A history of western art Flashcards
Byzantine influence Cimabue
-Madonna enthroned painting
-Gold
-Thin fingers byzantine
-Christ is an adult
Nicola Pisano:
-sculpter
-marble
-draperis movement of figures in space.
Giotto
marks end of Medievel painting in Ital & the beginning of a new naturalistic approach to art
-illusionism
Cimabue was his teacher
tempera painting
Painting in which ground up pigments are mixed with a medium of egg yolk (It is used for panel painting)
tempero gesso
water based painted with chalk and size
stylus
a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving.
alterpiece
work of art that decorates the space above and behind the altar in a Christian church. Painting, relief, and sculpture in the round have all been used in altarpieces, either alone or in combination. These artworks usually depict holy personages, saints, and biblical subjects
arena chapel
- Giotto
- fresco
Ceiling: heaven with mediallions & stars
Alter: God the Father
Top Tiers/Middle Tiers: (Scenes 1 & 2) Youth & Ministry of Christ (1) Events of Passion (2
Fresco
a painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries.
seven virtues and vices
name the virtues
love, charity, hope, chastity, justice, prudence, faith
name the vices
sloth, gluttony, lust, wrath, envy, greed, hubris
duccio maesta
the Maesta (from the Italian for “in majesty”, that is: Madonna and Child Enthroned with Angels and Saints) is a vast, horizontal style, two-sided wooden screen, originally designed for the high altar of Siena Cathedral.
the kiss of judas
his contact is where Judas bestows a treacherous kiss upon the calm Christ, which will betray Jesus to his captors. This image of Jesus and Judas is a representation of good and evil.
ambrogio lorenzzeti
He was the member of the Sienese school, and his greatest works are a cycle of frescoes in Siena’s city hall (Palazzo Publico) -This is an allegory of the consequences of good government and bad government.
gothic style
It is characterized by vertical proportions, pointed arches, external buttressing, and asymmetry.
Claus sluter
limestone with traces of paint. Located in a monastery where monks live to devote themselves to solitary living and prayer. Specifically in a cloister where monks go to sequester themselves from the outside world to think and pray.
