Session 3 Flashcards
Lucrezia Borgia
1480-1519, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, Humanist, incredibly educated, terrible reputation because of multiple husbands, illegitimate child, part of Families Schemes, fluent in various languages, no political power or money, she gets moved around as a pawn, she was not pure, being in public too much is not a good reputation,
Authority
knowledge as visual, power as image, meaning the originator, the person that made it, from the greeks on thought that vision means a lot; why do we believe that by looking at someone, we can see the contents of their soul, in a culture where visual means so many people tend to spend a lot of time on the visual aspects of things
Coats of Arms
Crest, Italy Extremely Leniant, representing a family alliance, power of the family
Spectacular City
generalized discussion, not an uncommon idea, model what you should be doing, kind of like the spectacular city, talking about the statues that you are at in a city, if you are a woman and walking around, you have to be careful on how you present yourself, power is clearer on its statues it’s not trying to hide from you, the tracking of people, they are being vocal about who they are, they are not trying to hide, no subtle government, they are not trying to play with you, if you act better then you are better, you are who you are based on the way you act,
Allegory of Good and Bad Government
The medieval idea suggests that bad government flows out of a bad or evil office and flows out into the world the way that sin flows into the world. Godly/good elected officials secure the city; if you look at a city you can tell if the leader is good; when the faith in government falls? be careful what you do in this room because your actions will flow out everywhere,
Bestiary
Greek Physiologus, Christians continue this tradition, encyclopedia of animals, knowledge of animals
Giotto
1266-1337, Santa Croce, John the Evangilist, Peruzzi Chapel, italian painter, focus on emotion,
Filipino Lippi
1487-1502, Strozzi Chapel, John Raises Drusiana, John the evangelist calling out to a women, Italian painter, painting of the seven saints
Leonardo DaVinci
italian painter painted the Mona Lisa, He serves as a role model applying the scientific method to every aspect of life,
Titian
greatest Venetian painter,Titian contributed to all of the major areas of Renaissance art, painting altarpieces, portraits, mythologies, and pastoral landscapes with figures.,
Sofonisba Anguissola
important female artist, met Michelangelo, was Admired by Vasari, worked at the Spanish Court,
Lavinia Fontana
First Female elected Academia San Luca, confident,
Artemisia Gentileschi- famous for painting herself, the daughter of a famous painter, painting herself painting man, was sexually assaulted by her teacher, painting herself as Saint Mary; she had to marry her assaulter, showing that models were not accessible for women painters so she had to use herself,
Alessandro de Medici
had subsahruan ancestry, killed by his cousin, Alessandro wielded great power as the first duke of Florence. He was the patron of some of the leading artists of the era and is one of the two Medici princes whose remains are buried in the famous tomb by Michaelangelo.
Assault in Venice
not uncommon, consent is always iffy because no one really had rights, rising inflation in dowry, age, and class of victim mattered, families could only afford one son to marry, increasing in prostitution, two years in prison, banishment, blinding,
The Night Police
17 thousand men are investigated, same-sex male relationships, they kept records, many repeat offenders thought it was because of the price of the dowry,
