Renaissance and Mannerism Cinquecento Italy

Question 1

Hatching

Answer 1

Lines that are very close together to create a shadow ||||

Question 2

Cross Hatching

Answer 2

Deeper shadow, hatching lines \|||\||\\

Question 3

Contour Hatching

Answer 3

bent fine lines that bend in motion

ex: shoulders and arms to show motion

Question 4

Sfumato

Answer 4

smoky haziness, mistness, like atomospheric perspective but over whole painting and soft

Question 5

Trump l’oiel

Answer 5

French for “fool the eye”

Question 6

Reformation

Answer 6

Date: 1500s
Where: Northern Europe
What: dissatisfaction with Church leaders and beliefs, that individuals should have a direct connection with God not through the Catholic Church.
Who: Martin Luther, wrote 95 theses that debated but did not intend to separate from Catholic Church. He ended up creating his own Church (Protestant)

Protestant artwork feared idolatry fear of praising the artwork and not God, art was from woodcut: cheap, efficient, and to teach. Smaller figures in fear of idolatry. and more focus on God and not on art. Moralistic view.

Question 7

Counter-Reformation

Answer 7

Catholic’s way of countering the reformation, created more dramatic, detailed artworks that were darker and showed what would happen if did not follow Church and rules and big and grand artworks

Question 8

Martyrium

Answer 8

building over the grave of a Saint

Question 9

Narthex

Answer 9

enter from one place (in building, architecture)

Question 10

Pilasters

Answer 10

not column, not load-bearing but a sculpture of a column not creating support but creates unifying force around the building, a sculpture of a column

Question 11

Sacra Conversazione

Answer 11

sacrad, Saints from all periods gather together in one artwork

Question 12

Mannerism

Answer 12

Date: 1520s-1580s
Renaissance wanted to hide artificial nature wanted to create a window to another world

Mannerism: was an rxn to high ren and harmonized the ideas and celebrated nature of work and didn’t show the traits of ren of symmetrical and clam and stable and humanely figure.

Color: opposite on color wheel green and red offputting and has a jarring effect

Space: confused and undefined

Erotic and impossible movements

Overall: courtly, grace, sophistication, stylish

lack calm and balance eye has to move around a lot and twist and turn and figures had impossible movements and visually complex