Final Flashcards
Difference between Romanesque and gothic architecture
Romanesque: Horizontal, modest height, multiple units, rounded arch, piers and walls, barrel and groin vaults, dark, solemn, simple, severe, damnation
Gothic: vertical, soaring, unified, unbroken space, pointed arch, exterior buttresses, ribbed groin vaults, airy bright stained glass windows, richly decorated with sculpture, salvation
High Renaissance vs. Mannerism
Normal vs. abnormal Direct vs. elaborate Controlled vs. disjointed Harmonious vs. conflicted Normative vs. uncanonical Easily posed vs. tensely posed Balance vs. contrasted Natural vs. artificial
Technical term for a vaulted, semicircular recess at the end of an aisle, a chapel, or the chancel of a church
Apse
The most important forces that influence the development of Romanesque architecture
Pilgrimages and monasticism
The greatest center of pilgrimage in the late Middle Ages was?
Santiago de compostela
In the Middle Ages, which language did scholars in Western Europe generally use
Latin
The distinguishing feature of many Romanesque churches is?
Barrel vaults
The model for charlemagnes architectural Renaissance was?
San vitale
This woven document narrates the events in the Norman conquest of Britain
Bayeaux tapestry
Name of the notable sculptor responsible for much of the monumental sculpture at autun cathedral
Gislebertus
Anything that is used as container for memorabilia of a saint of the Catholic Church
Reliquary
This architectural structure proved to be a useful addition to Romanesque churches
Ambulatories
A unique architectural feature in Italian Romanesque churches which will continue into the gothic period
The independent campanille
It is in this cathedral that the elements of the gothic reach their most perfect harmony
Chartres
An important new technique in the paintings of Giotto
Atmospheric perspective
This cathedral was the intellectual center of Western Europe during the late Middle Ages
Notre dame in Paris
A unique peculiarity of this monumental gotchic cathedral in France is that its twin spire are uneven and different in style
Chartres
We say that the gothic was born between 1137 and 1144 under the leader ship of?
Abbot sugger
Which was the first country to adopt the gothic outside of France
England
The great difference between the Romanesque theme and the gothic theme
Damnation vs. salvation
The two great centers of the late Italian gothic period are?
Florence and siena
This architectural element became a standard of gothic church decoration
Column statues
Giottos masterpiece frescos are found in the?
Arena chapel in Padua
This philosopher was able to integrate faith and reason in what came to be known as scholastic philosophy
Saint Thomas aquinas
This sculpture is also a metaphor of the miraculous victory of right over wrong
David
This fresco by lorenzitti in Siena is considered the first panoramic work in western art
The effects of good government
The patron family of Florence in the 15th century was the?
Medicis
The work of Renaissance painters benefitted from the invention of what medium
Oils
The subject matter of botticellis Spring is?
Mythology
Technical term for the use of light and shade in a painting
Chiaroscuro
What is a major innovation of Flemish painters
Complex treatment of light and detail
A series of short, circular posts with a rail ontop: sometimes you will find ironwork under the rail
Balustrade
The focus of Andrea del castagnos monumental last supper is on?
Not on Christ but of the youthful apostle John
Who was the most innovative of early Italian Renaissance painters
Masaccio
Which was the first large scale bronze equestrian portrait since antiquity
Donatellos equestrian statue of erasmo de narni
The overall appearance of botticellis primavera recalls?
Flemish tapestries
Where did theatre-dance become a successful art form
France
In oil painting, a technique in which a heavy amount of paint is applied to the canvas with a hard bristle brush
Impasto
In oil painting, a technique in which layer after layer is applied with a very soft hair brush to achieve the effect of translucence
Glazing
The only painter who was extremely successful during his lifetime, in fact, he became quite wealthy as a result of the commissions he received from all corners of Europe
Rubens
The altar of the cornaro chapel can be described as?
A multimedia art work which mixes sculpture, gilded bronze, architecture, and even the effects of light from a window
Berninis david is characterized by?
Baroque naturalism
The foreshortening is necessary to achieve the dynamic effect
The emergence of the rococo style in painting is marked by the career of the French artist?
Watteau
The artist most closely associated today with the height of the rococo and particularly noted for his nudes is?
Boucher
The French Protestants were known by the name?
Huguenots
The fountain of the four rivers is located in?
The piazza navona in Rome
This baroque artist has been called the painter of the soul
Rembrandt
___________ became a new and popular medium for rococo painters
Pastel
The rococo is linked to the court of?
Louis XV
This work by the painter Jacques Louis David ante-dates the French Revolution yet indicates attitudes that would be cherished by the French revolutionaries
The oath of the horatii
The greatest mistake of the French national constituent assembly was?
None of its members were eligible for election to the new legislative assembly
These series of meetings held in 1815 decided the geo-political situation of Europe after the defeats of Napoleon
Congress of vienna
In Jacques Louis David’s death of Marat we notice a clear influence of the the painter:
Caravaggio
What element in Ingres la grande obalisque makes the painting easily recognizable as romantic
The exoticism of a harem
The painting Liberty leading the people can be described with the literary term:
Allegory
Impressionism as an artistic movement was given that name from a two dimensional work by the painter
Monet
In Pierre Augustae renoirs moulin de la gallete we can notice the influence of one of _________ most famous works
Manet
The best known of degas themes is ________, an entertainment that played an important role in the upper middle class social life at the time
Ballet
Expressionism aims at what
Expressing truth in deep emotional terms
The artist is required to express the vortex of modern life, a life of steel, machinery, and velocity
Futurists
In guaguins paintings during his maturity you find?
An invitation to leave a sorry industrial society and return to Eden
Important characteristics of David’s paintings death of Marat:
Drama and intense emotion
Image recalls the dead Jesus
Which of the following apply to the painting by gericault raft of the medusa
Expose of human tragedy and injustice
Recognizance influence of michaelangelos last judgment in the Sistine chapel
The seminal work in cubism is?
Demoiselles davignon
The quintessential painting of the romantic period is?
Liberty leading the people, 1830
Edyard munch can be identified with:
Irrational eroticism
The painting the scream
George Seurat is identified with:
Pointilism
