Early Europe Part 2 Flashcards
Adam and Eve
Albrecht Durer
Ideal humans before the fall of man
Sistine chapel
ESSAY
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
Sistine chapel- Delphic sibyl
Foretold coming of Jesus
Sistine chapel- the flood
Details Noah and his family escaping the flood, told in Genesis 7
School of Athens
ARTIST
Raphael
Fresco
Isenheim altarpiece
DATE
1512-1516
Ergotism- disease caused by eating fungus on Rye flour
Entombment of Christ
Complex
Defy one simple explanation
Intentionally confusing
Allegory of law and grace
Done in consultation w Martin Luther
Venus of urbino
Became standard of reclined nudes
Frontispiece of the codex Mendoza
History of Aztecs for Charles V
Il gesu
Principal church of Jesuit order
Hunters in the snow
ARTIST AND DATE
Bruegel the elder
1565
Mosque of Selim II
PLAN
Baroque art
Relies on movement, facades undulate
Paintings express higher meaning
Calling of saint matthew
ARTIST
Caravaggio
Tenebroso
Henri IV receives portrait
Marie de Medici- queen of France