Chapter 18 Flashcards
Who painted the “Isemheim Alterpiece?”
Matthias Grunewald
Who was Matthias Grunewald?
A German painter who used the use of gore to invoke a reaction on the audience.
Why was Matthias Grunewald significant?
He began breaking away from religious painting and going for more of a secular, pagan style. He used gore to invoke a reaction. He used printmaking.
What did the German artist create?
Printmaking using woodcut blocks.
Who painted the Judgement of Paris?
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Why was Lucas Cranach the Elder significant?
Began paying attention to detail.
Who is Albrecht Durer?
He was a German artist who used more Northern styles along with naturalistic Renaissance styles.
What is the High Renaissance Period about?
Self-humanism, attention to detail, single-source lighting, development of printing press, breaking away from religious artwork and more private paintings are produced.
Who painted self portraits of himself from ages 22-28?
Albrecht Druer
What is significant about Albrecht Druer’s self portrait at 28?
He appears like Jesus.
What makes Albrecht Druer’s pictures significant?
He pays attention detail. Strictly Renaissance: chiaroscuro, 3qt view.
Who was Lucas Cranach the Elder?
He was a German Renaissance landscape artist and woodcut engraver and painted the “Judgement of Paris.”
Who painted the “Battle of Issus” (Lord of the Rings battle scene)?
Albrecht Alldorfer
Who was Albrecht Alldorfer?
Landscape artist. He painted “St. George and Dragon,” “King Henry VIII,” and “Battle of Issus.”
Who painted the “Garden of Earthly Delights?”
Hieronymus Bosch
Why was Hieronymus Bosch significant?
He painted bizarre landscapes and first used the terminator landscape.
What was Bosch’s style?
Netherlandish
What are the three panels in the “Garden of Earthly Delights?”
Left: Creation of Eve
Center: Sin
Right: Hell
What was on the outside of the “Garden of Earthly Delights?”
The Creation of the World painting
Who was Jon Gossart?
A French painter who used mathematical proportions.
Who painted “Neptune and Aniphitrite?”
Jon Gossart
Who painted the “Scenes of Plenty?”
Pieter Aertson
Why was Caterina van Hemissen significant?
She was the first woman painter to do a self-portrait of herself painting.
Who was the first woman to paint herself in a self portrait?
Caterina van Hemissen
