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Renaiassance Artists/Works
11/19 test on Renaiassance artists/ works
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Art History
11th Grade
11/18/2008

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Massacio's works
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The Holy Trinity, The Tribute Money
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Fra Angelico's works
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The Annunciation
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Paolo Ucello's works
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Battle of San Romano
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Piero della Francesco's works
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The Baptism of Christ
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Donatello's works
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St. George, David
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Davinci's works
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Last Supper, Mona Lisa, Genevre de Benici
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Michelangelo's works
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Pieta, ceiling of Sistine Chapel, statue of Moses
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Raphael's works
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School of Athens, Alba Madonna
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Sofonisba Anguissola's works
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Double Portrait of a Boy and Girl of the Attavanti Family
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Sofonisba Anguissola's stlye characteristics (2)
-how are boy and girl depicted
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Used black background, glowing figures, boy is seen as intelligent girl is proud of him, painted in circle
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SC's of school of athens
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Depicts astronamers, other figures time of enlightenment, plato and aristotle,- plato is actually Divinvi, Athena, Apollo, includes his own self portrait, aerial perspective, etc.
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Sc's of Alba Madonna
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Alba Madonna painted in circle but figures are in a triangle (Mary, Jesus, John the Baptist), it forshadows the future jesus holding cross in hand, mary and john looking knowingly at what is to come for Christ., uses Italian landscape
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3 SC's of Botacelli's work
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Greek or roman inspired architecture, traditional mary, joseph, jesus, however no camel, angel, shepherds,
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What is unusual about the Pieta
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Pieta carved out of marble, exaggerated size relationships- Mary is much bigger than Christ emphasizing she is mother he is child, her band across chest says Michelangelo did this.
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Which artist was many other things besides artist (sculpturer, botanist, inventor)
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Davinci
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4 notes about Last Supper, what depth cue does it use
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Last supper is in the refrectory, groups people at last supper in groups of 3, peter’s finger up to ask is it I Lord, character to right is most likely James the apostle, figure pulling away from Jesus is Judas, chalice is missing from table, suggesting Holy Grail is not the chalice- uses linear perspective- vanishing point behind Jesus head
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2 notes about Mona Lisa
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Mona Lisa- hands are large to create space , chiaroscuro (dramatic light and dark contrast) is associated with this painting.
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What is unique about Genevre de Benici
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- portrait of woman, he painted on both sides of the canvas
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what is contrapasto, who used it? (In the artist's work what is used)
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- putting one foot forward to distribute weight and balance. In st. george uses shield to balance weight-DONATELLO
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describe David, what is used for stability
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In David used Greek body of 14 year old boy, david is standing on head of Goliath (enemy). For stability uses sword
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9 points about the baptism of CHrist
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no halos-greek figures-folded fabric-curves in a very linear piece-realistic expressions-modeling-landscape/sky-NO buildings/columns- foreshortening w/ dove
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5 points about Annunciation
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Angel is androgynous, aerial perspective, scale, columns- stage, leaves, detail
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9 points about battle of san romano
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Page 361- no religious influence, uses classic images, uses traditional carousel horse, figures have elaborate costume, figures are not realistic, have gothic concept, set up like a stage, draws eye back in perspective, uses foreshortening
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6 points about Holy Trinity
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Shows space, uses modeling, and linear perspective, tucks his main characters in a niche, set it up like a stage(columns frame work), use value to create space, some
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4 points about tribute money
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linear perspective, like a comic strip, overlapping, aerial perspective (color placement-warm up front, cool in back,
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brunelleschi is known as father of ...
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linear perspective
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Brunelleschi's work
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dome for cathedral of florence
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botacelli's work
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adoration of the magi
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