Week 4: Chapter 17, Italy (1500-1600) Flashcards
(13 cards)
Pastoral Symphony
Giorgione (Italian), 1508
-distinctive style of painting in Renaissance Italy
Creation of Adam
Michelangelo (Italian), 1512
- detail of ceiling of the Sistine chapel (Vatican City, Rome)
- commissioned by Pope Julius III during the Counter-Reformation
Venus of Urbino
Titian (Italian), 1538
Arcadian
pastoral setting, idyllic rural space, dreamy peace/simplicity
-describes the mood/scenes of rural blissfulness, rich colors, peaceful place)
poesia
poetry, painting meant to evoke moods similar to poetry
Isabella d’ Este
sister of patron for Venus of Urbino, one of the most powerful women in the European renaissance
- important art patron, knew how to use art to boost her fame/reputation
- also developed the place she lived into one of the most important art centers of her century
Madonna with Long Neck
Parmigianino (Italian), 1535
Portrait of the Artist’s Sisters & Brothers
Sofonisba Anguissola (Italian), 1555
informality/intimacy of portraits, was a court painter
-obedient, modest, virtuous
The Burial of Count Orgaz
El Greco (Greek, active in Spain), 1586
greece studies in Venice move to Spain
- varietas, illogical, ambiguous space, floating upward, crowded, cut-off figures
- thought inferior to Italian mannerism, darker, more dramatic use of light
Martyrdom of Saint Ponciano
Baltadar de Echave Orio (New Spain), 1607
mannerism
stylish, elegant manner, twisting figures and compositions, imbalanced compositions (newly expressive and dynamic art)
-art not based in nature
figura serpentinata
distorted, elongated bodies (not true to nature)
varietas
a variety of complex positions
-upward floating, central void, absence of cross or tomb, pinks/blues, diagonals
