Flashcards in Gothic and Renaisance Art Deck (11)
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What was the main media to come out of gothic art?
Primary media in the Gothic period included sculpture, panel painting, stained glass, fresco and illuminated manuscripts
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Gothic art was made during in the Middle Ages when _____________ was prevalent and art was namely for _____________ purposes. It was used to convey stories from the _____________.
Gothic art was made during in the Middle Ages when CHRISTIANITY was prevalent and art was namely for RELIGIOUS purposes. It was used to convey stories from the BIBLE.
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What was an important architectural development during the Middle Ages?
The Ribbed Vault.
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How did this new invention benefit gothic architecture?
The buildings could be built higher and thus allow more light in.
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Tell me about the Lamentation by Giotto Di Bondone.
- The Lamentation has weak depth.
- There is a sense of foreshortening with the mountain in the background.
- The mourners with their backs faced to us give us the sense that we are behind them.
- It is a fresco, made using wet plaster with paint.
- The figures portray the first sense of human emotion.
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Talk about the Annunciation by Fra Angelico.
- The use of architectural columns to create a real space mathematically was well done.
- The virgin and angel are out of proportion.
- The chair the Virgin is sitting on is out of proportion.
- The space, minus the virgin and angel, is realistically done.
- The virgin and the angel both showcase real emotion and look like actual people.
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Where did most Renaissance art come from?
A lot of the art came from Italy.
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What categorized the Renaissance .
- A rediscovery of the nude human figure and attention to its form
- The recognizable (realistic) portrait
- The development of linear (single point) perspective and pictorial space
- Landscape or interior as a background for human
- The qualities of light and shadow.
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Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?
He was the architect that designed the dome if Florence Cathedral.
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What was the first large scale nude?
Donatello's David.
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