Semester 2 final- humanities Flashcards
(94 cards)
the chief purpose of the stained-glass programs in all gothic cathedrals
tell the stories of the Bible
in a gothic church where is the flying buttress traditionally built and why
exterior wall to provide more support for windows to brace it against strong winds
the figure of _____ _____ found on the jamb of ______ _____ _____ _____ stands in a ________ position
St. Theodore
Chartres south transept portal
con
The gothic church of ____ _____ is known for the highest ____ to ____ ratio
Sainte-Chapelle
glass to stone
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
credited with painting the fresco known as the Allegory of Good Govenrment
by the 12th century what was Florence the center of that played a central role in European trade markets
textile production in the Western World
According to an old story, one day _____ discovered a talented Shepard boy by the name of ____ ___ ____ and tutored him in the art of _______. The pupil soon ______ the teacher
Cimabue
Giotto di Bondone
painting
surpassed
Simone Martini
created with the painting of the Maseta (virgin and child)
where did the painting of the Virgin and child once hang
council chamber of Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico
who produced the winning design for the dome of the Florence Cathedral
Filippo Brunelleschi
Brunelleschi investigation of optics in Arab science also contributed to his understanding, particular Alhazens perspective, which integrated classical works of
Elucid
Ptolemy
Galen
In Masaccios the tribute money, the apostle Peter appears ___ times
3
how does St. Peter appears in Masaccio’s the Tribute Money
Christ tells St. Peter to Catch a fish
St. Peter catching a fish in the sea of Galilee
St. Peter paying the tax collector
What would Humanists in Lorenzo’s court would have recognized Venus, in Botticeli’s Primavera as an
allegorical figure representing the highest moral qualities
who painted the Primavera
Botticelli
Where is Leonardo de Vinci’s The last supper located
the N wall of the refrectory of the Dominican monastary of Santa Maria delle Grazie
After being elected ____ ____ ___ commissioned architect ______ ________ to renovate the Vatican Palace and to serve as _____ ______ to replace St. Peter’s Basilica with a new church
Pope Julius II
Nonato Barmante
chief architect
Characteristics contributed to making of the Tempietto
classical reference
incorporation of original classical Roman Columns into its architectural scheme
mathematical orderliness of its parts
Throughout the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo includes the della Rovene heraldic symbols of ____ and ____ to symbolize the patronage of _____ ____ __
oak and acorn
Pope Julius II
who are the central figures of the central figures in Raphael’s School of Athens
Aristotle and Plato
_____________ created the Garden of Earthly Delights
Heironymus Bosch
The Isenheim Altarpiece was created by ______________
Matthias Gruenwald
__________ created the Large Turf, a watercolor depicting the minutest details of nature
Albrecht Durer
who painted a portrait of England’s King Henry VIII dressed in clothes he wore when he married Anne of Cleves
Hans Holbein the younger
