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Unit #4 Vocab Flashcards

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Large alarpiece by Duccio, the main painting being Madonna and Child enthroned with saints around them; figures in Gothic style (linear/patterned) and Byzantine style (hand/face); more panels on back in maniera greca style (gold sky)

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“The Maestá”

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preferred medium for large-scale wall/ceiling paintings ever since ancient times

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frescos

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Giovanni Pisano

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art sculptor, son, sculpted CATHEDRAL pulpit at Pisa, and facade sculpt. on Siena Cathedral

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“Hall of Peace”, room in the city hall political building in Siena

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Salla della Pace

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Nicola Pisano

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art sculptor, dad, sculpted BAPTISTERY pulpit at Pisa

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glittering inlay work

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cosmati work

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exterior sculptor for the Florence Cathedral in later 13th century, but not the dome

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Arnolfo di Cambio

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metal bars in the nave interior that counteracted vault stresses in absence of flying buttresses/gallery

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tie rods

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earliest and most famous work of Nicola Pisano; located in Baptistery building by Leaning Tower of Pisa.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES: lobes arches, boxed-in/ Ancient-Roman-sarcophagus style reliefs

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“Pisa Baptistery Pulpit”

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sculpture in the round of Mary & baby Jesus, made by Giovanni Pisano

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“The Padua Madonna & Child”

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work in the Pisa Cathedral that has 14th century characteristics, sculpted with loose figures and space in between them

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“Pisa Cathedral Pulpit”

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One (of the three) grand doors designed and sculpted in relief by Andrea Pisano in quatrefoil-diamon shape, on an important building

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Florence Baptistery Door

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when this substance is mixed with pigments to create colors to make frescos with

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egg tempura

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when dried paint is just added on top of a fresco when a mistake is made; not permanent

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fresco secco

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style was especially important after 1204 (sack of Constantinople) and every major city (except Venice) had evidence of Ancient Rome art & architecture

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Italo-Byzantine

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“Greek Style”, which is what the Italians called the (what we know as) Italo-Byzantine

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maniera greca

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a second artist, aside from Orcagna, who worked for the rich Strozzi family

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Gentile da Fabriano (from Fabriano, NE Rome)

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the name for the style that the Italians, otherwise, called the ‘Greek style’

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Italo-Byzantine

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Cimabue’s famous painting of a sitting Mary and the weird/flat sense of space, and painting style in Cimabue’s semi-abstracted style (1280)

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“Madonna & Child Enthroned”

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master mason and sculptor on Orvieto Cathedral

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Lorenzo Maitani

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altarpiece by Giotto, where Gothic style is hinted at in architecture but the Virgin figure is Roman/classical in style (1310)

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“Madonna & Child Enthroned”

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the painted fresco at Assisi, by Cimabue, that is very bad condition but a dramatic example of this type of art in this time

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“Crucifixion”

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most famous painting by Giotto, shows the lament of Mary and mourners over Christ’s post-crucified body. many important and innovative visual characteristics

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“Lamentation”

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an alternative to the new-wave of Renaissance approaching in the late 14th century, when the lavish styles of the Gothic appealed to the desire of display that the aristocrats had

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The International Gothic style (in Italy)

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King Robert had this painting created after his bishop brother died and was declared a saint; visually connecting King Robert to Royal House of France and to this important saint

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Robert of Anjou Crowned by St. Louis of Toulouse

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Brothers who studied under Duccio and became well known painters/artists up until their mysterious disappearance from art world in 1340’s (due to Black Death, assumedly)

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Lorenzetti Brothers, Ambrogio and Pietro

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an alternative to the new-wave of Renaissance approaching in the late 14th century, when the lavish styles of the Gothic appealed to the desire of display that the aristocrats had

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The ‘International Gothic’ style (in Italy)

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altarpiece paintings in Santa Maria Novella, Florence!, that was made by Orcagna for the Strozzi family; shows Christ in center panel, and important figures on either side’s two panels (pointed arches with gable-effect)

