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Leon Battista Alberti |
Composer of the standards of beauty and one point perspective; humanist, 1404-1472 |
Pretentious arse. |
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Sfumato |
Misty haziness used by Leonardo |
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Linear/Scientific Perspective |
When things are drawn towards a vanishing point, very linear. |
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Atmospheric Perspective |
When things are dulled/pulled back by the atmosphere |
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Canon |
Perfect, works that set the standard of beauty, written first by Polykleitos |
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Massacio |
Nailed linear perspective; Trinity of the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelists and Donors, patrons often included in his work, 1401-1428. Did the Jesus, tribute money, and Mother and Child. |
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Vitruvian Man |
Leonardo Da Vinci, 1490, pen and ink on paper, 13.5in x 10in; serves as an understanding of proportion (palm 4 fingers, foot 4 palms, man is 24 palms) |
Davinci code |
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Fresco Secco |
Paint on dry plaster, used by Egyptians. |
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Buon Fresco |
Paints into plaster; prepare each section with plaster, apply paint, finish that before it dries. |
Hurry the hell up |
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The Great Schism |
1305- The french Pope Clement the 5th is elected, Italians get mad. 1378- Clement the 7th is elected with Urban the 6th until Roman Emperor decided Martin the 5th was the only acceptable guy. 2 popes elected and make people angry. |
Schism is a silent hill monster with a funny head C: |
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Iconography |
The parts of a whole |
Gestalt theory |
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Iconology |
The meaning of the picture as a whole |
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Giorgio Vasari |
1511-1574 Art historian guy; he was pretty tight with Leonardo and the Medici, was in a competition but lost to Brunelleschi. Temptation of Saint Jerome, Palazzo Pitti. |
Was he really all that important tbh |
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Giotto Di Bondone |
Lamentation ( weird putti trash babies in the sky and the dead fig tree to the right) gets a little funky on the details like the sock foot. |
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Donatello |
Did the David bronze sculpture of the boy David, very scrawny and sarcastic, standing on Goliath's head. Use of contrapasto and Greco Roman principles in saint mark (commissioned by guild of linen, 1411-1413, marble, 7'9") |
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Contrapposto |
A relaxed stance found in Greek statues |
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Humanism |
Emphasis on knowledge and education, desire to excel, moral duty, and civic responsibility. |
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Orthogonal |
Containing right angles |
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Vanishing Point |
Used in linear perspective where all things point towards it |
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Pieta (St Peters) |
Michaelangelo, 1496; realistic proportions, lack of emotion, realism valued over the purpose of the piece |
Compared to German work |
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Chiaroscuro |
Light vs dark |
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Karel Van Mander |
Flemish painter, 1548-1606, mannerism, does scenes of big crowds and fantastical backgrounds |
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Leonardo Da Vinci |
1452-1519; Madonna of the Rocks (oil on wood, 6'6 1/2" x 4') use of chiaroscuro, atmospheric perspective, and unified representation. Last Supper (1495-1498, oil and tempera on plaster, 13'9" x 29'10") Mona Lisa (1503-1505, oil on wood, 2'6" x 1'9") probably Lisa del Gioconda, landscape is unknown, painting was kept, use of hands as hands. |
Do you really need a hint jfc |
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Michaelangelo |
David, Pieta, Sistene Chapel ceiling. Commissioned by Julius the 2nd, originally a sculptor but also painted with a sculptor's eye. |
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Hieronymous Bosch |
1450-1516, Does fantastical works,very surreal with religious concepts and narratives painting, Netherlands artist. |
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Cosimo d' Medici |
Associated with Jacopo Pontamo, part of the most influential families, humanist/enlightenment |
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Cosimo d' Medici |
Associated with Jacopo Pontamo, part of the most influential families, humanist/enlightenment |
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La Giaconda |
Mona Lisa. Use of sfumato, chiaroscuro, 1503-1505, oil on wood, among a million other things. |
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Sandro Boticelli |
Birth of Venues, neo Platonist, Venus is another version of Mary, celebration of love for Botticelli, crisp line, no collar bone, commissioned by the Medici |
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Martin Luther |
Didn't like how the church tried to absolve people through gold and he wrote 99 things wrong with everything, placed it on the church, he was excommunicated and started his own church, The Protestant Reformation. |
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Albrecht Durer |
Kind of looks like Jesus and painted a self portrait that makes him look really dumb and full of himself. Very dull colors. Also did Melancholia (1514, engraving, deals with the effects of depression and having nothing to do with the muses around him) |
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Jan van Eyck |
Did the self portrait in the Red Turban, Annunciation (patrons depicted in lower section) and used oils for the rich textures that could be depicted. |
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Relief Printing |
All other types of printing, carving out. |
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Planar printing |
Draws on the surface |
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Pope Julius 2nd |
Forced Michelangelo to paint the Sistene Chapel after saying he wanted him to create his tomb |
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Pope Paul 3rd |
First Pope of the counter Reformation, commissioned artists like Raphael, last renaissance Pope. |
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Council of Trent |
Decided upon the Counter Reformation |
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Counter Reformation |
The Catholics response to Martin Luther taking their believers in his Protestant views, patron to baroque art and transfered to mannerism |
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Giorgione and Titian |
Started the venetian school with Titian |
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Sofonisba |
A female painter during the mannerism period |
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Giovanni Arnolfini |
Painted with his wife by Jan Van Eyck, multitude of symbolism within the painting. 1434, oil on wood |
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