People

Question 1

Jacob of Voragine

Answer 1

archbishop of Genoa, focus on humanizing saintly figures

Question 2

Calimala

Answer 2

major family/guild of wool/textiles

Question 3

Camaldolese

Answer 3

mystical Benedictine order

Question 4

Vasari

Answer 4

first art historian. Hated “Greek” and “German” (Byzantine and Gothic) art. Basically determined which artists would be important and which wouldn’t be.

Question 5

Cimabue

Answer 5

(1240-1302) improved on Byzantine art. Focused on nature/naturalism

Question 6

Giotto

Answer 6

(1266-1337) EMPATHY

Question 7

Duccio

Answer 7

Cimabue of Siena. Embraced international gothic. Mixing pigment

Question 8

Simone Martini

Answer 8

heavily influenced by French art

Question 9

Lorenzetti Bros.

Answer 9

combines Simone Martini’s international Gothic with Giotto’s naturalism. They focus on spacial continuity

Question 10

Donatello

Answer 10

the science of the eye

Question 11

Nicola Pisano

Answer 11

continous narrative. heavily influenced by classical Roman art and scultpture

Question 12

Giovanni Pisano

Answer 12

International Gothic

Question 13

Lorenzo Monaco

Answer 13

paints Gothic style inspite of naturalistic pressure in Florence

Question 14

Gentile da Fabriano

Answer 14

naturalistic effort with depth and space, but uses international gothic influences. Varieta

Question 15

Brunelleschi

Answer 15

crowns the Duomo using architectural techniques based heavily on ancient Rome while using similar concepts as Gothic. brings rationality and order back to architecture.

Question 16

Alberti

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Classical Order. Understands the theory of beauty and harmony. Father of perspective. Defines Istoria

Question 17

Ghiberti

Answer 17

extremely important. reintroduces the heroic nude. uses modular space for the first time

Question 18

Masaccio

Answer 18

introduces the first cast shadow. natural light. begins using perspective as a story telling tool

Question 19

Masolino

Answer 19

lack of continuity in space

Question 20

Uccello

Answer 20

let the math of perspective overtake the whole piece

Question 21

Fra. Angelico

Answer 21

the beauty of faith. introduces the idea of sacra conversazione.