Proto-Renaissance Art

Question 1

Answer 1

Pisa Complex Baptistery
Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Question 2

Answer 2

Pisa Complex Cathedral
Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Question 3

Answer 3

Pisa Complex Campanile (Bell Tower)
“Leaning Tower of Pisa”
Pisa, Tuscany, Italy

Question 4

Answer 4

Nicola Pisano
Pulpit of the Pisa Complex Baptistery
Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
1260
Marble
15’ high

Question 5

Answer 5

Nicola Pisano
Annunciation, Nativity, and Adoration of the Shepherds
Relief panel on the Pisa Complex Baptistery Pulpit
High relief
Continuous Narative
Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
Marble
2’10”x3’9”

Question 6

Answer 6

Nicola Pisano
The Adoration of the Kings
Relief Panel on the Pisa Complex Baptistery Pulpit
Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
Marble
Approx. 2’10”x3’9”

Question 7

Answer 7

Bonaventura Berlinghieri
Panel from the Saint Francis Altar Piece
San Francesco, Pescia, Italy
1235
Tempera on wood
5’x3’x6”

Question 8

Answer 8

Cimabue
Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets
Santa Trinita, Florence, Italy
1280
Tempera and gold leaf on wood
12’7”x7’4”
Galleria delgi Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Question 9

Answer 9

Giotto Di Bondone
Madonna Enthroned
1310
Tempera on wood
10’8”x6’8”
Galleria delgi Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Question 10

Answer 10

Scrovegni Chapel (Arena Chapel)
Padua, Italy

Question 11

Answer 11

Giotto Di Bondone
Interior of Arena Chapel
Padua, Italy
1305
Focuses on the life of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ
Fresco
Each panel is 6’x6’

Question 12

Answer 12

Duccio Di Buoninsegna
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints
Principle panel of the Maesta altarpiece
Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy
1310
Tempera on wood
7’x13’
Museo dell’ Opera del Duoma, Siena, Italy

Question 13

Answer 13

Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Allegories of Good and Bad Government
Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, Italy
1340

Question 14

Answer 14

Francesco Traini
Triumph of Death
1330

Question 15

Classical Antiquity

Answer 15

Greco-Roman World
Classical Period
1,000 BCE-450 CE

Question 16

Proto-Renaissance

Answer 16

1200-1400

Question 17

Nicola Pisano

Answer 17

1220-1284
Italian Sculptor

Question 18

Maniera-Greca

Answer 18

Greek or Byzantine style of painting adopted by Italy
Bonaventura Berlinghieri

Question 19

Hodegetria

Answer 19

“She who shows the way”
An iconographic depiction of the Virgin Mary holding Child Jesus at her side while pointing to Him as the salvation for mankind
The original is said to be painted by Saint Luke

Question 20

Fresco

Answer 20

A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so that the colors penetrate the plaster and become fixed as it dries

Question 21

Arriccio

Answer 21

The rough first coat of plaster in fresco

Question 22

Sinopia (Sinopie)

Answer 22

The rough sketch which underlies a freco

Question 23

Intonaco

Answer 23

The final, very thin layer of plaster on which a fresco is painted

Question 24

Giornata (giornate)

Answer 24

“A day’s work”
Describes how much painting can be done in a single day of painting

Question 25

Iconostasis

Answer 25

A wall of icons and religious paintings, seperating a nave from the sanctuary in a church
A portable icon stand that can be placed anywhere within a church

Question 26

Classicism

Answer 26

The following of ancient Greek or Roman principles and style in art
Nicola Pisano

Question 27

Naturalism/humanism

Answer 27

A style and theory of representation based on the accurate depiction of detail
Giotto Di Bondone