15th-17th Century Art

Question 1

3 Pieces of Key Renaissance Art

Answer 1

1450 - 1500’s
Piero della Francesca’s “Portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino” (humanism, individualism, secularism)

Raphael’s “School of Athens” (humanism (Greco roman art + knowledge), individualism, secularism)

Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam” (Renaissance (nudity), humanism

Question 2

Mannerist Art

Answer 2

1520’s
Parmigianino’s “Madonna of the Long Neck”

“stylish style,” bravado, disproportionate - individualism

Question 3

4 pieces of Baroque Art

Answer 3

1600’s -1700’s influenced by Catholic Reformation and absolute monarchy
Caravaggio’s “The Incredulity of St. Thomas”

Gentileschi’s “Judith Slaying Holofornes”

Remembrandt’s “Night Watch” - change in mid 17th century

Charles le Brun’s “Chancellor Seguir” - monarch

Question 4

3 pieces of Northern Renaissance Art

Answer 4

1500-1615 detailed, less classical, Christian humanism, daily life
Breugal’s “The Landscape of the Fall of Icarus”

Holbein’s “Portrait of Henry 8th” - Anglican and “The Ambassadors” - discord between science and religion

Question 5

2 pieces of Neoclassic art

Answer 5

1770-1830 French Revolution, civic duties, self sacrifice

David “The Oath of Horatii” and “Death of Marat”