Art in 13th and 14th Century Italy

Question 1

One of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1348–50 CE.

Answer 1

The Black Death

Question 2

The period in northern Italian art from (roughly) 1150-1400. Artistic developments in this area, during these years, weren’t quite Romanesque, or Gothic, but have come to be classified as precursors to the Renaissance itself.

Answer 2

Proto-Renaissance

Question 3

In art, architecture, and traditional Christian symbolism, a type of decorative framework consisting of a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of four partially overlapping circles of the same diameter.

Answer 3

Quatrefoil

Question 4

Return to the Byzantine style. It is the style in which Greek icons are traditionally painted.

Answer 4

Maniera Greca

Question 5

A permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored pigment mixed with a water-soluble binder medium (usually a glutinous material such as egg yolk).

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Tempera

Question 6

Painting on wet plaster

Answer 6

Buon Fresco

Question 7

Painting on dry plaster - the second step in fresco painting

Answer 7

Fresco Secco

Question 8

The Christian celebration of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive and become the mother of Jesus, the Son of God.

Answer 8

Annunciation

Question 9

Answer 9

Anonymous - Basilica of San Francesco

Medium: Interior Design

Question 10

Answer 10

Pisano - Florence Baptistry doors

Medium: Gilt Bronze

Question 11

Answer 11

Cimabue - Virgin and Child Enthroned

Medium: Tempera and Gold on Panel

Question 12

Answer 12

Giotto - Virgin and Child Enthroned

Medium: Tempera and Gold on Panel

Question 13

Answer 13

Giotto - The Lamentation

Medium: Fresco

Question 14

Answer 14

Lorenzetti - The Effects of Good Government in the City

Medium: Fresco