People Flashcards
(21 cards)
Jacob of Voragine
archbishop of Genoa, focus on humanizing saintly figures
Calimala
major family/guild of wool/textiles
Camaldolese
mystical Benedictine order
Vasari
first art historian. Hated “Greek” and “German” (Byzantine and Gothic) art. Basically determined which artists would be important and which wouldn’t be.
Cimabue
(1240-1302) improved on Byzantine art. Focused on nature/naturalism
Giotto
(1266-1337) EMPATHY
Duccio
Cimabue of Siena. Embraced international gothic. Mixing pigment
Simone Martini
heavily influenced by French art
Lorenzetti Bros.
combines Simone Martini’s international Gothic with Giotto’s naturalism. They focus on spacial continuity
Donatello
the science of the eye
Nicola Pisano
continous narrative. heavily influenced by classical Roman art and scultpture
Giovanni Pisano
International Gothic
Lorenzo Monaco
paints Gothic style inspite of naturalistic pressure in Florence
Gentile da Fabriano
naturalistic effort with depth and space, but uses international gothic influences. Varieta
Brunelleschi
crowns the Duomo using architectural techniques based heavily on ancient Rome while using similar concepts as Gothic. brings rationality and order back to architecture.
Alberti
Classical Order. Understands the theory of beauty and harmony. Father of perspective. Defines Istoria
Ghiberti
extremely important. reintroduces the heroic nude. uses modular space for the first time
Masaccio
introduces the first cast shadow. natural light. begins using perspective as a story telling tool
Masolino
lack of continuity in space
Uccello
let the math of perspective overtake the whole piece
Fra. Angelico
the beauty of faith. introduces the idea of sacra conversazione.
