Art History

Test for SCAD professor Trittel Art History 2

51 flashcards · History · by Savi Sund

1. Anonymous, Basilica of San Francesco, Interior Design

2. What kind of style does Basilica of San Francesco present and why?

   Gothic: pointed arches, stained windows

3. Andrea Pisano, The Baptism of Christ, Gilt Bronze

4. Vocab: Quatrefoil

   design motif with 4 lobes and 4 points

5. Tempera (What is it + process)

   Binded with egg yold -Smooth out fine grain wood panel -Cover panel in linen strips soaked in gesso -Burnish surface -Add pigment to egg and clay, and dry -Apply gold leaf -Image is burnished and varnished

6. Cimabue, Virgin and Child Enthroned, Tempera and Gold on Panel

7. What kind of style is making a comeback in Virgin and Child Enthroned (Cimabue) and why

   Byzantine Style Mary & baby are full frontal w/ gold background and surrounded by 2D angels

8. Vocab: Maniera Greca

   "In the Greek Style"

9. Giotto, Virgin and Child Enthroned, Tempera and Gold on Panel

10. What is Giotto's Virgin Enthroned different from Cimabue and what is he trying to do

    Greater focus on Mary & Jesus Sense of depth (trying to represent natural world) overlapping angels clothing have more depth

11. Fresco Process

    Rough plaster layer (arriccio) Rough draft of drawing (sinopia) Final layer of plaster (giornata) Pigment applied onto wet plaster (buon fresco)

12. Giotto, Lamentation, Fresco

13. Martini, Annunciation, Tempera and Gold on Panel

14. What is Giotto doing in his Lamentation

    Showing emotion/ depth Pulling hair, arms thrown out, etc

15. How is Mary portraying common culture of the artist in Annunciation by Martini

    She's covering herself bc she is a proper lady who doesn't talk to strangers

16. Lorenzetti, The Effects of Good Government in the City, Fresco

17. *What's represented in Effects of Gov in City

    Political propaganda Represents growth Nike holds positive sign Hanged man represents justice Jesus is no longer seen bc we moving into the renaissance baybe

18. Limbourg Brothers, Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry- January, Ink on Vellum

19. Vocab: Illuminated Manuscript

    an illustrated and hand written book

20. Vocab: Atmospheric Perspective

    The illusion of distance created by fading and blurring of colors as intended distance increases

21. Campin, Merode Altarpiece, Oil on Panel

22. Vocab: Intuitive Perspective

    attempting perspective w/o a mathematical formula

23. Vocab: Diptych Triptych Polyptych

    2 panels 3 panels more than 3 panels

24. Vocab: Disguised Symbolism

    everyday objects with a higher meaning

25. Examples of disguised symbolism in Merode Altarpiece

    candle blown out= God has entered the space vase with 3 lilies= holy trinity white flowers= Mary is pure (virgin) copper kettle= Mary is pure + vessel

26. Donor

    Someone who commissions and supports an artist and in return gets portrait painted in

27. Van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, Oil on Panel

28. Vocab: Grisaille

    Painting that looks as if it were made of stonr

29. Van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece- Open View, Oil on Panel

30. Van der Weyden, Deposition, Oil on Panel

31. Schongauer, Demons Tormenting St. Anthony, Engraving

32. Vocab: Woodblock

    (Relief Printing) Using a block of wood, carve away negative space

33. Vocab: Engraving

    (Intaglio Printing) Using a metal plate (copper) inside lines to fill with ink for printing

34. Vocab: Humanism

    Philosophy based on potential of an individual

35. Brunelleschi, Dome of the Florence Cathedral, Architecture

36. Brunelleschi, Church of San Lorenzo, Interior Design

37. Bartolomeo, Palazzo Medici, Architecture/ Interior Design

38. Di Banco, The Four Crowned Martyrs, Marble

39. Vocab: Contrapposto

    asymmetrical composition representing movement in a figure

40. Donatello, David, Bronze

41. Donatello, Mary Magdalen, Wood

42. Vocab: Linear Perspective

    mathematical system for representing 3D objects on 2D surface

43. Pollaiuolo, Hercules and Antaeus, Bronze

44. Alberti, Sant' Andrea, Interior Design

45. Masaccio, The Trinity, Fresco

46. Mantegna, St. Sebastian, Tempera on Panel

47. Vocab: Trompe l'oeil

    "to fool the eye" use of perspective to create realistic renderings of depth and space

48. Della Fracesca, Double Portrait of Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro, Oil and tempera on panel

49. Perugino, Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter, Fresco

50. Botticelli, Primavera, Tempera on panel

51. Bellini, St. Francis in the Desert, Oil and tempera on panel