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Early Renaissance
for exam 1
100
Art History
Undergraduate 2
09/21/2007

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The Battle of San Romano
Paolo Uccello
1438-40
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Giotto's Grotto
Definition
Beginning of the Italian Renaissance
Arena Chapel, Padua
(Scrovegni's Chapel)
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Usury
Definition
Charging high interest on loans. Non-Christian.Scrovegni's sin.
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Bella Maniera
Definition
"Beautiful Style"
attributed to Giotto
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Sinopia
Definition
A method of sketching out a fresco. Uses a red clay-like material. Named after the place in Turkey where it's found.
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Arricio
Definition
the rough base (of a fresco) that's attached to the wall.
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Intonaco
Definition
the top, or final layer of plaster (the painting surface of a fresco).
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Giornato
Definition
what one fresco painter can do in one day. (usually 4 x 5 feet.)
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Black Death
Definition
the plague. happens in 1348, 11 years after Giotto's death. considered to mark the end of the first renaissance. destroys 1/2 of the population of Europe.
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Northern Renaissance
Definition
occurs mainly in Flanders. Art characterized by lots of details. Not always logical/realistic images.
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Definition
Page with February, Tres Riches Heures
Paul, Herman & Jean Limbourg (the Limbourg brothers)
1413-16
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Well of Moses, detail of Moses & David
Claus Sluter
1395-1406
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Flanders
Definition
Flemish Netherlands. (Modern Belgium)
Main setting of the Northern Renaissance.
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Gesso
Definition
Plaster Solution used to seal panel
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Tempera
Definition
Water-based pigment with egg
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Definition
Merode Altarpiece (Triptych of the Annunciation)
Robert Campin
1425-28
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Mater of Flemalle
Definition
a title given to Robert Campin
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Iconoclasts
Definition
Image breakers. Thou shall not make graven images...
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Iconodules
Definition
Image venerators
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[image]
Definition
Man in a Red Turban
Jan van Eyck
1433
Term
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Definition
Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife
Jan van Eyck
1434
Term
[image]
Definition
Deposition
Rogier van der Weyden
1442
Term
[image]
Definition
Saint Eloy (Eligius) in His Shop
Petrus Christus
1449
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Reliquary
Definition
a container for sacred relics
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Definition
Portinari Altarpiece
Hugo van der Goes
1474-76
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Order of the Golden Fleece
Definition
an Honorary fraternity founded by Duke Philip the Good in 1430 with 23 knights
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Giorgio Vasari
Definition
the first art historian.
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engraving
Definition
lines cut into the surface of a copper plate with burin.
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Definition
Battle of the Nudes
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
1465-70
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Ecorche
Definition
without skin
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Burin
Definition
a printmaker's cutting tool
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Filippo Brunelleschi
Definition
a Florentine architect
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Arnolfo di Cambio
Definition
Gothic architect of Duomo. Begain his work in 1296.
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Duomo
Definition
means "Cathedral" in Italian. refers to the Cathedral of Florence.
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Gian Galeazzo Visconti
Definition
the Duke of Milan. Tried to invade Florence but died.
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Definition
Dome of Florence Cathedral
Filippo Brunelleschi
1417-36
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Cricket Cage
Definition
Michelangelo's criticism of the decorative arcade balcony of Brunelleschi's dome.
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Definition
Foundling Hospital
Filippo Brunelleschi
1419
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Terra-cotta medallions
Definition
Andrea Della Robbia's glazed clay decorations on Brunelleschi's Foundling Hospital
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Pietra Serena
Definition
Blue-grey sandstone
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Andrea Della Robbia
Definition
creates Democratic art (for everyone.) Terra-cotta a cheap alternative to bronze or marble.
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Rota
Definition
a 'baby drop'
in use from 1419 to 1875
on the Foundling Hospital
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Rota of Santo Spirito
Definition
a rota (baby drop) on the Foundling Hospital.
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Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi
Definition
a Florentine sculptor and architect. Created the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi.
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Definition
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi
1444
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Rustication
Definition
rough hewn stone, like a fortress that is strong and invulnerable. used on the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi.
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Vitruvius
Definition
Roman architect and military engineer. Wrote The Ten Books of De Architectura which described all the main aspects of Roman architecture and was a major influence for Alberti, Palladio and Michelangelo.
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Definition
Studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro
Luciano Laurana
1470
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Intarsia
Definition
wood inlay decoration (wood mosaic).
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contrapposto
Definition
"against the pose." The S-curve commonly seen in Renaissance sculpture.
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Rilievo Schiaciato
Definition
flattened relief.
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Psychomachia
Definition
warfare of the soul. strong emotion shown in a work of art.
