art hist

Giotto- church of the ognissanti

giotto- faux-marble allegorical grisaille scrovengni arena chapel

master of flemalle- oil on wood panel

ghent alterpiece open- jan van eyck (adoration of the mystic lamb) cathedral of st.bavo

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Ambrogio Lorenzetti

The city council of Siena commissioned________________ to fresco the city hall with scenes of good and bad government.

grisaille

In the "Book of Hours of Jeanne d'Evreaux," the figures are painted in the___________ technique.

tempera

talian painters worked in_____________, a paint made from powdered pigments, often mixed with egg yolk, water, and an occasional touch of glue.

fresco

Which technique in painting on wet plaster?

giotto

____________ was commissioned to paint the Scrovegni (Arena) Chape

to have a private chapel at the Scrovengi residence.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for building the Scrovegni (Arena ) Chapel?

He eliminates the gold folds in Mary's drapery.&The figures appear in solid, blocky form.

How does Giotto's "Virgin and Child Enthroned" (Fig. 17-6) differ from Cimabue's version of the same subject

reg

We really see Giotto begin to employ extraordinary artistic elements in the paintings of the Arena Chapel (pgs. 565 & 566). These paintings are done in horizontal registers, which help to create a narrative in the scenes and allows for the viewer to follow along with the visual story.

chiaroscuro

In order to create modeling, textured forms, Giotto uses a new technique called -------------, gradations of light and dark.

Northern European

#NAME?

15th century it

. The dual emphasis on material wealth and classical culture in Florence and elsewhere in Italy led artists to revive classical themes, such as portraiture and the nude.

15th it

They investigated the mechanics and proportion of the human body and the effects of light on matter, and they devised new techniques (such as linear perspective and oil painting) for reproducing three-dimensionality on a two-dimensional surface.

linear perspective

Notice how Ghiberti uses ---- in each scene, which was first created by his competitor Brunelleschi.

Ghiberti's

Brunelleschi's or Ghiberti's won

Massaccio

---- was one of the first artists to use linear perspective in painting (read pg. 622).

Brunelleschi

______________, originally trained as a goldsmith, designed the dome for Florence Cathedral.

linear perspective

The invention of_____________ enabled artists to convincingly represent the visible world on a flat, two-dimensional surface.

Julius II

Michelangelo made the sculpture of Moses for the tomb of______________

Plato & Aristotle

Which two figures are at the center of Raphael's "School of Athens?

FALSE

The central panel of Michaelangelo's Sistine Ceiling is empty

oil

The use of tempera gave way to __________ painting technique in the High Renaissance.

oil painting techniqu

Venetian art of the 16th century is characterized by luxury, idealized style, and ______________.

Counter-Reformation

Mannerism was the first style supported by the Catholic Church as propaganda for the _____________.

nude

Titian created one of his great paintings of a _____________ for the Duke of Urbino

Mannerism

____________ is the style marked by its self-aware elegance and grace to the points of artifice.

Dur�r

_______________ was a leading figure in the German Renaissanc

Gr�newald

________________ was fully aware of the contemporary formal achievements in Italy, as evidenced by the illusion of three-dimensiaonl space and volumetric figures in "Isenheim Altarpiece.

strife

In the Netherlands, the sixteenth century was an age of political and religious____________.

Early Baroque

----art appeared in Italy in the late 16th century, while some countries such as Germany and colonial South America did not adopt the style until as late as the 18th century.

baroque

It was the popular style during the Counter-Reformation in the 17th century.

Dutch still-life paintings.

Not solely associated with religious art, the Baroque style can also be seen in other forms such as ---------

Peter Paul Rubens

The movement never gained popularity in Holland or England, but was successful in Flanders, supported by -------------.

Baroque Baroque

#NAME?

Caravaggio and Annibale Carracci

The leading figures of the Italian Baroque style were ----and --- who departed from High Renaissance style to bring more substance to Italian paintings.

Gianlorenzo Bernin

The pinnacle of Baroque art was --------- who dominated the High Baroque Period with his energetic and virtuous paintings.

tenebrism

Caravaggio often used ______________, in which he painted forms emerging from a darkened background into a spotlight outside the painting.

Maderno

Pope Paul V commissioned ____________________ to provide St. Peter's Basilica with a longer nave and a new facade.

vanitas

Still life paintings with a moralizing ____________________ theme were very popular in the seventeenth century.

TRUE

Vermeer was more interested in an idealized conception of landscape than an accurate rendering.

TRUE

Flemish still life painting was intended to show prosperity of the artist's patrons