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The Last Supper (L)

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  • Leonardo da Vinci
  • 1495-1498
  • Fresco secco
  • Mixture of oil and tempera paint
  • Linear perspective
  • interactive figures
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Sfumato

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“Smoky”
- subtly softens outlines in paintings where figures are not defined by outlines

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The School of Athens

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  • Raphael
  • c. 1510-1511
  • Fresco
  • Comissioned by pope Julius II for his papal apartments
  • separated by aristotle and plato (nature/humans vs ideal world)
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Pieta (M)

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  • Michelangelo
  • c. 1500
  • Only work michaelangelo has signed
  • Was displayed in Rome, big deal
  • Idealized form and anatomy
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David (M)

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  • Michelangelo
  • 1501-1504
  • secures his reputation as an amazing sculptor
  • the drama is restrained when compared to previous iterations of David
  • ideal beauty, ideal proportions
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Interior of the Sistine Chapel (ceiling)

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  • Michaelangelo
  • 1508-1512
  • Comissioned by Pope Julius II
  • scenes are arranged in reverse order when you enter the chapel, beginning and most pure is near the altar
  • embolded colors by using complementary colors side by side
  • heroric nude
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Greek cross plan

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one of the plans for St. peters
- Bramante
- greek cross is equal on all four sides
- complex division of space

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Pope Julius II

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  • popular comissioner of works in the high renaissance
  • very violent, pompus and sometimes vulgar
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What made ventian painters different than that of other italian locations during the renaissance?

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  • used oil on canvas
  • focus on color and light not the perfect image
  • less focus on anatomical accuracy
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Poesia

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A painting meant to evoke moods in a manner similar to poetry
- idelaized rural life and the leisure of a landscape

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“Venus” of Urbino

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  • Titian
  • c. 1538
  • Comissioned by the Duke of Urbino in celebration of his marriage to a 10 year old girl
  • symbols of marriage, loyalty and domesticity
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Pendant figure

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figure painted in to balance out a composition

ex: dog in “venus” of Urbino

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Mannerism

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  • move away from high renaissance art
  • elegant and complex figures
  • most works required extensive knowledge of art/sculpture/architecture
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Protestant Reformation

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  • Martin Luther nails his 95 thesis to the church door
  • mass exodus from the church in favor of protestant beliefs
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Counter reformation

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  • the churches reaction to the protestant reformation
  • council of trent
  • violent behavior and influence by the church to re-establish catholicism
  • greatly changed art and its view by the church
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Figura Serpentinata

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twisted and elongated poses and proportions we see in mannerist art

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Courtyard Facade, Palazzo del Te mantua

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  • Giulio Romano
  • 1527-1534
  • made for a wealthy famalies summer suburban palace
  • architecture is slightly off, humours to those who knew about artchitecture
  • classical architecture used in unexpected ways
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Entombment

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  • Pontormo
  • 1525-1528
  • excellent example of mannerism and figura serpentinata
  • forgoes any setting to clarify the scene
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Last Judgement, Sistine Chapel

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  • Michaelangelo
  • 1536-1541
  • decades after the ceilings of the sistine chapel
  • highly criticized for its nudity and grandiosity
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Engaged column

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not free standing, applied to a wall
- more decorative than structural

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Colossal columns

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columns that span more than one story

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latin cross plan

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uses the cross we are most familiar with now, with an elongated center stick

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Feast in the House of Levi

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  • Veronese
  • 1573
  • Hated by the church
  • was intended to be a last supper scene but Veronese just changed the name
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The Last Supper (T)

