ART 100 FINAL NEW Flashcards
Image 1
Title: Madonna Enthroned
Artist: Cimabue
Period: Late Medieval
Material: Tempera and Gold on Panel
- uses gold to show heaven and made the painting look like it was shimmering, worked well in the dark churches
- doesn’t have much depth or perspective, Madonna tries to show space, but fails, impossible seating arrangement
- robe on left uses wet drapery, can physically see the scrape lines, tries to show how it clings to body to seem more realistic
Image 2
Title: The Tribute Money
Artist: Masaccio
Time Period: Renaissance
Material: Fresco
- uses one point perspective, christs head is the vanishing point, eyes naturally drawn to him
- peter is shown three times in the painting at different key moments in the tribute money story
- uses atmospheric perspective, trees and mountains in the background look hazy and smaller
Image 3
Title: Tempietto at San Pietro in Montorio
Architect: Donato Bramante
Time Period: Renaissance
- Tempietto is a perfect circle, perfect idealized shape, used lots of math
- Built on place where St. Peter was killed and became a martyr
- Inside is designed like a normal christian church at that time but outside is Roman (columns), Renaissance clashes with roman architecture
Image 4
Title: Sant’Andrea al Quirinale
Architect: Gianlorenzo Bernini
Time Period: Baroque
- is an oval, more dramatic shape
- arch in bottom of photo should be continuous arch and not broke (roman standards) but they intentionally broke the arch to make it more dramatic and hold viewers attention
- uses style of architecture created around a painting to make it more unique, (bel composto)
Image 5
Title: Pietà
Artist: Jacopo da Pontormo
Time Period: Mannerism
Material: Oil on Panel
- Hard to understand Pieta’s, ambiguous because there are certain key elements missing if it were to be one particular scene
- has guy kneeling in an impossible position, ignores anatomy to show off mannerism art
- Christ is in the same pose as other artworks
(arm is hanging loose at his side , head facing the sky, he is limp, being carried), also looks light as a feather
Image 6
Title: Madonna of the Rocks
Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Period: Renaissance
Material: Oil on Panel
- atmospheric perspective, main trope of renaissance painting
- Madonna has a triangular composition to show balance
- Da Vinci practiced drawing natural body movements to improve his drawing, studying anatomy (anatomically correct)
Image 7
Title: Perseus and Medusa
Artist: Benvenuto Cellini
Time Period: Mannerism
Material: Bronze
- Cellini’s work was only viewed from front because Perseus is holding medusa’s head to michelangelo’s david, kind of compared himself to michelangelo
- Cellini wanted to pull off a full bronze wax casting in one piece to show how good of an artist he was
- Statue was an underdog symbol for him and the commissioner, the Duke of Florence, proved they could do what others said they couldn’t
Image 8
Title: The Rape of the Sabine Women
Artist: Giambologna
Time Period: Mannerism
- Giambologna used three figures (more complex) to show he was better than Cellini
- meant to be shown from a 360 degree view, which had really never been done before
- mannerist sculpture, can’t exactly figure out what’s happening
Image 9
Title: The Arnolfini Portrait
Artist: Jan van Eyck
Period: Northern Renaissance
Material: Oil on Panel
- Arnolfini signature is above the mirror, pride to name and to be able to afford fine art
- Arnolfini painting shows merchants are making more money, can now afford to commission artwork
- Northern renaissance painting have something that is very relatable to place it was commissioned (furniture from their own house in Arnolfini)
Image 10
Title: Las Meninas
Artist: Diego Velázquez
Time Period: Baroque
- Velazquez is physically in the painting
- Hard to know who the main subject is because using different techniques like one point perspective and looking at the center of the canvas gives different answers
- Considered great because it makes you think who the portrait about and why Velazquez decided to put himself in it, still a debate to this day
Image 11
Title: The Baptism of Christ
Artist: Andrea del Verrocchio and Leonardo da Vinci
Period: Renaissance
Material: Oil on Wood
- example of artist working in a workshop, when the master would only work on the main figures
- Verrocchio was amazed with da Vinci’s ability, which ultimately made Verrocchio quit painting
- depicted christ traditionally (skinny) with many holy objects like a mandora, cross, and angels
Image 12
Title: Last Judgment
Artist: Michelangelo
Time Period: Mannerism
Material: Fresco
- Michelangelo used mannerism style and showed off his artistic ability, showed things u wont see in real life
- Took advantage of mannerism art style and depicted Christ differently than previous works, Christ is very muscular, youthful, lacks facial hair
- It was scandalous for its time because it was far from the norm at that time and it went in the holiest church on Earth (Lots of nudity, originally all were nude)
Image 13
Title: David
Artist: Michelangelo
Period: Renaissance
Material: Marble
- Standing in Contrapposto, makes sense because it is a renaissance statue so it’s copying ancient roman sculpture techniques
- Very large because it was meant to be placed on a building, for all to see and admire, was too heavy
- Had deep carvings so people could see features from the street, meant for public appeal and appreciation
Image 14
Title: David
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini
Time Period: Baroque
Material: Marble
- Different than Michelangelo’s, Bernini’s is mid battle in an action stance and an active sling, more realistic and interesting
- Has more details around the whole sculpture because he wanted it to be viewed from all angles
- Displayed in a rich noble person’s home in Rome, which was a way for a rich person to showcase how much money they have
Image 15
Title: The Calling of St. Matthew
Artist: Caravaggio
Time Period: Baroque
Material: Oil on Canvas
- Tenebrism (stark contrast of light and dark, spotlight effect, dramatic)
- Clothing style is similar, accurate for time period, makes it more relatable to audience
- Painting depicted pub scene that had similar lighting to where it would be painted, made painting more dramatic, done on purpose by artist because he knew setting
