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Arh2051 exam 1
robert westin
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Art History
Undergraduate 4
09/24/2012

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Term
ars
Definition
latin word, skilled process
Term
cultural desert
Definition
a place without aesthtic objects to react to
Term
puritanical reaction to art
Definition
art is sinful and corrupts
Term
cultural pill
Definition
art will make you a better person
Term
st bernard of clairvoux
Definition
cisterian monk who was anti art
Term
dorism
Definition
nazi myth of superior creativity
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degenerate art
Definition
nazi myth of inferiority of other cultures
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adolf hitler
Definition
rejected art student, historys greatest art collector
Term
baedecker bombings
Definition
terrorism against art as a tool for change
Term
jasper johns
Definition
first artist to sell a work for more than a millio dollars
Term
linda lochlin
Definition

a leader in feminist art history, wrote "why have there been no great women artists?"

 

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guerilla girls
Definition
feminist artists ask for equal time
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quality art
Definition
art discrimination meaning by white males
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pilgrimage art
Definition
art you have to go see
Term
regionalist artist
Definition
artist not working in ny
Term
pta art
Definition
art that cannot fail, on fridge door
Term
turd on the plaza
Definition
moern tendency to deposit objects in public
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droit moral
Definition
rights of artists and art object
Term
confrontational art
Definition
art intended to offend
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ktsch
Definition
art of bad taste, made cheaply, the peoples art
Term
margaret keene
Definition
artist of big eyed for the masses
Term
gutzon borglum
Definition
sculptor who carved mt rushmoore
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sister wendy beckkett
Definition
popstar of art history
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thomas kinkade
Definition
most collected artist, safe art
Term
safe art
Definition
art that offends no one
Term
andrew wyeth
Definition
barn painter or con man? illustrator turned artist, nixon used him
Term
helga testorf
Definition
wyeths model
Term
walt disney
Definition
not an artist but used the arts to create disney
Term
disneyism
Definition
perfected world
Term
david hockney
Definition
secret knowledge camera obscura
Term
camera obscura
Definition
drawing machine uses darkened room, lens, mirror, light
Term
dark ages
Definition
1000 yr period between fall of rome and revival of classical greek culture, embodied by the renaissance
Term
maniera greca
Definition
byzantine style
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maniera tedesca
Definition
gothic style
Term
franciscan radicalism
Definition
stresses that all things in nature are important
Term
stigmata
Definition
marks of crucifixion
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fraticelli
Definition
little brothers
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il poverello
Definition
take vows of poverty chastity and obedience
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ciompi revolt
Definition
wool workers defeated in trying to stop salary cuts, reflects humanism, all people are important
Term
neoplatinism
Definition
merges christian and pagan
Term
bella maniera
Definition
search for beauty
Term
gerogio vasari
Definition
the lives of the most excellent painters sculptors and architects, cimabue
Term
chris ofili
Definition
the holy virgin mary, most famous of our time
Term
assisi problem
Definition

