Arts Flashcards
Period of reawakening or rebirth
Renaissance
This painter created “Gates of Paradise”
Lorenzo Ghibert
3 meanings of the painting “Gates of Paradise”
- God’s creation of Adam and Eve, 2. Abraham’s near sacrifice of Isaac, 3. Moses on the mountain receiving the commandment
This was the first main capital of the Renaissance
Florence
This became the new epicenter of the Renaissance because of Pope Leo X
Rome, Italy
created the painting “Mona Lisa”
Leonardo da Vinci
created the “Ceiling Friscoes of the Sistine Chapel”
Michelangelo
Created the “Madonna of the Pinks”
Raphael
He made the “Assumption of the Virgin”
Antonio De Corregio
this artistic style focused on artificially, as opposed to the idealized naturalism of High Renaissance Art
mannerism
3 Techniques used in Renaissance Paintings
Linear perspective, horizon line, vanishing point
the effect that is achieved is like looking at a window
Linear perspective
maybe understood as the line representing the viewer’s eye level
Horizon Line
parallel lines appear to converge far in the distance, often on horizon line
Vanishing Point