Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Renaissance
quiz
49
Art History
Undergraduate 2
03/12/2008

Additional Art History Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term

[image]

Definition

Woman Holding A Balance

Johannes Vermeer

1664

oil on canvas

Term
[image]
Definition

The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp

Rembrandt van Rijn

1632

Oil on canvas

Term
[image]
Definition

Las Meninas

Diego Velazquez

1656

Oil on canvas

Term
[image]
Definition

Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting

Artemisia Gentileschi

1630

Oil on canvas

Term
[image]
Definition

Bacchus

Leonardo Da Vinci

1515

Oil on walnut transferred to oil on canvas

Term
[image]
Definition

The Elevation of the Cross

Peter Paul Reubens

1611

Oil on canvas

Term
[image]
Definition

Garden of Earthly Delights

Hieronymus Bosch

1504

Oil on wood

Term
[image]
Definition

Burial of the Count Orgaz

El Greco

1588

Oil on canvas

Term
[image]
Definition

Melancolia I

Albrecht Durer

1514

Engraving

Term
[image]
Definition

Small Cowper Madonna

Raphael

1505

Oil on wood

Term
[image]
Definition

Still Life with A Watch

Pieter Claesz

1636

Oil on panel

Term
[image]
Definition

David

Michelangelo

1504

Marble

Term
[image]
Definition

The Creation of Adam

Michelangelo

1511

Fresco

Term
[image]
Definition

Venus of Urbino

Titian

1538

Oil on canvas

Term

[image]

Definition

An Allegory with Venus and Cupid

Bronzino 

1550

Oil on wood

 

Term

[image]

 

Definition

Feast in the House of Levi

Paolo Veronese

1573

Oil on canvas

Term
[image]
Definition

Danube Landscape

Albrecht Altdorfer

1525

Oil on panel

Term
[image]
Definition

St. Luke Drawing a Portrait of the Virgin Mary

Rogier Van der Weyden

1440

Oil on wood

Term
[image]
Definition

The Last Supper

Tintoretto

1594

Oil

Term
Sfumato
Definition
Italian term meaning "smoky," soft, and mellow. It is the effect of haze in a painting.
Term
Reformation
Definition
A series of events in which Church of England broke away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century
Term
Counter-Reformation
Definition
A period of Catholic revival in 1560 until the close of the Thirty Years' War in 1648.
Term
High Renaissance
Definition
Culmination of the art of the Italian Renaissance between 1450 and 1527 centered in Rome.
Term
Chiaroscuro
Definition
A term for the contrast between light and dark, usually in a bold manner.
Term
Vitruvian Man
Definition
Drawing created by Da Vinci in 1492 that contains the Canon of Proportions.
Term
Pieta
Definition
A depiction of the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus in her arms, most often in the form of sculpture.
Term
Non Finito
Definition

A sculpting technique literally meaning that the work is unfinished. (Pioneered by Donatello and used by Michelangelo)

Term
Impasto
Definition
A technique in painting where the paint is laid thickly enough that the strokes are visible. Impasto provides texture that pops out of the painting once dry.
Term
Greek Cross
Definition
Each of the four lengths of the cross are equal.
Term
Latin Cross
Definition
A cross with the descending arm the longest. It is the most common Christian cross representing the crucifixion of Jesus.
Term
Poesie
Definition
(Painted poems) Pastoral themes inspired by contemporary literary revival of poetry.
Term
Mannerism
Definition
A period of arts emphasizing harmonious ideals lasting during the later years of the Italian High Renaissance from 1520 until 1600.
Term
Iconoclasm
Definition
Not being allowed to depict an icon within a culture of a culture's own religious icons or symbols, usually for religious or political reasons.
Term
The Four Humors
Definition

The theory that the human body was filled with four basic substances which are in balance when a person is healthy. (Hippocrates onward)

Black & Yellow Bile, Blood, and Phlegm

Term
Romanization
Definition
Representation of a word or language with the Roman alphabet where the original word uses a different language system.
Term
Baroque
Definition
Western cultural epoch commencing roughly at the turn of the 17th century in Rome.
Term
Genre Painting
Definition
Pictoral representations that represent scenes from everyday life.
Term
Baldacchino
Definition
A canopy of state over an altar or throne. It went from a cloth to a permanent architectural form.
Term
Travertine
Definition
A stone found in deposits in Trivoli, Italy near Rome.
Term
Transferred Painting (Quadri Riportati)
Definition

Gave the effect of a framed, easel painting transferred to the ceiling.

Term
Tenebrism
Definition
An Italian word meaning "murky." It is a style of painting using violent contrasts between light and dark.
Term
Sotto in Su (Seen from below or down to up)
Definition
A trompe l'oeil painting technique used on ceilings to provide perspective.
Term
Quadratura (Gridding or squaring)
Definition

A variety of trompe l'oeil to describe simulated architecture.

Term
Putti
Definition
Figure of a pudgy human baby almost always male and having wings.
Term
Camera Obscura
Definition
Latin for "dark chamber." Optical device used in drawing that lead to the invention of photography.
Term
Dry Point
Definition
Printmaking technique of the intaglio family in which an image is incised into a plate.
Term
Vanitas
Definition
Symbolic still life painting style from Northern Europe.
Term

Iconologia

Definition
A highly influential book written by Cesare Ripa. The book was used by artists to give substance to qualities such as virtue, courage, wisdom, and others.
Supporting users have an ad free experience!