Chapter 18 (Paintings/Book) Flashcards

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What was Palladio’s job and what did he do

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He was a stone mason and measured the buildings of Ancient Rome

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What is the Quattro Libri

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A book about building principles, temples, public buildings etc.

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What is the painting with a man holding a hammer against notes on a wall

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Martin Luther posts his theses

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What was there less of in the Protestant north

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Less chiaroscuro and less Classicism

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What does bosch’s garden of earthly delights depict

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It is a triptych that depicts on the left god, Adam, and eve as well as some animals. The middle it depicts a bunch of naked people and also animals and weird imagery. And On the right it depicts hell and people being tortured with instruments and weird creatures.

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What does the painting of Icarus falling depict and who painted it

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It depicts worker working in the field with a sea behind them and next to a ship you can see Icarus in the water. The painter is Pieter Bruegel

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What genre is the fall of Icarus

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The genre is genre (scenes of everyday life)

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What does the Tower of Babel painting depict and who painted it

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It shows the Tower of Babel being built, it is painted by Pieter Bruegel

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What does the painting wedding dance depict and who painted it

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It depicts people dancing at a wedding, it is painted by Pieter Bruegel

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What was the influence to durer’s self portrait

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The Mona Lisa

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What did durer invent

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A machine for perspective drawing

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What medium did durer like a lot

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Woodcut and engraving styles

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What does durer’s melancholia depict

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An angel sitting and taking measurements, the pose is taken from Raphael’s school of Athens

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Who painted the crucifixion isenheim altarpiece and what does it depict. What was the medium

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Grunewald painted it. It depicts the crucifixion gruesomely with Christ contorted and in extreme pain. Oil on panel.

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