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Art History Florence
Mid-Term Review
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
02/18/2009

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San Giovanni Baptistery.

Unknown Architect.

Between 1060 and 1130.

Romanesque.

Doors deemed gates to paradise, Sometimes called the start of the Renaissance.
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South Baptistery Doors. Pisano. 1330. Originally on the east side. TOp 20 depict like of St. John. Bottom eight are eight virtues.
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Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence Cathedral. Cambio. 1296. Gothic Facade. Polychrome marble panels.
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Campanilismo
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Our campanile is higher than yours.
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Guild
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Association of craftsmen in a particular trade.
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Lost-Wax Casting
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Process by which a brass or bronze is cast from an existing sculpture.
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Quatrefoil
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"Four Leaves". Four-lobed shapes in various contexts.
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Classicizing
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To follow the classic style.
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Guelfs and Ghibellines
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Guelfs supported the Pope. Ghibellines supported Holy Roman Empire. Battled for seat of power in Florence. 12th and 13th centuries.
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Ringhiera
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Raised Step
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Duke Cosimo I de'Medici
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FIrst Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1540-1570.
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Mannerism
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1520-1580. Intellectual sophistication and artificial qualities.
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Confraternity
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Roman Catholic organization created to promote special works of Christian charity and piety.
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Niche
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Dugout for a statue.
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Atmospheric Perspective
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COlor creates recession into space. Light gets caught up on layers.
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Neoplatonism
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Trying to relate Pagan ideals with Christian.
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Rood Screen
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Medieval parish churches. Ornate wood, stone, or iron screen separating the congregation from the altar.
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Linear Perspective
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Calculated illusion to create depth.
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Cosimo "Il Vecchio" de'Medici
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The elder. First of Medici political dynasty. De Facto ruler of the Renaissance.
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Cloister
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Covered walkway.
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Sacra Conversazione.
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Sacred Conversation.
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Liturgy
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All rituals that go into ceremony of religions.
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Rustication.
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Big blocks as building materials for buildings.
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Cornice
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Provides shade. Roof overhang.
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Piano Nobile
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Principal floor. For rich family.
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Podesta
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Government Office. Military leader in charge of city security and army. Never a Florentine.
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All'Antica
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After antiquity. Busts became popular.
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Sacristy
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Where priest gets ready for mass
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Porphyry
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Rare Egyptian purple marble.
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Duomo. Brunelleschi. 1436. Movable scaffolding. Herringbone pattern. Inner and outer shell.
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Sir John Hawkwood. Uccello. 1436. Fresco. Florence Cathedral.
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Madonna Enthroned with Saints Zenobius and Reparata
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East Baptistery Doors. Ghiberti. 1425-1452. 15 feet high. 10 panels. Bronze mold, gilded with gold. Portrays the most climactic moments.
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Cantoria. Donatello. 1440. Incorporated mosaic. Roman tradition.
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Cantoria. Robbia. 1440. Most famous FLorentine sculptor alongside Donatello.
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Mary Magdalene. Donatello. 1455. Wood. Once guilded.
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Pietà. Michelangelo. 1550. Jesus in Mary's lap, off the cross. Not finished, he tried to destroy it.
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Piazza della Signoria. Late 1200s. Political hub.
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Palazzo della Signoria. Cambio. 1310. Town Hall. Romanesque fortress.
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Loggia dei Lanzi. 1380. Open air museum for Renaissance art.
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Perseus and Medusa. Cellini. 1550. Bronze. Perseus holding the head is subdued.
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Room of the 1500s. Vasari. 1560. Ceiling tells story of Cosimo the Grand Duke.
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Chapel of Eleonora of Toledo. Bronzino. 1550. Fresco. Layer of tempera.
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Judith and Holofernes. Donatello. 1450. Bronze. One of first bronze statues completed in the round. Judith is liberty.
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Orsanmichele. 1340. Originally a grain market. Later a church.
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Madonna Enthroned. Daddi. 1350. Tempera on panel.
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Tabernacle in Orsanmichele. Orcagna. 1360.
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St. John the Baptist. Ghiberti. 1415. Bronze. Largest single piece bronze statue when created.
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St. George. Donatello. 1415. Flattened Relief.
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Christ and Doubting Thomas. Verrocchio. 1485. Bronze. Niche not made for piece.
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Ognissanti Madonna. Giotto. 1310. Tempera on panel. Adopted after being seen drawing on rock. START of Renaissance. Famous for naturalizing art, use of space.
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ADoration of the Magi. Fabriano. 1420. Tempera on panel. Culminating work of Gothic painting. Commissioned by Strozzi. Altarpiece for burial chapel. Exoticism.
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Doni Tondo. Michelangelo. 1505. Oil on panel, rare for Mike. Women are men with breasts. Heads of saints.
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Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro. Francesca. 1472. Oil/Tempera on panel. Nose symbollic of leadership as general.
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Primavera. Botticelli. 1480. Oil on canvas. Commissioned by Medici for a wedding. Read Right to left.
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Venus of Urbino. Titian. 1540. Oil on Canvas.
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Madonna of the Long Neck. Parmagianino. 1540. Mannerist. Altarpiece. Jesus a big baby. Looks like foreshadowing of death. Small man is Saint Gerome.
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Santa Maria Novella. Facade by Alberti. 1455. Dominican order. Preached to public. Renaissance facade. Church was gothic.
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Strozzi Chapel. Orcagna and Cione. 1355. Three Dimensional last judgement.
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Trinity. Masaccio. 1425. Fresco. Linear Perspective for first time across the whole work.
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Tornabuoni Chapel. Ghirlandaio. 1485. Really nice room for poor Mary.
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San Marco Cloisters. Bartolomeo. 1445. Rib-Vaulting. Round arches.
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San Marco Altarpiece. Fra Angelico. 1440. Fresco?
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Portrait of Savonarola. Bartolomeo. 1500. Oil on panel. Critical of Florentine life.
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Annunciation. Angelico. 1442. Tempera on Panel. Gabriel tells MAry she's pregnant. Setting reflects cloisters. Gabriel flew in from monastery's window.
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St. Dominic Worshipping the Crucifixion. Angelico. 1440. Fresco.
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Medici Chapel. Michelangelo. 1520. Maybe not all Michelangelo. Dedicated to the resurrection. Lorezno and Giovanni face altar. Very plain, whitewashed. Every statue unfinished. Private Medicean use.
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NIght. Michelangelo. 1530. Stressful dreams.
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Palazzo Medici. Bartolomeo. 1444. EVeryone was getting new palaces and Csimo wanted one. Rustification.
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Chapel of the Magi. Gozzoli. 1460. Fresco. Flemish.
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BArgello. 1255. Oldest, well survived building in Florence. Gallows. Courtyard has staircase to shut off outside. Once a prison.
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Bacchus. Michelangelo. 1495. LAcks definition. Finished. God of wine and a little drunk.
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Sacrifice of ISaac. Brunelleschi. 1400. Nine competitors for doors of Baptistery. Was too expensive, solid bronze.
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David. Donatello. 1450. Bronze. Used to be guilded. Litle muscles. Little David. Nudity emphasized because of few clothes.
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Bust of Piero de'Medici. Fiesole. 1450.
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Martyrdom of St. LAwrence. Bronzino. 1570. MAnnerist, ambiguous subkect matter, nude. Fresco. Acid tones.
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San Lorenzo. Brunelleschi. 1420. Romanesque.
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Old Sacristy. Brunelleschi. 1430. Giovanni's burial chapel. White washed. Geometric.
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