Barron's: Chapter 13 - Gothic Art in Italy

Question 1

Time Period

Answer 1

• 1250-1400

Question 2

Essential Knowledge

Answer 2

• There is no uniform medieval style. some periods revive ancient classicism; others use geometric and natural designs
• medieval artists are influenced by contemporaries in other parts of Europe as well as ancient traditions
• learning was centered on specific fields that were transmitted throughout Europe, through trade, pilgrimage, and military activity
• medieval architecture is mostly religious
• at times medieval religions will reject images

Question 3

Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel

Answer 3

• c. 1303
• brick
• Padua, Italy
• Gothic Art in Italy

Question 4

Last Judgment form the Arena Chapel

Answer 4

• Giotto
• 1305-1306
• fresco
• Padua, Italy
• Gothic Art in Italy

Question 5

Lamentation from the Arena Chapel

Answer 5

• Giotto
• 1305-1306
• fresco
• Padua, Italy
• Gothic Art in Italy
• Cross-Cultural Comparisons: Pathos
  
  • Seated Boxer
  • Kollwitz, Memorial Sheet for Karl Liebknecht
  • Abakanowicz, Androgyn III

Question 6

Lamentation

Answer 6

• shows scenes of Jesus’ followers mourning his death. usually the scene contains Mary, Saint John, and Mary Magdalene

Question 7

Last Judgment

Answer 7

• in Christianity, the judgment before God at the end of the world

Question 8

Maniera greca

Answer 8

• a style of painting based on Byzantine models that was popular in Italy in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries

Question 9

tempera

Answer 9

• a type of paint employing egg yolk as the binding medium that is noted for its quick drying rate and flat opaque colors

Question 10

trecento

Answer 10

• the 1300s, or fourteenth century, in Italian art