Ren Test Flashcards
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The decline,of the church was caused by?
Great schism
Avignon papacy
Avignon papacy
Crooked popes that lived rich lives by selling indulgences, church offices, etc.
Great schism
There was a pope in Rome and in Avignon and they excommunicated each other
Social realism
Attention to human society and social interaction
Three authors that display social realism
Christine de pisan
Jeffery Chaucer
Boccaccio
What did Jeffrey Chaucer write that relates to social realism?
And why?
Canterbury tales
Shows human beings with real life human flaws
What did Christine de pisan write?
How does it relate to social realism
Book of city of ladies
It opposed men’s image of women
What did Boccaccio write?
How does it relate to social realism?
Tale of filippa
Tribute to the varieties of human affection and desire
What are the three innovations
Chiaroscuro
Sfumato
Linear perspective
Chiaroscuro
Light and dark side
Sfumato
Blurring of images for depth
Linear perspective
Converging line to creat sense of depth
What do 3 innovations prove
That people are looking at the world around them
Christian humanism is from
Northern Renaissance
Classical humanism is from
Italian Renaissance
3 catalysts that moved people into Renaissance
Black Death
100 years war
Decline of the church
Difference between medieval and Renaissance?
Individualism expressed
Who are the two feminist writers, and their main publications
Christine de pisan - book of city of ladies
Lacricia marinella - the nobility of women and the vices and defects of men
Botticelli was famous for?
Sacrificing anatomical correctness for the sake of composition
Differences between early and high Renaissance ?
- 3 innovations?
- Dominant medium?
- Doctrine or secular
- How Mary and Jesus are depicted
- Expression of classical humanism
Early - 3 innovations are just beginning, fresco is dominant medium, focus a lot on doctrine of the church, Mary and Jesus are more God like, classical humanism
High - 3 innovations mastered, oil is primary medium, more secular art, Mary and Jesus are more humanized, classical humanism is expressed in more monumental ways
Who are the three early Renaissance artists?
Giotto, Masaccio, Botticelli
Da Vinci proffered to learn by?
Direct observation
What is Michelangelo known for doing to his art
Heroic idealism
Heroic idealism
It is huge
Certain parts are unproportionately large on purpose