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“Strozzi Altarpiece”

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(when rough plaster on a masonry wall is covered with) a fine, smooth coat of plaster called ___

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intonaco

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hospital/sick&elderly housing building, near Dijon, with unique tiled roof

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Beanue (“bone”) Hospital

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picture or pattern made by arranging small colored bits of hard material

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mosaics

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Late 14th century artist in Florence, sculptor in the International Gothic style

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Orcagna

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1400’s, important art piece by Giovanni dei Grassi, Milan; ppt. scene showed God overlooking Adam & Eve in a capital C

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“The Visconti Book Of Hours”

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elaborately framed altarpiece with many multi-panel wood paintings; prominent Spanish AND Italian feature

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retable

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Side altarpiece that is very French and elaborate in style; only center panel is by Martini (Mary figure looking repellant towards Angel Gabriel)

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“Annunciation”

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small paintings, at the bottom, that accompany larger altarpiece painting

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predella scenes

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large and tall elaborate wood altarpiece, figures showing signs of International Gothic, architecture very Gothic

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The Creglingen Altarpiece

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1420, Naples, magnificent and tall sculptural tomb in French style by Andrea Nofri

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“Tomb of King Ladislas”

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Italian lingo for someone in the 1300’s, which they considered as actually “300”

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trecento

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Large wall fresco made by Ambrogio Lorenzetti in Hallf of Peace in Siena’s city hall

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“The Effects of Good Government on the City and Country”

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1420, Naples, magnificent and tall sculptural tomb in French style by Andrea Nofri

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“Tomb of King Ladislas”

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Duke of Burgundy who married daughter of Count of Flanders, which added the territory of Flanders to his kingdom; had a large & important monastery built as a place for dynastic mausoleum

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Philip the Bold

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the sculpture gazebo-like well in the middle courtyard in the Chartreuse de Champmol, depicting old testament figures, done by Claus Sluter

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The Well of Moses

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Important sculptural piece that Orcagna created for the chapel in Florence, late 14th century

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“The Tabernacle of Or San Michele”

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altarpiece Gentile da Fabriano made for Strozzi family; mixes Gothic elements with naturalistic details; one large painting with 3 panels of smaller paintings at the bottom

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“Strozzi Altarpiece (Adoration of the Magi)”

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Openable large altarpiece that is elaborate in the Gothic architecture style, with gilded wood on the inside and paintings on the outside (when closed)

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The Retable of Champmol

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Large, mostly-rectangular altarpiece in the chapel of the Beanue Hospital that shows Christ in heaven (gold sky), Angel Gabriel below him & on Earth with the scales, scenes flanking out either side

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The Last Judgement

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The artist of the paintings on the Retable of Champmol

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Melchoir Broderlam

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The artist of the Beanue Hospital chapel’s “The Last Judgement” altartpiece

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Rogier van der Weyden

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First flemish painter to achieve international fame; was best known as proponent of hyper-realism/illusionism in his paintings

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Jan van Eyck

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artist hired (sculptor) to work at Chartreuse de Champmol

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Claus Sluter

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Piece that the Limbourg Brothers (of Netherlands)(worked in Paris) made, which is a 15th c. colorful manuscript

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“Trés Riches Heures du Duc de Berry”

“The Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry”

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when surface is absolutely covered in plants, flowers, vines (which may be symbolic)

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millefleur

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German woodcarving artist who worked excellently in limewood, also known for international gothic aesthetic & angular ridges in cloth

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Tilman Riemenschneider

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a section of a fresco scene that is done in one sitting

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giornata

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King Robert had this painting created after his bishop brother died and was declared a saint; visually connecting King Robert to Royal House of France and to this important saint

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Robert of Anjou Crowned by St. Louis of Toulouse

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dynastic mausoleum monastery made by Philip the Bold

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The Chartreuse de Champmol

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The other German wood artist, who settled in Krawkow

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Veit Stoss

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Artist of the Well of Moses in the chartreuse de champmol

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Claus Sluter

Gothic Art History (3 decks)

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