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  • Tintoretto
  • 1592-1594
  • Favored by the church
  • ethically correct, decent and accurate in its treatment of religous subjects
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Exterior view of Villa Rotunda
- Palladio - 1560s - modeled after the pantheon in Rome - Belvedere
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Belvedere
building designed to overlook a pleasant land or seascape
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Isenheim Altarpiece
- Matthias Grunewald - c. 1510-1515 - comissioned by a hospital that focused on skin diseases - emphasis on the crucifixtion wounds to connect christs suffering to the patients of the hospital
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Self portrait (he looks like jesus)
- Albrecht Durer - 1500 - focus is entirely on the artist, he looks regal and almost christ like
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The four horsemen of the Apocolypse
- Albrecht Durer - 1497-1498 - woodcut (suprising i know) - part of a book of 14 scenes depicting the apocalypse - no one is above judgement
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West Wing of the Cour Carree (the lourve)
- Pierre Lescot and Jean Gougjon - began in 1546 - french renaissance style of balance and regularity - symmetrical and restrained
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Burial of Count Orgaz
- El Greco - 1586 - fusion of byzantine, mannerist and venetian styles - change in style to show the difference between heavan and earth
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Garden of Earthly Delights
- Hieronymus Bosch - 1505-1515 - triptych - intensively creative, dreamlike, and almost hallucinogenic - no universally agreed upon meanings
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Return of the Hunters
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder - 1565 - part of a series of 6 paintings representing different segments of the year - daily life
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The French ambassadors
- Hans Holbein the Younger - 1533 - minute detail work - anamorphic image of the skull
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Anamorphic Image
a stretched image meant to be viewed from a specific angle | Holbeins french ambassadors
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Key characteristics of Baroque art
1. Theatrical/ dramatic representations 2. Evoking reaction of the body, engaging the viewer 3. Asymmetry and diagonals
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Facade of St. Peters Basilica
- Carlo Maderno - 1607-1626 - almost a century after Michaelangelo taking on the project - mixture of renaissance and 17th century architecture
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Piazza of St Peters Basilica
- Gianlorenzo Bernini - 1656-1657 - 'motherly arms of the church embracing the faithful'
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St Peters Baldacchino (canopy)
- Gianlorenzo Bernini - 1624-1633 - Made of bronze with gold gilding - Marks the tomb of St. Peter - spiraling columns have movement
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David (B)
- Gianlorenzo Bernini - 1623 - dynamic, moving into the viewers space - body crosses over on itself creating diagonals
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Cornaro Chapel St. Teresa in Ecstasy
- Bernini - 1642-1653 - St teresa is pierced by an angel, making her body one with God - captures a moment in time, engages the viewer
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Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
- Franceso Borromini - 1638-1667 - Takes baroque architecture to a differnt level - exterior and interiror are almost ripling
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Coffer
Recessed shape taken out of a ceilign or dome | it can be any shape
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Tenebrism
Dramatic contrast between light and dark using a light source that typically falls on one central figure | 'spotlight effect'
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The Conversion of St. Paul
- Caravaggio - c. 1601 - depicts when St. Paul fell from his horse, was blinded by Jesus (eventually his sight is restored by an apostle of christ) - symbolic use of light to represent the presence of Christ
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Judith slaying holofernes
- Artemisia Gentileschi - 1619-1620 - Clear influence of Caravaggio - notably different than other Judiths in intensity and depiction of the figures
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The triumph of the Name of Jesus and the Fall of the Damned
- Gaulli - 1672-1685 - Ultimate baroque and religious combination - Use of light to represent a biblical figure - di sotto in su
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Las Meninas
- Diego Velaquez - 1656 - very characteristic brushstroke style - Artist paints himself very nobaly and highly which is not immidietly noticed
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The Raising of the Cross
- Peter Paul Reubens - Huge triptych - great example of counter reformation art (how you know it came from flanders) - big muscled figures indicate the spiritual and moral weight of the cross
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Still life with Flowers, Goblet, Dried fruit, and Pretezels
- Clara Peeters - 1611 - breakfast piece - amazing comitmment to texture and detail
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Oeuvre
an artists body of work
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Breakfast Piece
a still life table set with a light meal like bread and fruit | ex: Clara peeters still life
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When did Martin Luther post his theses?
1517
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When was the great London fire?
1666
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The Night Watch
- Rembrandt - 1642 - Group portrait of a company of Dutch militia - represents the Dutch victory over Spain and their separation - Baroque in the lighting and choice of a moment in time
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Woman holding a Balance
- Joannes Vermeer - c. 1664 - Vermeer has a very distinct style, quiet small genre scenes with lowkey color - A reminder of judgement to come, fleeting material possesions
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Camera Obscura
dark room in which an images outline was projected through a lens on to the wall of a room for an artist to trace over | possibly used by Vermeer for his works
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Vanitas
work of art that reminds the viewer of the fleetingness of life and material possesions as well as the certainty of death | think of woman holidng a balance and flower still life
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The palace of versailles (hall of mirrors)
- Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun - begun in 1678 - orante, gilded, incredible symbol of power and wealth - emphasis on the sun and Louis XIV divine right to rule
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New St. Pauls cathedral
- Christopher Wren - 1675-1710 - Church was redone after the great fire of 1666 - Mix of styles bc/ Wren had an eclectic design (gothic, italian baroque, classical) - Highlight of the contrast between light and dark

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