sty 2 Flashcards
The Tempest
Giorgione piece; emphasizes the landscape, not its figures
The Stonebreakers
A Realist piece by Courbet; depicts workmen repairing a road
The School of Athens
Raphael painting; honors Greek philosophers and scientists
The Night Watch
Rembrandt painting with nontraditional character groupings; also
titled Sortie of Captain Banning Cocq’s Company of the Civic Guard
The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse
A piece created by Dürer in 1498
Sistine Madonna
Piece by Raphael; influenced representations of the Virgin Mary
Sistine Chapel ceiling
Piece by Michelangelo for Pope Julius II; recently restored
Sfumato
A technique featuring blurred outlines; shown in Mona Lisa
Renaissance Man
Person skilled in many areas; exemplified by Leonardo da Vinci and
Michelangelo
Pre-Raphaelites
Group that attempted to return to Pre-Renaissance art; religious
elements incorporated in their work
Optical mixing
Eyes visually blend applied dots of complimentary color
Oath of the Horatii
Painting by Jacques Louis David; reflects republican values
Naturalism
A realistic technique employed in Donatello’s later work
Moses
One of the pieces Michelangelo created for Pope Julius II
Le Déjeuner sur L’herbe
Translates to Luncheon on the Grass; shows naked women among
clothed men; created by Manet
Isenheim Altarpiece
Piece by Grünewald with two sets of folding wings and two panels
Individual genius
Idea that emerged during the Renaissance; placed more emphasis
on the individual
Impression, Sunrise
A piece created by Monet; criticized for being an “impression”;
inspired the name of the Impressionist movement
High Renaissance
Exemplified by artists such as da Vinci and Michelangelo
Gates of Paradise
A set of doors depicting the sacrifice of Isaac created by Lorenzo
Ghiberti; Michelangelo named them
Fête galante
Style developed by Watteau; featured elegantly dressed nobility in
the countryside
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
A painting by Bernini; set in Cornaro Chapel altar
Dome of the Florence
Cathedral
Piece by Brunelleschi; features a double-shelled dome design
Chiaroscuro
Dramatic contrasts between light and dark
