Renaissance Quiz Flashcards
Why does this period start?
Wealthy families begin to spend their money on artwork
Renaissance
“Rebirth”
Where does it take place?
Florence
What are the important characteristics of this period?
- life is back to normal after the plague
- access to learning: printing press
- rise of universities
- fall of Constantinople and rescuing of Greek and roman texts
Linear perspective
- Conveys depth by reducing the size of objects as they regress into space to a vanishing point
- made artists paint Witt the viewer in mind, created real scenes
What was Brunelleschi’s theory of the vanishing point?
- Objects in the distance appear smaller
- Parallel lines will converge
What was the renaissance a rebirth of?
Greco-roman ideas, learning, and education
Why was the 13th century art unable to create the 3D illusion?
No system of creating depth
Why was Giotto unsuccessful at fully creating 3D images?
They only relied on observation
Atmospheric perspective
- creates depth by blurring lines and details of objects or figures as the image regresses into the distance
- the scenes and people become more realistic, makes it seem the person is actually taking up space in the atmosphere
Golden ratio
- Conveys realistic proportions and features using the ratio 1/1.618
- makes artwork more proportionate and realistic
Intersection of Christianity and Greco-roman world
- everyone looks equal, humans are equal to God
- the school of Athens is hanging in the Vatican
Individualism
- Every human is an independent, unique, and free thinker with rights and value, uniqueness, distinctiveness
- ex: social media
Humanism
- a perspective that focuses on the worth, potential, and capacity of humans, people improving their world
- ex: people studying medicine
Rationalism
- a view that users reasoning and logic as the foundation of knowledge, trying to figure out the world around us
- ex: science lab