Chapter 12 Early Renaissance Art Flashcards
What changed during the Avignon Papacy?
The focus of Pope Boniface VIII
What did the king want the church to do?
Pay Taxes
What ended up happening to Pope Boniface VIII?
Charges filed against him and was arrested. He died shortly after being released.
How long was the Conclave that led to a french pope?
11 months
Papal courts moved to…
Avignon
Simony is…
Buying / Selling church office
Indulgences are…
reduces penance or time in purgatory
Another word for Black Death?
Bubonic plague
How many people died during the Bubonic Plague?
1/3 to 1/4 european population died
The 100 years war was a dispute between _____and ____
England and France
This is the idea that men & women play an important part of the world.
Humanism
What spread International Gothic?
The Papal Court of Avignon
When was oil painting established?
1390
When was the printing press started and by who?
1445; Joannes Gutenburg
Linear perspective was more in ______ Renaissance than _______ Renaissance.
Italian than Northern
The Limbourg Brothers developed what?
A Calendar
What does Tres Riches Heurs mean?
Very Sumptuous Hours
What was the purpose of the Limbourg brother Tres Riches Heures?
It was a devotional book for the laity
In what style was the Limbourg brothers Very Sumptuous Hours?
International Gothic
Give an interpretation of the Alnorfini Double Portrait?
Wedding, A different brother, posthumous
When the Ghent Altarpiece is closed, it shows the…
Annunciation
What does the Arena Chapel depict?
The life of Christ
What style is the Limbourg Brothers calendar?
International Gothic
Where did international gothic originate from?
Papal Court of Avignon
What events does the Limbourg brother Calendar contain?
Calendar of Holy Days
What is the theme of “Deposition”?
Grief, Depression
What is the theme of the “Ghent Altarpiece”?
Adoration of the Lamb
What is the theme of the Arena Chapel?
Salvation
The Arena Chapel saws an important _____ cycle
Narrative cycle of the Life of the Viring Mary and of Christ.
What was Bruges?
A Major seaport
What is the theme of the Merode altarpiece?
The Annunciation
3 Types of Printmaking
- Woodblock
- Engraving
- Etching
What is happening in the Portinari Altarpiece? Who are the little people on the sides?
The Birth of Jesus
The patrons family are on the side.
What is the Theme of the Temptation of St. Anthony?
Temptation as a physical assult. This work was Engraved.
In the Portinari Altarpiece what do orange lillies symbolize?
Passion
What do the 3 small red carnation symbolize in the Portinari altarpiece?
Nails from the cross
In the Portinari Altarpiece what do the 3 irises sybolize?
Van der Goer’s favorite flower.
What is this work depcting?
The removal of Christ from the cross.
The Temptation of St. Anthony uses what kind of Technique?
Engraving
What is the Temptation of St. Anthony illustrating?
The physical meaning of Temptation.
What was the Ospedali degli Innocenti?
A hospital, originally an orphange in Florence, Italy.
Sant’Andrea by Alberti
Pazzi Chapel
Palazzo Ruccelai
