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Early Renaissance
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
09/18/2012

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[image]
Definition
Florence, Italy
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[image]
Definition

God Measuring the World

from a moralized Bible

ca. 12th century

pigment on parchment 

 

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[image]
Definition

by Sandra Botticelli

Portrait of Guliano de Medici

1474

tempera on panel 

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[image]
Definition

by Massaccio 

detail of Adam and Eve

from the Francacci Chapel

1427/Early Italian Renaissance

Fresco 

Term
[image]
Definition

detail of an ancient Roman Painting

Before 79CE 

Term
[image]
Definition

Giotto's Lamentation 

buon fresco 

Term
[image]
Definition

two-point perspective

 

Leon Battista Alberti

called : On Painting 

1435 

Term
[image]
Definition

Massaccio, Masolino, & Lippi

the Brancacci Chapel

Florence, Italy

fresco

 

Term

 

[image]+story !

Definition

Massaccio

Tribute Money

Brancacci Chapel (Florence)

c. 1427

fresco 

 

story :

middle=tax collectors demand money from peter

left= peter finds money in the mouth of a fish

right= tax collector is paid.

 

 

Term
[image]
Definition

by antonia del Pollatuolo

Battle of the Nudes

c. 1465-7

engraving 

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[image]
Definition

by Botticelli

Birth of Venus

c. 1484-86

tempera on canvas

 

Term

 

[image]what pose is venus in here, who's version is this?

Definition

venud pudica (modest venus)  pose

Medici collection 

 

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[image]
Definition

Botticelli

Primavera (Spring)

c. 1482

tempera on panel 

Term
[image]
Definition

Mantegna

Frescoesin the amera Pica

Ducal Palace, Mantua 

 c. 1465-74

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[image]
Definition

Mantegna

Camera picta

ducal palace, Manua

fresco

1465-74 

Term
Trompe l'oeil
Definition
fool the eye
Term
Di sotto in su
Definition
seen directly from below
Term
Putti/putto
Definition
representation of a naked child (or cupid) 
Term
loggia
Definition
a gallery or room with more than one opening to a garden, etc
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foreshortening
Definition
to show a portait with depth to show distance (like the legs on the ceiling painting in the Ducal Palace
Term

 

[image]

[image]what kind of dome; & with what?

Definition

Filippo Brunelleschi

Dome of the Florence Cathedral

c. 1417-36; lantern completed in 1471

Florence,Italy 

 

Octagonal dome with Lantern & ocutus 

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[image] [image]
Definition
Internal/centering system from the Florence Cathedral dome
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[image]
Definition

self-supporting dome of the Pantheon

Ancient Rome 

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[image] [image]
Definition
West facade of Chartres Cathedral & view of external (flying butresses)
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[image]
Definition

Botticelli

Portrait of Giuliano de Medici

1476-77

tempera on panel 

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[image]
Definition

Botticelli

Portrait of a Man with the Medal of Cosimo the Elder

1474

tempera on panel 

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[image]what is the main thing this building shows?
Definition

Bartolomeo

Palazzo Medici-Ricardi

Florence

b. 1446 

 

; elevation 

Term
Rustication
Definition
condition attaching to life in the country
Term
Stringcourse
Definition
a raised horizontal band or course of bricks on a building 
Term
pediment
Definition
upper part of a building (surmounts a portico of columns)
Term
comice
Definition
a large yellow dessert pear (like the ones in the picture)
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[image]
Definition
Elevation drawing of the Palazzo Medici-Ricardi
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[image]
Definition

Courtyard of the Palazzo Medici-Ricardi

Florence 

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[image]
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Fra Filippo Lippi

The Annunciation

tempera on panel

1445-50 

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[image]
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Ghiberti

Gates of Paradise

East Doors

Baptistry of San Giovanni

Florence

c. 1425-52 

(& self-portrait, where handles are supposed to be) 

 

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[image]
Definition

Ghiberti

The Story of Isaac

Gilded Bronze

 

Jacob, Esau, Rebecca ? 

Term
[image] what kind of stance is this, also ?
Definition

Donatello

David

c. 1446-60

Bronze

 

;contrapposto 

Term
contrappasto
Definition
italian term, describing the human figure putting all of its weight on one foot (to make a twist at hip) to show balance, relaxed figure
Term
[image]
Definition

Polykeitos

Spear Bearer (doryphoros)

c. 450-4 BCE

marble 

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[image]
Definition

Robert Campin

detail from the Merode Altarpiece

1425-8

oil on wood 

Term
oil paintingconsists of?
Definition

pigment (color

linseed or walnut oil (binder)

mineral spirits or Turpentine (Vehicle) 

Term
[image] [image]
Definition

Van der Goes

Pontinar Altarpiece

1474-76

oil on panel 

 

lady in red pic: left to right: Maria Pontinari, St Margaret, & St. Mary Magdalene

 

guys with spear pic: left to right: Tomaso Pontinari, St Anthony 

 

middle pic : "vase" with assorted flowers INCLUDES iris

Term
Triptych
Definition
A picture or relief carving on three panels ; usually binded together to use for an altarpiece
Term
Nativity/Adoration
Definition
replications of the birth of Jesus scene
Term
[image]
Definition

Campin

Merode Altarpiece

c. 1425-8

oil on wood

 notice middle picture (shows the lamp)

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