ItLR-NLR-Mannerism Flashcards
virgin of the rocks, da vinci
oil on canvas/ religious/ mary on ground(not throne), bby christ and st john the baptist/ no halos (first time halos not used)
mona lisa
- oil on wood
- few completed paintings
- maybe entertained by jesters while sitting
- eyes always look at viewer
- sfumato style (smoky)
david, michelangelo
marble/ strong, classical, athletic figure, commissioned by florence cathedral committee who gave him the stone/ political symbolism: defiant florentine republic (near west door of government house)/ possibly before the fight w goliath
school of athens, raphael
fresco/comm. by pope julius II/ images of theology, law, poetry, philosophy/ symmetrical 1 point persp./ classical influence architecture/ contrapposto figures/ elliptical arrangment of figures
venus of urbino, titian
eatablished a type of reclining nude/ luxurious setting/ red and white repeated in foreground and background/ composition diagonals made by pillows and skirt
intonaco
final thin layer of plaster on which a fresco is painted
allegory
story/poem that has hidden political/moral meaning
self-portrait, albrecht dürer
- oil/parchment on canvas
- rly interested in working from life
- influenced by religious paintings, makes self portraits look christ-like
isenheim altarpiece, grünewald
image for hospital/ crucifixion/ emphasis: suffering/ catholic imagery: lamb dripping blood into goblet/ lamentation at bottom/ st sebastian (l) and st anthony (r)
the ambassadors, hans holbein
- double portrait/ still life/ memento mori: painting might represent 3 levels: heavens, living world, and death
return of the hunters, pieter brueghel the elder
oil on panel/ december scene/ interested in relationship between landscape and ppl/ no classical elements/ accurate representation of space/ obsession with proverbs
humors
hippocrates developed “humors” into a medical theory where he beljeved certain moods, emotions, and behaviors were caused by lack/excess of body fluids (humors): blood, yellow bile, black bile, and phlegm
reformation
16th cent. movement for the reform of abuses in the roman catholic church ending in the establisment of the reformed and protestant churches
anamorphic image
image that only appears normal when viewed at a certain angle or through a transforming optical device like a mirror
aerial perspective
representing more distant objects as fainter and more blue
genre art
pictorial rep. in any of various media of scenes or events frm everyday life
vanitas
dutch genre painting containing symbols of death/change to express inevitability
the entombment, pontormo
oil on wood/ clumped together/ vibrant colors/ mary on left angel on right/ annunciation/ intentionally out of proportion
maniera
style/manner
counter-reformation
catholic-revival/ period of catholic resurgence initiated in response to the protestant reformation
david, bernini
- shows traditional transformation of sculpture
- captures when he throws the stone
- twisting body, he gives us a physical/emotional/psychological david
- carved his own face into david
st. teresa in ecstasy, bernini
- marble
- real light used in sculpture
- unimaginable agony and bliss/sensual imagery
- motion shown in clothing/drapery
- indulging for viewers bc of colors/lights
the calling of st. matthew, caravaggio
oil on canvas/ right side, st matthew, rises in order to follow “Our Lord”/ jewish tax collector > convert/ tenebrism used to create dramatic illumination
judith and maidservant, gentileschi
- tenebrism: inner drama and tension
- figures caught mid movement w theatrical gestures
- face of judith is self-portrait
- focuses on aftermath of major act
- artemesia outlives rape, gains dominance over men and finishes him off
