quiz 4

Question 1

Michelangelo was

Answer 1

extremely broody and had exceptional talent. He was different from most artist because he was dictated by wealthy patrons

Question 2

Who was one of the biggest patrons of the time

Answer 2

The Catholic Church headed by the roman pope

Question 3

What was the body to Michelangelo

Answer 3

Beautiful in its natural, Spiritual, and philosophical form. The body was the character of the soul

Question 4

During the High renaissance

Answer 4

Main artist: Leonardo (Florence e Milan)
Michelangelo (Florence and Rome)
Raffaello (Florence and Rome)
Tiziano (Venice)
also Rome acquired a predominate role during this time but Florence remained the Capital City

Question 5

Leonardo Da Vinchi

Answer 5

He was born in Venice 1452 and died in 1519
He was a man of many trades including : Mathematician, scientist, engineer, painter, sculptor… ext (Renaissance Man)

Question 6

Leonardo first introduced what

Answer 6

Movement and Breath

Question 7

Leonardo key traits

Answer 7

-he entered Verrocchio’s workshop at 11
- Inspired to bring innovation to both art and science
- He worked independently
- He believed science was an investigation of nature and art was an expression of beauty

Question 8

Leonardo believed what

Answer 8

That the eye was the superior organ and painting was a superior art form

Question 9

Leonardos first work was

Answer 9

The baptism of Christ and had intense detail in the face and human figure: Verrocchio and Leonardo, Uffizi, Florence

Question 10

Leonardos Annunciation

Answer 10

His first completed work (1473)
He had immense detail
figures looked more relaxed, human like and divine
used sfumato

Question 11

Sfumato

Answer 11

• without lines or boarders
• very subtle gradation of shadow generation an element of the image
• The movement of light the rests on the bodies

Question 12

Leonardo had what in his Annunciation work

Answer 12

A supposed perspective error was that Marys arm was too long and unnatural, put its because the right view is to the right and up

Question 13

Leonardo used what technique

Answer 13

The golden ratio which leads to a sense of balance and harmony: two equal golden rectangles that intersect

Question 14

Where is the VA in Leonardo’s Annunciation

Answer 14

The mountains right above the village; God is the mountains and human world is the sea, meaning God dominates over the world

Question 15

What is anamorphosis

Answer 15

a distortion of an image that can only be fully perceived from a certain vantage point

Question 16

Leonardos Last supper

Answer 16

• 1495-1497
• He tried an experimental technique that ruined his work (Giorgio Vasari) ( A shadow)
• Milan, Santa Maria delle Grazie
  -tried to recreate an oil painting in a fresco (oil an water don’t mix used oil and tempera which did not do well in the heat and began to flake

Question 16

The comparisons of Leos and Castagnos last supper

Answer 16

• Judas was easily depicted because he was on the opposite side (C)
• Used the actual scene from the Bible to represent characters (L)
  this scene comes out of Lukes chapter “one of his 12 disciples will betray him”

Question 17

The history of the Last supper

Answer 17

started to deteriorate in 1517
- restored twice in the 18th century
- Napoleons troops used it as a dormitory with no care
- Monks put a door in the middle
- It was bombed
- Last restoration 1999 by a lady took her 20 years

Question 18

Leos Last supper mathematic and artistic aspects

Answer 18

• The disciples are in groups of three
• The pose and emotions represent psychology
• No light in Judas face because he knows its him
• Body of christ is a triangle and his head(right eye) is the vanishing point
• 4 sets of tapestries and 3 windows
• second window because he’s the second in the trinity

Question 19

symbolic meaning of numbers

Answer 19

3- holy trinity, sacred and perfect number
4- matter of elements: earth, air, water, fire; humanity
3+4=7 the gift of the Holy Spirit
3x4=12 the # of disciples, hours of day and night, months

Question 20

Lady with an ermine

Answer 20

1485/90
- The ermine means purity
- innovative Pose was unusual breaking iconography again
- started the rise of portraits
- Beauty came from darkness
- The ermine is Lodivico il Moro ( also the emblems of his)
- Cecilia is depicted in the picture which is his one pure love also ermine in greek is her name
Krakow, Czartorysky Muzeum

Question 21

The Mona Lisa

Answer 21

1503-1505
- much is unknown about the portrait
- the sitter is thought to be a merchants wife Lisa Gherardini and made for a wedding or birth
- He kept it till his death
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Question 22

Leos last work in Florence

Answer 22

The Battle of Anghiari was commissioned for Sala del Gran Consiglio with his work on one side and his rival Michelangelo on the other
- He painted the men during battle
- he describes the war as chaos and the men like animals
Louvre Paris

Question 23

Michelangelo

Answer 23

The divine one “a spirit sent to earth to show the perfection of art”
- believed in the art of renewal
- sculpture is made by the force of removal
- what already in the block of stone

Question 24

The early period of Michelangelo

Answer 24

1487-1505
- florence and rome
- building his reputation
- inspired by classical art
- focuses of anatomy
“nurtured on milk and marble dust”(he was artistically skilled from a very young age)

Question 25

Who did Michelangelo train under

Answer 25

Ghirlendio which he hated
then went to the medici academy

Question 26

Mature period

Answer 26

1505-34
- Rome
- Physical and emotional tension in his works
- peek of his career
- The sistine chapel ceiling (dynamic and expressive figures)

Question 27

Late period

Answer 27

1534-1564
- Rome
- Reflect somber tones
- shift towards mannerism (elongated fingers and intense expression)
- Focused on religious themes

Question 28

What do the three periods represent

Answer 28

1.) focus on classical ideals 2.) his mature monumental composition. 3.) his more personal expressive late work

Question 29

The Battle of the Centaurs

Answer 29

1490-1492
- Before the battle
- Showing the soldiers rushing to get ready to fight after relaxing in a lake
- The war disrupts peace

Question 30

The holy family

Answer 30

Pagen and christianity
- The family is above everyone

Question 30

Pieta

Answer 30

means mercy and charity
- the suffering of Mary after Jesus death
- she is too young in the sculpture but MA says that its because she is pure so she cannot age
- 1498-99
- A redefined; rather than German area one because it puts death in a fearful light
- Triangle and circle to represent Jesus life circle
- empathy sense of calmness around death
-Rome st peter basilica

Question 30

The David

Answer 30

1501-1504
- Symbolizes a new republic and their power and determination
- was put in town hall instead of the duomo
- Has intense anatomy detail like veins
- donetellos st john inspiration
- Before the battle
Lippison athletes pose

Question 31

Sistine chapel Creation of Adam

Answer 31

• 1508-12
• Rome
• Commissioned by Julius II
• God is in the bubble shaped like a brain meaning he is all knowing and can give us knowledge
• relaxed body and amazing detail of realistic anatomy
  The entire ceiling reprints the fall of humanity and books of genesis