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Sacra Conversazione
Definition
sacred conversation, psychological linkage.
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Quatro Santi Cornati
Definition
Four Crowned Martyrs. Four Christian sculptors who refused to carve graven images for Diocletian. Became Republican models of ancient virtue of self-sacrifice.
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Orsanmichele
Definition
The kitchen garden of St Michael. A guild hall which provided workers' representation. Located between the main church and government centers of Rome. Housed the Four Crowned Martyrs in one of its 14 niches.
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Definition
Four Crowned Martyrs
Nanni di Banco
1410-13
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Giovanni Guinigi
Definition
restored Ilaria. Hated by James Beck. Sues him for slander.
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James Beck
Definition
a Renaissance Art History professor at Columbia University who criticized the restoration of Ilaria del Carretto. Called it a disgrace and a spic-and-span cleaning.
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Cenotaph
Definition
like a tomb marker, does not have a body.
Term
[image]
Definition
Ilaria del Carretto
Jacopo della Quercia
1408
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Patina
Definition
Coloration of sculpture by chemical change/aging/dirt.
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[image]
Definition
Gates of Paradise
Lorenzo Ghiberti
1425-52
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Canephora
Definition
ancient basket carriers
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[image]
Definition
Gothic quatrefoil
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Donatello
Definition
One of the greatest sculptors of all time and the founder of modern sculpture.
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[image]
Definition
Feast of Herod
Donatello
mid-1420s
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[image]
Definition
David
Donatello
1446
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nude
Definition
secure, posed for beauty.
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naked
Definition
vulnerable, without clothing, pornographic.
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Miller vs. California
Definition
1973 Supreme Court definition of pornography stating that something is not pornographic if it has artistic redeeming value.
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[image]
Definition
Mary Magdalen
Donatello
1455
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Archbishop Antonino Pierozzi
Definition
Archbishop of Florence from 1446 to 1459. He entered the city with bare feet and tried to start a spiritual revival. Was later sainted for his work in saving Florence from its spiritual crisis.
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Definition
Equestrian Monument of Erasmo da Narni (Gattamelata)
Donatello
1443-53
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Gattamelata
Definition
Erasmo da Narni, "honey cat"
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[image]
Definition
Equestrian Monument of Bartolomeo Colleoni
Andrea del Verrocchio
1486-88
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[image]
Definition
Hercules and Antaeus
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
1475
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Definition
Madonna and Child with Lilies
Luca della Robbia
1455-60
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Luca della Robbia
Definition
ceramic sculptor, inventor of blue and white glazes. Creator of 'art for the people.' Brother of Andrea della Robbia.
Term
Terra-Cotta
Definition
fired earthenware of a grey, buff, or reddish color.
Term
Masaccio
Definition
The first great painter of the Italian Renaissance. Died at the age of 27 in 1428.
Term
[image]
Definition
Trinity with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and Donor
Masaccio
1425
Term
Felice Brancacci
Definition
Ambassador to Cairo until 1423 and art patron
Term
Chiaroscuro
Definition
light/dark contrasts
Term
Catasto
Definition
Occurs in 1427. The 1st income tax.
Term
[image]
Definition
The Expulsion from Paradise
Masaccio
1427
Term
[image]
Definition
Tribute Money
Masaccio
1427
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Definition
Annunciation
Fra Angelico
1441-45
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Lucrezia Buti
Definition
Fra Filippo Lippi's love. A "nun on the run."
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[image]
Definition
Madonna and Child
Fra Filippo Lippi
1455
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[image]
Definition
Last Supper
Andrea del Castagno
1447
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Andrea degli Implicati
Definition
Andrea of hanged (executed) men, meaning he was an artist who dealth with harsh realities of life and death. He enjoyed going to public hangings.
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[image]
Definition
Delivery of the Keys to St. Peter
Perugino
1482
Term
[image]
Definition
Portraits of Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro
Piero della Francesca
1472-3
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Frederico da Montefeltro
Definition
Condottiere, in battle a sword badly cut his eye and nose...
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Sandro Botticelli
Definition
Student of Lippi's. Under heritage of Masaccio. Developed a highly personal style characterized by elegant execution, a sense of melancholy, and a strong emphasis on line.
Term
[image]
Definition
Primavera
Botticelli
1482
Term
[image]
Definition
The Birth of Venus
Botticelli
1484-6
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Neoplatonism
Definition
Tried to reconcile classical and Christian views.
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Venus Pudica
Definition
Modest venus. Referring to her post, as in The Birth of Venus.
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[image]
Definition
Saint Ursula Reliquary
Hans Memling
1489
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