Art History Exam 6 Flashcards
Annunciation
angel visits mary
Visitation
mary visits elizabeth
presentation
jesus is taken to the temple as a baby
flight from egypt
mary and joseph leave egypt
Grisaille
black and white painting, sculptural often
Polyptych
many panels in an art piece (mroe than 3)
diptych
two panels
triptych
three panels
What did oil painting prompt?
Realism in paintings bc of layering
Why are tempera and oil paint different?
Tempera dries quick, hard ot mix and layer, oil allows glazes and to build of colors and make paintings more realistic
Why are engravings more detailed than carvings?
Detail is added with a burin, harder to add details in a carving
How do they color wood prints?
By hand after the lines are laid down
stigmata
jesus crucifixtion wounds
apron scenes
little scenes around the figure
Humanism
realistic depictions of human form that emphasizes human potential
Fresco
pigment is painted onto wet plaster plaster
Altarpiece
art close to the altar to act as a focal point for worship
Vignettes
decorative illustration that captures the movement on the scene, characters are the focus
Classicizing
revival of ancient styles of greece and rome
Campanile
bell tower by church
Battlements
defensive parapet on buildings that kinda looks like a crown on a tower
Franciscan monks
monks that focus on service, preaching and poverty
Tempera painting
painting made from eggs, dries quickly
Seraphim
funky angels, many eyes and wings
Pulpits
a raised platform or stand were sermon was given from
Chiaroscuro
use of light and shadow to add dimension
Siena
art style in Siena Italy: decorative style, rich colors, focus of miraculous events
Foreshortening
illusion of depth/space, attempts perspective but not right/linear
Book of Hours
prayer book, mary is the Hours of the Virgin in it, more personal study
City states
a sovereign city, often with its surrounding territory, that operates as an independent political entity
“The Nine” of Siena
chosen gov officials from elite merchants of the city to rule the area, cycled through quickly
Allegory
figures that stand in for ideas
St. Francis of Assisi
good saint, talked about gospel should go to the animals too (he loved em), kinda showed christian love for all things, has jesus-scars
Oil painting
paint that dries slow and can be built up in layers
Glazes
thin washes of pigment, mainly w oil paint
Impasto
thick layer of paint where you can see brushstrokes
International Gothic Style
transition between gothic and renaissance art
Carthusian Monks
solitary monks that meditate and pray
Atmospheric perspective
uses bluer, desaturated colors to add depth in art
Still life
art of inanimate objects
Perspective
linear perspective places objects further or closer in space to imitate depth
Woodcuts
carvings in wood that is transferred onto paper
Block books
short illustrated books made with wood cuts/prints
Hatching
close or far apart parallel lines are used to create tone
relief prints
a surface is carved and ink is applied to the raised surfaces
Intaglio
lines cut into a metal plate, ink pushed into the cut lines
Engraving
type of intaglio where a burin is used to cut lines into metal
Burin
cutting tool used for engraving metal
Ground
prepared surface underneath a painting (base color/layer)
Etching
intaglio process where an image is created by incising lines or areas into a metal plate using acid
Continuous narrative
same people appear several times in the same scene to tell a story
Iconography
study of the content of images
Who ushered in the renaissance?
Cimabue and Giotto
Nicola Pisano
blended classical, romanesque and early gothic together, transitioned romanesque to gothic
Giovanni Pisano
Sculpture and architecture, Started renaissance in sculpture
Duccio
trained Simone, taught sienese artists
Limbourg Brothers
did art together, ages 16-19, miniature painters w manuscripts
Jan van Eyck
wanted to be known, showed off with his self portrait, naturalism and realism
Hugo van der Goes
served as dean of the painter’s guild in ghent, Worked in monastery as a lay brother for 7 years, flemish painter, saturated colors, emotional expression
Hieronymus Bosch
From modern day holland, Medieval surrealism, Images meant to teach moral and spiritual truth, Rendering of fantastical, got high on moldy bread
Bartolome Bermejo
Spanish interpretation of flemish style, Possibly trained in bruges, oil painting
Georgio
wrote about Giotto and Cimabue, renaissance art is good and medieval is bad (brutish)
