history Flashcards
leonardo da vinci birth month
15 april 1452
who is leonardo da vinci
leonardo da vinci was an Italian renaissance artist , sculpture ,anatomist ,architecture ,chemist ,geometry and engineering he was born in 15 april 1452
what is the renaissance
it refers to rebirth of the art architecture and literature of classical antiquity ,specifically Ancient Rome
who was michelangelo
he was an Italian sculpture and artist he was born in 6 march 1475 and died 18 February 1564 he created a very famous sculptures and wall paintings like the pieta, David ,and the judgement day
what is sfumato
an substance artist especially Leonardo da Vinci used to make blurriness and smokiness to the painting you can see this in the mona Lisa background
what is fresco
wall paintings generlly made on wet plaster
what was different in renaissance to medieval art
medieval art was more religious decorating churches it also was in 2d and very unrealistic flat and dark on the other hand when anatomy was studied during the renaissance paintings had realism showing shadow and light renaissance art was also less religious so showed more nudity
what did medieval use for paint
they used egg tempera because egg temepra is a permanent , fast drying and long lasting paint that was made by hand-mixing dry powdered pigments into egg yolk and water
who where patrons
they were people who bought the art works from the painters and sold them
what was the black plague
the black plague was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe
what caused the black death
the place was so dirty that the fleas went on the rats and bite the rats got the rats blood then the fleas would go on the humans giving them the deadly black death
where did the middle ages people poop and pee
chamber pots which could simply be buckets or any sort of appropriate vessel then they later just threw it out the window making the place a disaster
what did women and men wear in ancient rom
women:tunic stola underclothes cloaks palla
what are the four stages of the medieval hierarachy
peasants knights bishops kings
what is a caravel
a caravel was a faster better ship
