Ch. 13 The High Renaissance

Question 1

School of Athens

Answer 1

Range of characters, detailed architecture, focus on human feats, love for secular intellect

Question 2

The Transfiguration

Answer 2

A world of balance, utilization of space, religious, dark/light contrast

Question 3

Madonna of the Meadow VS Madonna of the Long Neck

Answer 3

Peaceful, soft colors, accurate proportions, world of harmony, look like they can move VS religious, naked Jesus, still detailed, inaccurate proportions of pillar to Madonna

Question 4

Giorgione

Answer 4

“Enthroned Madonna with Saints Libaralis and Francis of Assisi”- Geometric, luminous quality, landscape
“Le Concert Champêtre”- secular, rich and lush colors, no one knows what it means

Question 5

Michelangelo

Answer 5

“Moses”- face radiates divine fury and divine light
“Bobli Captives”-Neo-Platonic idea that ideal form struggles to be free
“Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel”- neo-Platonism, relationship of human wisdom w/ God’s revelation
“The Last Judgement”- intense religious vision
“Medici Chapel”- burial place of Lorenzo the Magnificent and his brother Giuliano

Question 6

Tintoretto

Answer 6

“The Last Supper”- energetic + dramatic style

Question 7

Madonna of the meadow

Answer 7

Religious, focus on the divine, soft features, serene expression of the Madonna, playful expression on children, idealization of nature