term
What gothic elements are evident in the Orvieto Cathedral?
Definition
Pointed gables, rose windows, and pinnacles.
Term
[image]
Definition

Simone Martini and

Lippo Memmi(?), Annunciation

altarpiece, from Siena

Cathedral, Siena, Italy, 1333

(frame reconstructed in the

19th century). Tempera and

gold leaf on wood, center panel

Term
Who was Simone Martini's teacher?
Definition
Duccio di Buoninsegna.
Term
When was Simone Martini active?
Definition
1285-1344.
Term
Who was the student of Simone Martini?
Definition
Lippo Memmi.
Term
When was Lippo Memmi active?
Definition
1317-1350.
Term
Who was the teacher of Pietro Lorenzetti?
Definition
Duccio di Buoninsegna.
Term
When was Pietro Lorenzetti active?
Definition
1320-1348.
Term
What did Pietro Lorrenzetti achieve with his Birth of the Virgin?
Definition
Spatial illusionism.
Term
[image]
Definition

Pietro Lorenzetti, Birth of the Virgin,

from the altar of Saint Savinus, Siena Cathedral, Siena,

Italy, 1342. Tempera on wood.

Term
[image]
Definition

Aerial view of the Campo with the Palazzo

Pubblico, Siena, Italy, 1288–1309.

Term
What is a campanile?
Definition
A bell tower.
Term
[image]
Definition

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Peaceful City, detail from Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country, Sala della Pace, Palazzo

Pubblico, Siena, Italy, 1338–1339. Fresco.

Term
When was Ambrogio Lorenzetti active?
Definition
1319-1348.
Term
What were the three frescos Ambrogio Lorenzetti created for the Sala della Pace (Hall of Peace)?
Definition

Allegory of Good Government, Bad Government

and the Effects of Bad Government in the City, and Effects of Good

Government in the City and in the Country.

Term
[image]
Definition

Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Peaceful Country, detail from Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country, Sala della Pace, Palazzo

Pubblico, Siena, Italy, 1338–1339. Fresco.

Term
What was one of the first artworks to showcase a landscape in Western art?
Definition
Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Peaceful Country.
Term
What year did the Lorenzetti brothers disappear and why?
Definition
1348, because of the Black Death.
Term
When was Arnolfo di Cambio active?
Definition
1245-1302.
Term
[image]
Definition

Arnolfo di Cambio

and others, Florence Cathedral

(aerial view looking northeast),

Florence, Italy, begun 1296.

Term

When was Francesco

Traini active?

Definition
1321-1363.
Term
When was Buonamico Buffalmacco active?
Definition
1320-1336.
Term
[image]
Definition
Francesco Traini or Buonamico Buffalmacco, two details of Triumph of Death, 1330s. Full fresco, Camposanto, Pisa.
Term
[image]
Definition

Doge’s Palace,Venice, Italy, begun ca. 1340–1345; expanded and remodeled, 1424–1438.

Term
[image]
Definition
Milan Cathedral,Milan, Italy, begun 1386.
Term
What make up the Doge's Palace?
Definition
Ogee arches(Double curving lines), and quatrefoils (clover-shaped)
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