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AHIST 102 Exam 2
2019
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
03/28/2019

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Masaccio
Tribute Money
1427
subject life of st peter
Gospel of St mattew (tax collecter confronts Christ peter says hell no and christ tells mattew to go to the water and find the coins needed in fishes mouth)
fresco
bulky figures
atmospheric and linear perspective
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Masaccio
Holy Trinity
1427
foreshortening - reminder of death
linear perspective
subject; reminder that you will one day die but then find salvation in christ and God
pyramid structure
gothic style
figures unified through color
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Fra Angelico
Annunciation
1447
linear perspective
mary seen as virgin of humility because dressed simply and sits on small stool
decorative shapes
rhythm with contour
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Fra Filippo Lippi
Madonna and Child with angels
1455
imaginary depth through landscape
set on diagonal line so shoulders are foreshortened
clean crisp contour
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Piero Della Francesca
Resurrection
1465
fresco
jesus resurrecting christmas morning
pyramid shape for figures
fully figures (bulky)
geometric shapes
rich color
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Castagno
Last Supper
1447
Fresco
judice apart from others
emphasis on moment of communion
linear perspective
rich deep colors
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Botticelli
Primavera
1482
tempra on wood
love as theme
gothic figures
cupid wind god and 3 graces
saturated colors
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Botticelli
Birth of Venus
1486
tempera on canvas (new thing, oldest surviving)
myth of birth of venus
modeled by ancient statues
strong focal point
motion through wind, vshapes in water
became christian figure, view of embodiment of human soul
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Brunelleschi
Duomo with brunelleschi's dome
florence cathedral
roman style dome with point
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Brunelleschi
San Lorenzo
1421
new style from gothic church (simpler version of gothic church)
central space - nave (shape of cross) area behind is apse- where choir goes
clestory - floor of nothing but windows
geometric perfection
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Michelozzo
Palazzo Medici
Florence
1445
michelozzo tweaked brunellesci's design
each story differs for its purpose
bottom rusticated masonry for firm visual because bank
middle cut and polished stones, elegant roman rounded windows living space
top very plain cut stone for bedrooms
horizontal rhythm
roman influence
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michelozzo
interior court of palazzo medici
1445
florence
cross ventilation from windows
serious of arches
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Alberti
Palazzo Rucellai
1452-1470
Florence
3 stories
classical inspired
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Bellini
St Francis in the Desert
1477
oil and tempera on wood
st francis of assisi
ended his life by living in desert as hermit
francis hands out in acceptance
atmospheric perspective
detail (crazy)
airless quality
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Piero della Francesca
Battista and Federico
oil and tempera on wood
double portrait husband and wife
imitating coins
introduces landscape background the portraiture
egg shaped head
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Piero della Francesca
Enthroned Madonna and Saints
1472
celebration of federico son
non perfect bilateral symmetry to show abscence of mother who died after birth
coral beads to symbolize blood and death and shell to symbolize birth
bright airless feel done by includin reflected light
perfect geometry in figures
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Alberti
Sant Andrea
1472
Mantua
roman
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Mnategna
Ceiling
painted in di sotto in su - means to paint from bottom up. Illsusion that your looking up through window and juno and friends looking down through window
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Mantegna
Foreshortened Christ
1500
tempera on canvas
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Michelangelo
David
1501-04
florence
shows david as adolescent instead of boy
anatomically correct
extreme naturalism
triumphant - depicts moment just before action
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Michelangelo
1513-1515
Moses
designed for tomb of pope julius
holding 10 commandments under right arm
horns taditional
contrappasto seating
hellenistic influence
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Michelangelo
Bound Slave
1513-1516
figure imprisoned by own emotion
small band holding him to suggest he could break free if not for himself
creates dynamic shape
expressive gestures (inner conflicting emotion and agony)
learned to make muscle groups flow
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Michelangelo
Ceiling of sistine chapel
1508-12
forced job by julius
continuous narrative of book of genesis
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Michelangelo
creation of adam
1511-12
eye enters from right bc thats where the movement is - makes eye go slower
adams only movement is reaching out his had
gestures link the sides
gestures about enegry
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bramante
tempietto
1502
shrine for people to pray privately
2 stories crowned with dome
classical influence because of round temple
perfect balance
plays with light and shadow
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Bramante
plan for st peters
vatican
1501
greek cross 4 equal arms with altar at center
classical except medieval towers
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michelangelo
plan for st peters
1546
kept greek cross idea but only one door and no towers in corners
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Michelangelo
st peters
1546-64
heavy rhythm through palasters
brunelleschi inspired dome
emphasis on vertical axis
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Andrea Palladio
Villa Rotonda
1550-1570
done for entertainment for a cardinal
based on classical and roman
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Bellini
San Zaccaria Altarpiece
1505
Madonna and Child with saints
4 saints from different centuries in semi circle around mary and christ child
bilateral symmetry
light is new golden light reflects off background wall
softly rounded forms
humid looking atmosphere
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Giorgione
The Tempest
1510
unknown subject
poetic
unification through spimato
light illuminates focal points
atmospheric effect
less detail than bellini
linear artists uses paint brush like pencil
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Titian
Pastoral Symphony
1508-10
no apparent subject but represents poetry
contoversy on whehter or not its giorgione's painting
rich color
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titian
assumption of the virgin
1516-1518
oil on wood
done for church
largest altar panel made in venice
bold colors
high renaissance
movement through wind
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titian
meeting of bracchus and ariadne
1522-23
done for princely court
drunk in love
no pyramid or oval figures loosely displayed
links figures through mirrorring poses
rich color
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titian
venus of urbino
1538
oil on canvas
for duke of verino
scene from daily life in back right
inspired by sleeping venus ina field by giorgione
color contrast
reds color harmonizing made titina famous
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titian
isabella d'este
1534-36
texture
painted with light strokes
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parmingianino
madonna with the long neck
1534
mannerist
exaggerated proportions
poses strong contrapasto
seductive
as much about death as about birth
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bronzino
venus cupid folly and time
1546
incest
mannerist because light skin of figures look like marble, sharo contours figures close to picture plain
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Tintoretto
Last Supper
1594
oil on canvas
mannerism and high renaissance combined
table - plunging diagonal
low key tonaility
more natural poses
judice outside group with no halo
lower right scene everyday life
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da Vinci
Madonna of the rocks
1483
oil on wood
montessori
mary and child
unified through looks and gestures and pyramid
atmospheric perspective
dark and gloomy
lowkey tonality
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da Vinci
cartoon for madonna and child
1505
Final study artist did before painting
lowkey tonality
deep shadows
worked towards light after beginning with shadow
accomplished by starting with dark was after prime then painted figures on top
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da Vinci
last supper
1495-98
fresco
christ at center
atmospheric perspective with back window
bilateral symmetry because of groupings
outstreched arms make pyramid
created deep space with linear perspective
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da Vinci
Mona Lisa
1503-05
originally commissioned for wedding portrait but da vinci took too long so he kept it
half length full frontal shoulders create space because on diagonal face fully visible
pyramid structure
low key tonaility
naturalism
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raphael
school of athens
1509-11
40 full size figures
linear perspective
inventive poses and gestures
micheangelo was last thing painted
mid tonality no contrast and calm
more depth of space
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