5 giotteschi

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giotto first

fully renaissance artist

dies in 1337 at 70, 671 yrs ago

father of european art

Term
giottos grotto
Definition
arena chapel, padua
Term
usury
Definition
charging high interest
Term
enrico scrovegni
Definition
greedy banker whose sin was charging interest "you must not lend him money at interest or sell him food at profit"
Term
sinistra
Definition
left side, reserved for the condemned to hell, evil
Term
mandorla
Definition
eye of god, almond shaped, halo
Term
fresco
Definition
water based painting on plaster
Term
arriccio
Definition
rough based plaster
Term
intonaco
Definition
final layer of ground plaster
Term
cartoon
Definition
quick sketch study used to transfer original design to wall surface
Term
pouncing
Definition
punching pin holes in cartoon then hitting the cartoon with a bag full of charcoal dust until it shows through
Term
sinopia
Definition
red clay material named for place in turkey
Term
giornato
Definition
one days work
Term
maesta
Definition
mary is the majesty as queen of heaven
Term
birds eye perspective
Definition
aerial view
Term
atmospheric perspective
Definition
illusion of airy condition
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international style
Definition
continuation of byzantine/gothic style, aristocratic views conservative tastes
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tres riches hueres du duc de berry
Definition
the book of hours medievial  limbourg brothers
Term
lapis lazuli
Definition
stone mined in badakhshan province of afghanistan
Term
jean de berry
Definition
seated on the right was the patron of the book of hours
Term
momento mori
Definition
reminders of death
Term
black death
Definition
1347 plague killd 1/2 of the european population
Term
gian galeazzo visconti
Definition
duke of milan marches on florence in 1402
Term
ladislaus
Definition
kind of naples atacks florence ini 1414 and dies
Term
filippo maria visconti
Definition
son of gian galeazzo 
Term
marzocco
Definition
lion symbol of florentine republic is adapted to brunis coat of arms
Term
ars bereft
Definition
allergory of the arts grieve over loss of patron, latin epitaph held by two victories was compossed by successor, muses mourn his death
Term
leonardo bruni
Definition
florentine chancellor, humanist
Term
de militia
Definition
brunis plea for citizen army
Term
historium 
Definition
1404 bruni begun working on histography
Term
humanitas
Definition
latin term for literary studies
Term
santa croce
Definition
the place to be buried, the church of the holy cross, westminister abby of italy
Term
paolo guinigi 
Definition
married second wife illaria del carretto 1406-1408
Term
giovanni caponi
Definition
restored illaria , sues james beck for slander
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james beck
Definition
renaissance art history teacher, critic of restoring pieces
Term
cenotaph
Definition
like a tomb marker, does not have a body
Term
sacrifice of isacc
Definition
isaac was the son of abraham, half brother of ishamel, father of jacob and esau, abraham sacrifices isaac but last moment accepts a ram instead
Term
all antica
Definition
statue depicting a boy pulling a thorn from his foot
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arnolfo di cambio
Definition
gothic architect of duomo
Term
duomo
Definition
cathedral in italian, as in cathedral of florence
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santa maria dei fiore
Definition
the cathedral of florences name: st mary of the flowers
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cricket cage
Definition
michaelangelos criticism of decorative arcade balcony
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canephora
Definition
ancient basket carriers
Term
rota
Definition
part of the hospital of santo spirito, rome, anonymous baby drop
Term
luca della robia
Definition
ceramic sculptor, inventor of new blue and white glazes, inexpensive subsitute for marble
Term
terra cotta
Definition
fired earthenware 
Term
tondo
Definition
della robbia makes baked clay polychrome circular medallions with special enamelled ornamental effects
Term
paradiso
Definition
area between duomo and baptistery
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vittorio ghiberti
Definition
son of lorenzo
Term
nov. 4th 1966
Definition
the flood of florence
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vittorio ghibertti 
Definition
son of lorenzo
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trompe l'oeil
Definition
to fool the eye
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ars moriendi
Definition
death education/arts: preparation for a good death
Term
felice brancacci 
Definition
ambasador to cairo until 1423 and art patron
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masolino
Definition
teavher, 18 yrs older than rival masaccio
Term
masaccio
Definition
ugly tom, nickname
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chiaroscuro
Definition
light dark contrasts, 1st since giotto
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pietro torrigiano
Definition
fights with michaelangelo
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buon fresco
Definition
true water base painting on plaster
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catasto
Definition
1427 1st income tax
Term
palla strozzi
Definition
the richest man in florence, patron of gentiles masterpiece: the magi
Term
predella
Definition
the ledge below altar, with small scale paintings
Term
contrapposto
Definition
against the pose
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ponderation
Definition
weight shift
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relievo schiaciato
Definition
flattened relief
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psychomachia
Definition
warfare of the soul
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sacra conversazione
Definition
sacred conversation
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linear perspective
Definition
illusion of depth
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nude
Definition
secure, posed for beauty
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naked
Definition
vulnerable, without clothing, pornographic
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miller vs. california
Definition
1973 supreme court legal definition includes community standards and must be without artistic redeeming value
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vitruvius
Definition
roman architect and military engineer, famous as the author of the only complete architectural treatsie to survive from antiquity.
Term
sigismondo pandolfo
Definition
anti christian, evil prince of rimini, builds temple to pagan gods
Term
nicolo machievelli
Definition
writer of the prince, admirere of the ruthless end justifies means
Term
the prince
Definition
guide to politics 1532
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isotta
Definition
mistress of sigismindo, smothers wife of sigismondo
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gemithus plethon
Definition
grek pagan scholar, buried in rimini
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pius II
Definition
defiant pope condemmns sigimondo to hell
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andrea elgi implicati
Definition
hanged men, artist who was dealth with harsh realities of life and death
Term
domenico veneziano
Definition
murdered artist
Term
apologist school
Definition
those who attribute works of art to a better known name and apologize for lesser as being by the inferior student
Term
condotierre
Definition
italian for mercenary soldier
Term
sir john hawkwood
Definition
famous condottiere
Term
marcus aurelius
Definition
thought to be a statue of first christian emperor: constantine
Term
patina
Definition
coloration of metal, chemical reaction
Term
gattamelatta
Definition
erasmos de narni " honey cat"
Term
frederico da montefeltro
Definition
condottiere in battle a sword cut his eye and nose
Term
golden legend
Definition
popular medieval book o f saints
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st helen
Definition
mother of constantine, made pilgramage to the holy land to find true cross and bring back to rome
Term
beatus
Definition
was elevated to status of blessed, step before sainthood
Term
sweet style
Definition
secind renaissance style, beyond naturalism, lippi, angelico
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prior antonine
Definition
writers of garden soul, a perfect monastic world
Term
lucrezia buti
Definition
lippis love, nun on th erun
Term
filippino lippi
Definition
son of filippo lippi
Term
soto in su
Definition
from beneath upwards
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trompe lolei
Definition
french term for fooling th eye illusion
Term
bottega
Definition
an artists studio
Term
boticello
Definition
brother was called the keg flatness gentlesness anti optical anti naturalistic sensitve withdrawn melancholic poetic new race artifical 
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walter pater
Definition
a 19th century romantic art historianwho rediscovers the artist and loved botticellis name
Term
venus pudica
Definition
modest venus
Term
doctrine of desio
Definition
human desire
Term
luxuria
Definition
sensul pleasure
Term
neoplatonism
Definition
tried to reconcile classical and christian views
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archbishop antoniio pierozzi
Definition
archbishop of florence from 1446-1459
Term
pignoni
Definition
savonarolas weepers
Term
palleschi
Definition
medici supporters
Term
theocracy
Definition
government by god
Term
palleschi vs piganoni
Definition
medici followers vs savonarola followers
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bernard berenson
Definition
wife mary was an american art critic known as the eye, the great art historian
Term
ledger x
Definition
secret journal records attribution truth
Term
colin simson
Definition
book artful partners, exposes berrenson as fraud in 1986
Term
I tatti
Definition
the touches, berenson villa, given to harvard
Term
flanders
Definition
flemish netherlands today belguim
Term
master of flemalle
Definition
none of robert campins documented works survive but he is given a numer ofworkks group as the master of flemalle
Term
icot pictor foctor
Definition
hubert
Term
iconoclasts
Definition
image breakers
Term
iconodules
Definition
image venerators
Term
tempera
Definition
yolk of egg and color paint
Term
oil paint
Definition
replaces tempera and fresco
Term
dendrochronology
Definition
dating by study of tree rings
Term
tomaso portinari
Definition
italian banker for medici bank in bruges
Term
erwin panofsky
Definition
famous art historian 1953
Term
ghirlandaio
Definition
the garland maker, goldsmith making garlands for womens hair
Term
all antica
Definition
sassetti ruins=triumph of christianity over pagan world
Term
divine porportion
Definition
1.618 fee most beautiful number in nature
Term
martyrium
Definition
sacred site of martyrdom
Term
paragone
Definition

