Art People Flashcards
what was the cathedral with the rose window?
Cathedral Notre-Dame de Chartres
Who wrote the first mass produced book?
Wang Chen called Nung Shu
Who invented linear perspective
Filippo Brunelleschi
who painted the Annunciation?
Fra Filippo Lippi
What famous artist did Lippi learn from
Masaccio
who made the design for the dome of the Florence Cathedral
Filippo Brunelleschi
who discovered cristallo glass
Anglo Barovier
What Island was cristallo glass made?
Murano
who commissioned the Benin Bronze plaque
Oba Esigie and son Oba Orhogbua
Who discovered Prussian Blue?
Jacob Diesbach
Who invented the color wheel?
Michel Eugene Chevreul
Who did the view from the window at Le Gras?
Nicephore Niepce
who wrote the first biography about artists?
Giorgio Vasari
What art is associated with the Sumerians?
ziggurats
What artwork is associated with Cycladic?
Simplified nude female figures and pottery
What art is with Minoan?
sea life and female snake goddesses, and frescos
What about Mycenaean?
Elaborate tombs and goldsmithing
What about Byzantine Art?
Mosaics and the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
Who was Giotto di Bondone?
renaissance guy who did frescos and simple perspective
Who was in the Door Competition in Florence?
Winner: Lorenzo Ghiberti, Michelangelo, Filippo Brunelleschi
Donatello
founder of modern sculpture, did Bronze David
Botticelli
Did the Birth of Venus
Leonardo da Vinci
The last supper, Mona Lisa, used Sfumato
Michelangelo
Did marble David, The bound slave, Sistine Chapel
Raphael
School of Athens fresco and Madonna of the virgin mary
Matthias Grunewald
religious scenes– Isenheim Altarpiece
