Early Europe Part 2 Flashcards

1
Q

Adam and Eve

A

Albrecht Durer

Ideal humans before the fall of man

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2
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Sistine chapel

ESSAY

A
Vatican City, Italy
Michelangelo
Fresco
1508-1512
Ceiling: first few chp of genesis
330 figures, none in same position
Acorns are motifs
Pope Julius created as part of scheme to revive Rome
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3
Q

Sistine chapel- Delphic sibyl

A

Foretold coming of Jesus

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4
Q

Sistine chapel- the flood

A

Details Noah and his family escaping the flood, told in Genesis 7

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5
Q

School of Athens

ARTIST

A

Raphael

Fresco

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6
Q

Isenheim altarpiece

DATE

A

1512-1516

Ergotism- disease caused by eating fungus on Rye flour

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7
Q

Entombment of Christ

A

Complex
Defy one simple explanation
Intentionally confusing

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8
Q

Allegory of law and grace

A

Done in consultation w Martin Luther

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9
Q

Venus of urbino

A

Became standard of reclined nudes

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10
Q

Frontispiece of the codex Mendoza

A

History of Aztecs for Charles V

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11
Q

Il gesu

A

Principal church of Jesuit order

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12
Q

Hunters in the snow

ARTIST AND DATE

A

Bruegel the elder

1565

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13
Q

Mosque of Selim II

A

PLAN

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14
Q

Baroque art

A

Relies on movement, facades undulate

Paintings express higher meaning

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15
Q

Calling of saint matthew

ARTIST

A

Caravaggio

Tenebroso

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16
Q

Henri IV receives portrait

A

Marie de Medici- queen of France

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17
Q

Self portrait with Saskia

A

Rembrandt van Rijn
1636
Etching
Baroque

18
Q

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

A

Facade is higher than rest of building

19
Q

Cornaro chapel

DATE

A

Rome, Italy

1647-1652

20
Q

Ecstasy of saint theresa

A

Cornaro chapel
Bernini
1647-1652
Marble

21
Q

Angel with Arquebis

A

Helped enforce Catholicism

22
Q

Las meninas

ARTIST

A

Diego Veláquez

23
Q

Woman holding a balance

ESSAY

A

Johannes Vermeer
1664
Oil on canvas
Dutch culture- genre scene, domestic, small scale, delicate lighting, drapery, captures moment
Different from other baroque- not grand, small and concentrated, no religion, seems simple but complex meaning, still drapery
Figures seem unaware of our presence
Light enters from left, highlights textures
Weighing and judgement
Painting in back- last judgement, weighing of souls

24
Q

Palace of Versailles

A

Remodeling of hunting lodge

Meant to emphasize Louis importance

25
Q

Screen with Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene

A

Japanese art

26
Q

Virgin of Guadalupe

A

Enconchado- mother of pearl inlaid into work

27
Q

Spaniard and Indian produce a mestizo

A

More “European” you are the more you belong at top of social hierarchy

28
Q

Fruit and insects

ARTIST AND DATE

A

Rachel Ruysch

1711

29
Q

The tete a tete

A

Each partner in marriage pursues pleasures without each other

30
Q

Catacomb of Priscilla

A

Fresco- permanent bond

31
Q

Vienna genesis

A

Illuminated manuscript

32
Q

Arlofini portrait

A

Van eyck

33
Q

Sepucharul monument

A

Burial place for religious objects

34
Q

Great wave

A

Hokusai

35
Q

Apadonna audience hall

A

“gate of all nations”

36
Q

Capital line wolf

A

Founding of Rome

37
Q

Lost wax

A

Hollow bronze

38
Q

Seated boxer

A

Hellenistic, bronze

39
Q

Standard of Ur

A

Hierarchy of scale

40
Q

Hypostyle hall

A

Columns and windows