a comparisonn of painting sculpture architecture. which is best?

 

Term
mirroe writing
Definition
reversed notes hides thoughts
Term
caterina
Definition
mom, the brawler: the lost mother of leonardo
Term
sigmund frued
Definition
finds mother fixation in leonardos work but makes mistakes
Term
sfumato
Definition
smokey haze illusion of natural atmosphere
Term
tamburo
Definition
anonymous morals box, jacopo saltarelli with four men including
Term
pina branbilla
Definition
was reputed to be best restorer in world restores last supper
Term
james beck
Definition
columbia university porfessor call last supper dead as a doornail and an experiment
Term
ncesco del giocondov
Definition
a wealthy florentine silk merchant
Term
sumarine goddess
Definition
painting never cleaned, under varnish
Term
lisa gheradini
Definition
mona lisa
Term
sprezzatura
Definition
aristocratic behavior
Term
isabella de este
Definition
mona lisa?
Term
onam
Definition
my lady
Term
nstana d zvalos
Definition
duchess of francavilla was she the real mona lisa?
Term
giocondophilia
Definition
fascination over mona lisa
Term
procul esto profano
Definition
sign at entrance to vatican art collection: let the ignorant stay away
Term
gergio vasari
Definition
calls pieta a miracle in stone
Term
carrara
Definition
marble caves morth of pisa, source of pieta marble
Term
vincenzo perugia
Definition
thief steals the mona lisa
Term
eduardo de valfierno
Definition
s american con artist, the perfect con
Term
craquelure
Definition
crackle, drying and aging of oil paint
Term
lilian schwartz
Definition
computer whiz? or con artist, finds real mona
Term
Francis I
Definition
french King patron of leonardo, del sarto, primaticcio, buys th mona lisa
Term
school of fountainbleau
Definition
francis I's palace, court buys italian renaissance artists
Term
polymath
Definition
someone with enclyclopedic knowledge
Term
agustino di duccio
Definition
had original david commission 40 yrs earlier. di duccio was the master sculptor, who "ruined david"
Term
piero soderini
Definition
1502 gonfalonier: standard bearer of florentine republic, complpained to michaelangelo about davids nose being too big
Term
aristodemo costoli
Definition
1843 restoration uses acid. caused most damage to david
Term
Definition

vincent van gogh

self portrait

1888

 

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