Test 2 Flashcards
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What is important about the Dominican Monastery of San Marco?
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- Built by Cosimo de Medici to repent for usury
- Decorated by Fra Angelico
- Filled communal space and cells with religious scenes
- Angelico was an artist who lived in the monastery and a priest
2
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Who/ when was the Annunciation made?
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- Made by Fra Angelico
- 1438/1445
3
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What is important about the Annunciation?
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- viewing conditions: First thing up the staircase to the monks cell and extends space of the corridor up the staircase
- viewing conditions: perspective lines accommodate for it
- Announcement is angel Gabriel telling Mary she is pregnant with Christ
- normal visual cues to identify Mary removed because the monks already know who she is
- Mary casts a shadow while angel does not
- Mary is too large for her surroundings just like the monks in the monastery
- the architecture used to separate divine from earthly
4
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Who/ when was the first statue of David made?
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- Donatello
- 1440
- Inside Palazzo Medici
5
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What is important about Donatello’s statue of David?
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- Semi-public viewing conditions (could see it from the outside even though its located inside)
- shows moment after the victory of David where he stands on Goliath’s head
- First known free-standing nude image (not attached to architecture)
- Bronze medium
- Contrapposto stance (more weight on one foot for more casual appearance)
- Florence identifies with the statue for fighting off Milan
- sword in one hand = military Milan
- rock in one hand = artistic Florence
- hat + boots and feather of Goliath riding up David’s inner thigh brings sensual dynamic
6
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Who/ when was the second statue of David made?
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- Michelangelo
- 1504
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What is important about Michelangelo’s statue of David?
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- marble medium
- commissioned for public viewing conditions because statue placed outside the city hall
- shows moment right before the battle
- contrapposto stance
- the nude figure shows naturalism
- hands too big for torso to accommodate underneath viewing conditions
8
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Who/ when was the Procession of the Magi made?
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- Gozzoli
- 1459
9
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What is important about the Procession of the Magi?
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- Inside a chapel in Palazzo Medici so the viewing conditions are private for the Medici family and close friends
- Medici and important 15th century inside religious scenes
- humility for these people by riding in on a donkey
- shows 3 kings on their way to see newly born christ
10
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Who is Savanorola?
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- convinces the city to exile Medici and fought against humanism
- Bonfire of the vanities to destroy humanist literature and art with fire
- hung and burned in Piazza Dela Signoria in Florence 1498
11
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What is important about the Renaissance in the north?
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- Includes Belgium, Netherlands, Britain and France
- Ruled by Dukes of Burgundy
- Dukes moved around from castle to castle and thus art becomes more mobile and smaller
- Most common art piece is the altarpiece
12
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How did Italy do its art compared to the north?
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- mostly with tempera on wood
- tempera: method of which color is applied to wood, binding agent is egg yolk
- makes the depth of color very difficult
- north innovates by using oil w/ many layers of glazes and luminosity to allow depth of colour and they used ultramarine which came from lapis lazuli
13
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Who/ When was the Ghent Altarpiece made?
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- Hubert and Jan Van Eyck
- 1432
14
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Define Polyptych
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- Multi-hinged wood panel
15
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What is important about the outside of the Ghent Altarpiece?
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- Commissioned for Cathedral of St. Bano
- Image defines the city
- Very large
- First oil on panel
- the top is representations of people predicting Christ
- they look down at the prophecy before them
- The middle is a scene of Annunciation (Angel Gabriel tells Mary she’s pregnant with Christ)
- Virgin interrupted from reading the Bible, Gabriel holds lilies to symbolize purity
- takes place in a real 15th-century city
- Mary’s response to Gabriel backward and upside down( for god)
- The bottom is 4 figures in niches commissioners kneeled on the outside
- Inside 2 figures are John the Baptist and John the Evangelist
- muted colours and tones to accommodate viewing conditions (grisaille)
16
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Define Grisaille
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- Something pictured in gray
17
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What is important about the top half inside of the Ghent Altarpiece?
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- detail/ spectacular reveal saved for special occasions
- the theme of the interior is the redemption of Christ’s sins
- Center is god, the father, gold leaf behind him and has to crowns to signify he is the king of heaven and earth
- Virgin Mary left of god, Jon the baptist to the right
- Early example of sympathetic god in human form
- Angels by organ singing
- Adam an even on the edges showing the weakness of mankind
- Adam and Eve look very sad relative to heaven
- bodies look very realistic
- ## Niche’s above them show the story of Cain and Abel
18
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What is important about the bottom half inside of the Ghent Altarpiece?
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- Sacrifice of the Lamb in the center
- Lamb is a symbolic representation of Christ
- Shows drinking blood to represent Christ
- Lamb surrounded by Angels holding items related to crucifixion
- whips, crosses, a crown of thorns, the column he was tied to
- 4 panels on the side shows princes and stuff leaning towards Christ
- Over 40 species of plants in piece, background has extreme microscopic detail
- Tension between microscopic and whole represents superior comprehension of god
- Devotional piece
19
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Define Triptych
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3 panels that can be opened or closed
20
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Who/when was the Merode Altarpiece made?
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- Robert Campin
- 1428
21
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What is important about the Merode Altarpiece?
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- Art created in a workshop so not sure how much was done by Campin
- was for sale because middle class was gaining more disposable income
- Made for worship at home
- center panel is annunciation
- location is domestic setting just like it’s viewing conditions, makes it more relatable
- conflation of the holy spirit in the religious light rays
- lack of one point perspective/ delineation of human form
- On the right is Joseph, carpenter iconography
- surrounded by mice trap, shows mercantile life
- alludes to art making
22
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Who/ When was the Deposition made?
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- Rogier Van Der Weyden
- 1443
