Quiz 15 Flashcards
Art is always an exaggeration of ______________.
reality
What does Egyptian art consistently suggest to be of great importance?
social status
What does Greek art consistently suggest to be of great importance?
physical form and fittness
T/F: Medieval Christian art emphasizes abstract ideas
True
Name the four components to Giotto’s style:
1. Narrative Quality
2. Left to right movement of dramatic line
3.
4.
- emotions
4. outdoor settings
IN 1401 Lorenzo Ghiberti defeated Filippo Bruneeleschi in a competition to decorate the doors of the St. John Baptistery in Florence. What did Ghiberti include that Brunelleschi did not?
nudity
Who first formulated the laws of linear perspective?
Brunelleschi
In about 1425, Masaccio painted an unusual subject entitled “The Tribute Money” Why was this subject relevant to the politics of 15th century Florence?
people resisted paying taxes
How does the setting of Van der Weyden’s Portrait of a lady differ from the setting of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa?
Outdoor vs. Indoor
For what technical development is Durer best known?
engraving
What are the dates of Giotto?
1266-1337
Giotto mastered chiaroscuro as no previous artist. What is chiaroscuro?
shading
“Giotto’s figures are convincingly human” To whose spirit of piety and individualism does this give substance?
the lay people
T/F: Tres Riches Heures includes realistic detail that some might consider obscene
True
What type of “new consciousness” is shown in 14C production of the first portraits since antiquity?
consciousness of the particular images
Renaissance art shows a shift in patronage from the catholic church to petty despots and _____________
merchant princes
Donatello was a sculptor from Florence who sculpted “the first freestanding, life-size nude sculpture since antiquity” What was the subject of the bronze statue?
David
What Neo-Platonic notion seems particularly to be set forth by Botticelli’s Birth of Venus?
Physical beauty draws us to god
How does the Pazzi Chapel direct one’s gaze differently than in a medieval cathedral?
it fixes the beholder on earth
Virtually all details in the Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini are symbolically significant. What does the burning candle represent?
the divine presence of Christ
How do settings generally differ between the Early Renaissance and the High Renaissance?
indoor vs. outdoor
What is aerial perspective?
the stuble blurring of details and diminution of color intensity in object perceived at a distance
T/F: Leonardo’s notebooks helped inspire the beginnings of scientific thinking in the late Renaissance
False
According to Leonardo, what’s the most dependable instrument for obtaining true knowledge of nature?
the human eye
