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Renaissance Flashcards

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Madonna and Child Enthroned (1)

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Cimabue, pioneer of altarpiece tradition
1280, Medieval Period
Tempera on wood
Gold leaf for fabric
Church of Santa Trinita, Florence
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Madonna and Child Enthroned (2)

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Giotto di Bondone, student of Cimabue
1310
Late Medieval/Proto-Renaissance
Church of Ognissanti, Florence
Tempera on wood
White used for folds/light/shadows
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Scrovengi/Arena Chapel

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1303-1306
Padua, Italy
Late Medieval/Proto-Renaissance
Giotto di Bondone
Fresco style
Enrico Scrovengi, usurer
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Merode Altarpiece

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Robert Campin
1426
Flanders region 
Oil on wood
Triptych
Early Renaissance
Annunciation
Hidden symbolism
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Ghent Altarpiece

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Jan van Eyck (and Hubert?)
1432
Early Renaissance
Ghent- Flemish city
Annunciation// lamb of Sacrifice
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The Alnorfini Portrait

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Jan van Eyck
1434
Oil on wood 
Early Renaissance
Flanders region 
Possibly wedding portrait
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Deposition

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Rogier van der Weyden- also traveled to Italy
1436
Oil on wood
Early Renaissance
Flanders region 
Unified triptych
Cross bows men's guild
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Gates of Paradise

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Lorenzo Ghiberti
Baptistery of San Giovanni, Florence cathedral 
Early Renaissance
1425-1452
First Testament theme
Gilt bronze relief
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Isaac Panel (Gates of Paradise)

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Ghiberti 
1425-1452
Gilt bronze relief
Early renaissance
Relief based on timing within the story
Linear perspective
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David (1)

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Donatello
1428-1440
Bronze, lost wax process
Nude, nearly life sized
Florence won battle over Milan- right over might
Early renaissance
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Equestrian Monument

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Donatello
1444-1453
Early renaissance
Bronze, marble base, limestone pedestal
Piazza Del santo, Padua 
Depicts Gattamelata, Venetian Mercenary
Inspired by statue of Marcus Aurelius
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The Holy Trinity

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Masaccio
1427
Santa Maria Novella chapel, Florence 
Fresco
Linear perspective
Classical details in architecture
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The tribute money

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Masaccio
1427
Santa Maria del carmine church, bracacci chapel- Florence
Early renaissance
St. Peter/Christ 
Atmospheric perspective with color
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Annunciation

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Corridor of San Marco convent, Florence 
Fra Angelico
1427
Fresco 
Paired down to essence
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Baptism of Christ

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Piero della Francesca
1450
Early renaissance
Tempera
Clarity of colors/contours
Static/peaceful
Harmonious
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Primavera

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Sandro Boticelli (master of tempera)
1478
Renaissance
Inside job for Medici- Roman 
Radically mythological, Venus replaces Mary's role 
Orange grove- Medici coat of arms
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Birth of Venus

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Sandro Boticelli
1482-1485
Renaissance
Tempera
Before the Sack of Rome- build up of Medici power threatening Christianity
Venus covers body- too much for this world

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The Last Supper

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Leonardo
1495-1498
Oil and tempera
High Renaissance
Dining room of the Monastery Della Grazia, Milan 
Same linear perspective as the room
Unique facial expressions
Numerical symbolism
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Mona Lisa

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Leonardo 
1503-1505
High renaissance
Sfumato transition of colors
Can see the mental state of the model
20
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Vitruvian Man

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Leonardo
1485-1490
High renaissance
Pen/ink
Using proportions from architecture 
Most perfect shapes
21
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Small Cowper Madonna

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Raphael 
1505
High renaissance
Oil
Clarity of colors
Made to look easy- celebrity artist of the time
22
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School of Athens

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Raphael
1509-1410
High renaissance
Fresco
Stanza Della segnatura (private library of pope), Vatican City Italy
Depicts the church of Saint Peter- classically designed
Plato and Aristotle

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Pieta

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1500
Michelangelo 
Marble
Commissioned by French Cardinal- more common subject there
"Hand obedient to the mind" quote
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David (2)

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Michelangelo
1501-1504
Marble
High renaissance
Artist has personal relationship with David
Placed in front of seat of government, Florence (palazzo Della signoria)
David’s facial expression is before the victory

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Florence Cathedral
Building 
Dome
Baptistery
Bell tower
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Basilica style building
Medieval 
1296-1462
Renaissance style dome (Brunelleschi)
1420-1436
Baptistery of San Giovanni
Dedicated to St. John
Bell tower (Giotto)
Early 1300s
26
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Sistine chapel ceiling

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Michelangelo- hated painting
1508-1512
Fresco
First 5 chapters of Genesis 
Vatican City, Italy
27
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Sistine chapel back wall

Last judgment scene

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Michelangelo
1536-1541
Fresco 
Vatican City 
After the sack of Rome (1527)
No one is saved, gaping hell, chaos, Mary is afraid
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Garden of earthly delights

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Hieronymus Bosch 
1505-1510 (leading up to reformation)
Oil 
Triptych
High northern renaissance
Flanders (commissioned by Spanish governor of Flanders)
Front/back
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Isenheim altarpiece

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Matthias grunewald
1515
Oil
Northern renaissance
Isenheim/Alsace region bordering France
St Anthony's community (treat st Anthony's fire- skin condition)
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Four apostles

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Albercht durer
1523-1526
Nuremberg, Germany
Northern high renaissance 
Oil 
Presented as gift to Martin Luther

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