Vocab (Exam 2)

Question 1

Vitruvius

Answer 1

ROman author and architect and civil engineer; wrote “De Architectura’ book which influenced da Vinci and Michelangelo

Question 2

Sfumato

Answer 2

Italian for “smoky”; used to describe very delicate gradations in light and shade in modeling of figures; da vinci used it

Question 3

chiaroscuro

Answer 3

Italian for ‘light and dark’; method of modeling primarily by the use of light and shade

Question 4

Tempietto

Answer 4

a small, commemorative martyrium (tomb); tuscan order

Question 5

Pope Julius II

Answer 5

commissioned the destruction and rebuilding of St. Peter’s basillica as well as the decoration of the sistine chapel

Question 6

Pieta

Answer 6

Italian for ‘pity’; representation of virgin grieving over dead christ; if [post-crucifixion, then called lamentation

Question 7

Ignudi

Answer 7

the flying cherubs seen in chapel ceiling frescos

Question 8

Protestant Reformation

Answer 8

split of the church; started by Martin Luther and his protests against some of the church’s practices; October 1517; 95 theses, or augments against the church;

Question 9

Matin Luther

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wrote 95 theses against the catholic church in order to start a reformation of the church;

Question 10

genre

Answer 10

scenes of everyday life

Question 11

Counter-Reformation

Answer 11

Catholic response to protestant reformation; council of trent; disagreed with Luther; papacy was important; images of holy family/saints required

Question 12

Artifice

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part of mannerism; to be artificial, fake, exaggerated

Question 13

Ambiguous

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part of mannerism; purposefully unclear or puzzling

Question 14

Allegory

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the personification of an idea

Question 15

Façade

Answer 15

front of a building; false

Question 16

Disegno

Answer 16

the intellectual approach to art; intellect (line)

Question 17

Colore

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emotional aspect of art

Question 18

Iconography

Answer 18

subject matter in an art image (story, symbols, character)

Question 19

Iconology

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the examination of subject matter within a historical context

Question 20

Mannerism

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an art movement which began at the death of Raphael; focus on intellectual wit;

Question 21

4 Parts of Mannerism

Answer 21

artifice, ambiguity, distortion, and beauty