Exam I Flashcards
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Guilds
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- Rivalry between artist, merchants, cities and craftsmen
- Emergence of guils (qualitiy control)
- Supervised education of young artist
- Provided competition for young artist
- Entrance into a guild reuired the creation of a MASTERPIECE
- Paintors belong to the Guild of Doctors because they mixed their own paints
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2
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Fourteenth Century Europe Eco
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- Population growth, but not enough food
- Bad harvest so Europe was in famine
- There was also conflict between France and England (Hundred Years War)
- Black Death- Bubonic plague, lost about 40% of european population
- Basic societal structures fell
- Despite the famine, Black Death, and the Hundred Years War, there was economic growth
- Wealth promoted art patronage
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Usury
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- To charge interest on loaned money (a sin)
- In the Scrovegni situation he had inherited this wealth from his father’s sinful moneymaking ways
- Scrovegni commisioned Giotto’s to paint frescos in the Scrovegni (Arena) Chapel as a way to show God he was sorry
- Facial features of angels are generic, prophets are individualized, likely to be portraits
- Grisaille
- Human emotion and symbolism
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4
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Florentine vs. Sienese Painting
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- Rivals
- Sienese-Emphasis on DECORATION
- Duccio di Buoninsegna
- Jewel-like colors
- Elegant posed figures
- Florentino- Emphasis on EMOTION
- Maesta Altarpiece-Mary and Child are focal point (larger and on center)
- Maniera greca- Greek style
- Giotto v
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Illuminated Manuscripts
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- Book of Hours, used for private prayer
- Worn like jewelry by the wealthy
- Book of Hours of Jeanne D’Everoux
- Prays for a boy
- Contrapasto- curved relaxed posture
- Architectural frames around scenes
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6
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English Embroidery
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- (Opus Aglicanum)
- English were wellknown for needle work
- Lots of detail
- Life of the Virgin
- Red velvet with silk (expensive materials)
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- Red velvet with silk (expensive materials)
7
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Decorated Style of Architecture
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- Exeter Cathedral (England)
- Decorative Syle- derived from gothic
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8
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Andachtsbilder and Vesperbild
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- Vesper- evening prayer
- Vesperbild - Pieta - Mary holding Christ
- Andachtsbilder- German religious works, depict harsh reality
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9
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Renaissance and Jules Michelet
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- Rebirth
- Began in Italy (possibly in Florence) but developed in other parts of Europe as well
- Wasn’t known as the Renaissance until Michelet called it that in 1855
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Characteristic of the Nothernern Renaisance
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- Observe and record natural world
- Birds and animals, lots of detail
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- Birds and animals, lots of detail
11
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International Gothic Style and ‘Realism of Particulars’
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- International Gothic Style is known as Realism of Particulars
- Excesive detail
- Shows debth
- Bright colors and gold leaf
- Mini architecture
- Unicorn Found at the Fountain, from the Hunt of the Unicorn Tapestry Series
- Lots of floral
- Used as insulation, portable
- Expensive, expression of owners wealth
- Dificult and complex to make (curves and shadows)
- Crowded and busy compositions
- Symbolism- unicorn can only be caught by virgin
- Unicorn- love
- Lion- Faith, mercy, courage
- Stag- Ressurection, shags fall off and regrow
- Rabbit- Fertility
- Dogs- Loyalty, fidelity
- Plant and Fruit- Fertility
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12
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Annunciation, Visitation, Presentation in the Temple, Flight into Egypt
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13
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Flemish Tapestries
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pricy
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The Flemish School
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- Oil was preffered medium, slow to dry transparent when applied in thin layers
- Flemish panels are meant to be looked as windows into a scene
- Evidence of ‘Realism of Particulars’
- Attention to detail, architecture, symbolism, and drapery
- Rise of the middle class, becoming patrons
- Merode Altarpiece
- Typical Flemish home
- Symbolism- ceramic vessel with lilies-purity, virginity
- Waterpot in back- vessel carrying Christ
- Candle- God’s divinity
- Small floating Christ
- Sitting on footrest- obidience to God
- Double Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife
- Her face is idealized, his isn’t
- May have been pregnant? Just married? Memorial to his first wife?
- Highly espensive fabrics and carpets, wealthy
- Mirror- all seeing eye of God
- Dog- fidelity
- Fruit tree- fertility
- Shoes- Shes a homemaker, hes a bread winner
- Ghent Altarpiece (Second Generation Artist)
- Scene of ANNUNCIATION
- Mary’s words are upsidedown
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15
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‘Flamboyant’ Architecture
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goth