Art 1 Flashcards
Who is this?
Michaelangleo Buonarroti
(1475-1564)
Florence
David, Pieta, Sistine Chapel
Who made this?
Andrea del Verrocchio
(1435-1488)
Master of da Vinci
Florence
- Baptism of Christ,* Uffizi Gallary Florence
- Tobias and the Angel*, National Gallary London
Patrons: Lorenzo and Piero de Medici
What is This and Who Made It
Tobias and the Angel
(1470-1475)
Andea del Veracchio
National Gallary London
da Vinci May have painted the fish
Who is this
Annibale Carraci
(1560-1609)
Bologna
The Loves of the Gods, Palazzo Farnese Rome
He and his brother, Agostino and cousin Ludovico founded an influential studio and helped found an important strand of the Baroque that brought into it some Mannerist features
What is this and who made it?
Andre del Verrocchio
Terra-cotta bust
1475-1478
Giuliano de Medici, National Gallary DC
What is this and who made it?
Michelangelo Buonarroto
Doni Tondo, Uffizi Gallary Florence
1507
Oil and tempera on panel
Commisioned by Agnolo Doni fir his marriage to Maddalena Strozzi
What is a tondo?
A tondo (plural tondi) is a renaissance term for a circular work of art either a painting or sculpture. The Italian word, rotondo, means round. Small portrait miniatures do not classify as a tondo.
What is this and who made it?
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Medusa, Capitoline Museum Rome
1640?
Marble
Nothing is known of its commission or production
What is this and who made it?
Andrea del Verrocchio
Putto Poised on a Globe, National Gallary DC
Unbaked Clay
1480
What is this, where is it and who made it?
The tomb of Guiliano de Lorenzo de Medici
Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Sculptures of “Night” and “Day”
(1526-1531)
“Night” is the female nude on the left and “day” on the right.
The Sagrestia Nuevo is the new sacristy designed by Michelangelo
What is this and who made it?
Portrait of Giuliano de Medici
by Sandro Botticelli
1478/80
tempera on panel
National Gallary DC
Painted after Giuliano’s murder in the Pazzi conspiracy. The open window and dive were common emblems of death. The Medici were patrons of Botticelli
What is this and who painted it?
The Raising of Lazarus
Sebastiano del Piombo
1517-1519
National Gallery London
Large altarpiece originally intended for Narbonne Cathedral in France
Was the National Gallery’s first purchase (NG1) in 1824
Who is this and why was he important
Sebastiano del Piombo
1485-1547
Born in Venice as Sebastiano Luciano, he trained with Bellini and Giorgione then went to Rome
With the death of Raphael he became the leading painter in Rome. The Pope made him Keeper of the Seal so he got the nickname Piombo which means “of the lead” His job title was Piombatore
He had a friendship with Michelangelo who advised him and provided some drawings for his paintings they would later fallout
What painting is this, who painted it and why was he important
Sleeping Venus
Painted 1510, oil on canvas, Dresden
by Giorgione but finished by Titian
Giorgione helped found the Venetian school with Titian that achieves much of its effect through color and mood
