Renaissance Flashcards
“Renaissance” definition
Re+birth
Albrecht Dürer :The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
(Its made of wood)
Jan van Eyck: Arnolfini Wedding Portrait
Michelangelo: Pietà
(Marble sculpture, Renaissance style , classical sculpture)
Michelangelo: David
(Marble sculpture, Renaissance style)
Botticelli: La Primavera
(Renaissance style)
Botticelli: Birth of Venus
(Renaissance style)
Leonardo da Vinci: Virgin of the rocks
(High Renaissance style, no halos)
Louvre, Paris, France
Leonardo da Vinci: Mona Lisa
(Renaissance style)
Louvre, Paris, France
Leonardo da Vinci: Last Supper
(Renaissance style)
Titian: Venus of Urbino
(Renaissance style, Foreshortening and chiaroscuro)
Erasmus: He was the Prince of the Humanists
Josquin des Prez
*Active in France and Italy, his style became associated with the High Renaissance.
*made a lot of money for composing
*one of the first composers to have his works commercially released and available for purchase.
*notable work was the motet “Ave Maria,”.
Ghiberti: “Gates of Paradise”
*10 panels depicting scenes from Old Testament in chronological order.
(bronze, in Florence)
Pico: Oration (book)
free will, man has no limits, we are able to choose our destiny to do the right thing. Free will is a gift from god and must be used properly