Chapter 14 (Late Medieval/Proto-Renaissance) Flashcards
Who was responsible for bridging the gap between late gothic and proto-renaissance
Giotto
Giotto based his paintings on…
…what he would / could actually see in real life
The Renaissance was the rebirth of…
Greek and Roman art
Giotto’s masterpiece
The Scrovegni (or Arena) Chapel
Common themes on the inside of the Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel
Sins relating to money (because Scrovegni was worried he would suffer for the sins of his father which were money related)
In contrast to other monastic orders, the ____ lived and preached in urban environments.
…Mendicant
What did the humanist cult of fame emphasize?
…The importance of creative individuals
The ____ of Duccio’s figures from the Maestà was/were derived from Byzantine art.
…formality and symmetry
Which city was at its height of political and economic power when it employed the talents of the sculptor Nicola Pisano?
…Pisa
In 1305, the College of Cardinals elected a pope from which of the following countries?
…France
The artist ____ was instrumental in creating the International Gothic style.
…Simone Martini
The most devastating natural disaster in Europe that broke out in the 1340s was ____.
…the Black Death
Simone Martini’s rendition of Annunciation may have been inspired by ____.
…the etiquette of chivalric courts
____ was the leading Roman painter at the end of the 13th century.
…Pietro Cavallini
Which of the following cities established itself as a major shipping power?
…Pisa
The frontality, stiff poses, and lack of modeling as seen in Berlinghieri’s Saint Francis Altarpiece reveals the ____ roots of his style.
…fundamentally medieval
Whose work is best characterized by the use of solid volumes resting firmly on the flat and horizontal surface of this earth?
…Giotto
A familiar feature in French Gothic art, the loosely curved folds of the female saints in Duccio’s Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints (Maestà) is a feature of ____ art.
…French Gothic
Confraternities were ____ who dedicated themselves to strict religious observance.
…laypeople
The setting for Pietro Lorenzetti’s Birth of the Virgin, which was a ____, represented an advance in worldly realism.
…detailed interior of an upper-class house
Elements of Giotto’s new style that appear in the Madonna Enthroned include ____.
…statuesque figures that cast shadows
One of Giotto’s innovations that moved away from the Italo-Byzantine style was the introduction of ____.
…figures seen from the back
The Roman fresco tradition can best be seen in the work of which of the following artists?
…Cavallini
The Italian admiration for classical art resurfaced at ____.
…the court of Frederick II
Which of the following cities was considered the rightful capital of the Roman Catholic Church?
…Rome
Who is the architect for the cathedral of Florence?
…Arnolfo di Cambio
Andrea Pisano’s south doors for Florence’s baptistery were commissioned by ____.
…the guild of wool importers
Commissioned by the Sienese government, Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s frescoes for the Palazzo Pubblico address the ____.
…civic concerns of the Sienese
____ sought to reconcile the illusion of a weighty three-dimensional body and the illusion of space to contain it.
…Giotto
The facial types, beards, and coiffures of ____ figures reveal the influence of classical relief sculpture.
…Nicola Pisano’s
The imagery of the Triumph of Death served as a warning against ____.
…lust and greed
