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LECTURE 18: EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE ART Flashcards

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Northern Renaissance

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  1. Naturalistic

2.expressive

3.attention to detail

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Renaissance

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means rebirth in French

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Humanism

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concept of how humans can better themselves through education and moral code of conduct rather than resorting to animal instincts

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Sfumato

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  1. Sculptural quality of skin
  2. haziness in painting, particularly around the skin
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The Last Supper

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  1. da Vinci
  2. c.1495
  3. 460 x 880 cm
  4. fresco & tempera
  5. Milan, convent of Sta Maria delle Grazie
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Mona Lisa

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  1. da Vinci
  2. c. 1503 - 1519
  3. Oil on wood panel
  4. 77 x 53cm
  5. Paris, Musee de Louvre
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The Creation of Adam

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  1. ceiling of Sistine Chapel (Rome, Vatican City)
  2. Fresco
  3. c. 1511
  4. Michelangelo
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The Last Judgement

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  1. 1534 - 1541
  2. Fresco
  3. Sistine Chapel
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Tempera

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Fast drying paint made with

egg yolk + powdered pigment

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Fresco

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Earth pigments directly painted on wet plaster

eg. last supper

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Oil Painting

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replaced both tempera and fresco and principal painting technique of Italian Renaissance

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Characteristics of female portraits in the Renaissance

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  1. side profile
  2. big forehead
  3. inappropriation of touching skin
  4. layers of fabric showing wealth
  5. half open eyes
  6. blonde hair for social status
  7. indoors
  8. repitition of similar light colours
  9. expressionless
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Sculptural painting technique (Michelangelo)

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  1. sense of volume
  2. 3-dimensionality
  3. strong contours
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Human expression (Leonardo)

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  1. last supper 1st depicted as calm and serene
  2. his depiction has high drama and emotion
  3. many reactions yet organized
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Symmetry and aesthetic harmony

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balance of elements in composition that creates a sense of beauty

used in renaissance paintings to depict wellbeing and mentality

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extra points

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Leonardo Da Vinci:
1. born in 1452 in Florence, Italy

2.painter, musician

  1. worked for the Medici
    family that commissioned many artworks
  2. king of France asked him to work for him by the end of his life
  3. believed artist should express emotions from the depth of his
    heart
  4. died 1519

Michelangelo

> born 1475

> died 1564

> sculptor, painter

> celebrated his life

> worked with fresco

> obsessed with sculptures of ancient Greece and ancient Rome

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