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Exam 1
Pre, Early, and High Renaissance
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
10/09/2011

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Title: Relief Scene From The Pisa Baptistery

Artist: Nicola Pisano

Time Period/Date: Pre-Renaissance, 13th century

Medium: Marble

Location: Pisa Baptistery

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Title: Madonna Enthroned

Artist: Cimabue

Time Period/Date: Pre-Renaissance, 13th century

Medium: Tempera Paint


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Title: Nativity from the Arena Chapel

Artist: Giotto

Time Period/Date: Pre-Renaissance, 14th century

Medium: Fresco

 
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Title: Last Judgment

Artist: Giotto

Time Period/Date: Pre-Renaissance, 14th century

Medium: Tempera Paint

Location: Arena Chapel
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Title: Kiss of Judas

Artist: Duccio

Time Period/Date: Pre-Renaissance, 14th century

Medium: Tempera Paint


 

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Title: Effects of Good Government in the City

Artist: Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Time Period/Date: Pre-Renaissance, 14th century

Medium: Fresco

 

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Title: The Triumph of Death, (detail from)

Artist: Andrea Orcagna

Time Period/Date: Pre-Renaissance, 14th century

Medium: Fresco

 

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Title: Sacrifice of Issac

Artist: Lorenzo Ghiberti

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Medium: Bronze

Location: Italy

 

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Title: Dome of Florence Cathedral 

Artist: Filippo Brunelleschi

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Location: Florence, Italy

 

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Title: Santa Spirito Interior

Artist: Fillipo Brunelleschi

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Location: Florence, Italy

 

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Title: Holy Trinity

Artist: Masaccio

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Medium: Bronze

Location: Italy

 

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Title: David

Artist: Donatello

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Medium: Bronze

Location: Italy

 

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Title: Gattamelata

Artist: Donatello

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Medium: Bronze

Location: Italy

 

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Title: Sir John Hawkwood

Artist: Paolo Ussello

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Medium: Fresco

Location: Italy

 

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Title: Madonna and Child

Artist: Filippo Lippi

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Medium: Oil Paint

Location: Italy

 

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Title: Birth of Venus

Artist: Sandro Boticelli

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Medium: Tempera Paint

Location: Italy

 

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Title: Merode Alterpiece

Artist: Robert Campin

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Medium: Tempera and Oil Paint

Location: Northern Europe 

 

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Title: Man in a Red Turban

Artist: Jan van Eyck

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Medium: Tempera and Oil Paint

Location: Northern Europe

 

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Title: Arnolfini Portrait

Artist: Jan van Eyck

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Medium: Oil Paint

Location: Northern Europe

 

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Title: Descent from the Cross

Artist: Rogier van der Weyden

Time Period/Date: Early Renaissance, 1410-1500

Medium: Oil Paint

Location: Northern Europe

 

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Title: The Last Supper

Artist: Leonardo da Vinxi

Time Period/Date: High Renaissance, 1450-1570

Medium: Oil and Tempera on plaster

 

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Title: Mona Lisa

Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

Time Period/Date: High Renaissance, 1450-1570

Medium: Oil Paint

 

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Title: Pietá

Artist: Michelangelo

Time Period/Date: High Renaissance, 1450-1570

Medium: Marble

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Title: David

Artist: Michelangelo

Time Period/Date: High Renaissance, 1450-1570

Medium: Marble

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Title: Sistine Chapel

Artist: Michelangelo

Time Period/Date: High Renaissance, 1450-1570

Medium: Fresco

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Title: Creation of Adam from the Sistine Chapel 

Artist: Michelangelo

Time Period/Date: High Renaissance, 1450-1570

Medium: Fresco

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Title: School of Athens

Artist: Raphael

Time Period/Date: High Renaissance, 1450-1570

Medium: Fresco

 

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Title: Madonna of the Meadow

Artist: Raphel

Time Period/Date: High Renaissance, 1450-1570

Medium: Oil Paint

 

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Title: Tempest 

Artist: Giorgione

Time Period/Date: High Renaissance, 1450-1570

Medium: Oil Paint

 

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Title: Venus of Urbino

Artist: Titian

Time Period/Date: High Renaissance, 1450-1570

Medium: Oil Paint

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Altarpiece
Definition
painted or sculptured work of art designed to stand above and behind an alter
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Tempera Painting
Definition
Painting in which the color's pigments are mixed with egg yolk and water
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Fresco Painting
Definition
Painted with a technique of painting on plaster surface of a wall or ceiling. The paint is applied while the plaster is still damp so that the pigments bond with the wall.
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Fresco Secco
Definition
variant technique of fresco painting in which the paint is applied to dry plaster
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Sinopia
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in fresco painting, a full size preliminary sketch executed in red pigment on the first, rough coat of plaster.
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Giornata
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(a day's work), term used to describe fresco painting to describe each area of fresh plaster applied to a wall before painting.
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Humanism
Definition
A cultural and intellectual movement of the Renaissance that emphasized secular concerns as a result of the rediscovery and study of the literature, art, and civilization of ancient Greece and Rome.
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Linear (One Point) Perspective
Definition
Mathematical system devised during the Renaissance to create an illusion of depth in a two-dimensional image, through the use of strait lines converging toward a vanishing point in the distance.
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Arriccio
Definition
a rough first coat of plaster in a fresco
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Intonaco
Definition
in a fresco painting, the top coat of the plaster to which the final design is applied.
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Vanishing Point
Definition
part of the linear perspective system, the point at which the orthogonals, if extended, would intersect.
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Aerial (atmospheric) Perspective
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a technique for creating an illusion of distance by the use of less distinct contours and a reduction in color intensity.
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Chiaroscuro
Definition
the subtle gradation of of light and shadow used to create the effect of three-dimensionality
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Contrapposto
Definition
a stance of the human body in which one leg bares the weight while the other one is relaxed, creating an asymmetry in the hip-shoulder axis.
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Equestrian Portrait
Definition
A picture of of a person/figure riding on a hores
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Oil Painting
Definition
slow-drying, and flexible paint formed by mixing pigments with the medium of oil
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Polyptych
Definition
a painting or relief, usually an altarpiece, composed of more than three sections
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Orthogonals
Definition
the converging lines that meet at the vanishing point in the system of linear perspective
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Sfumato
Definition
the definition of form by delicate gradations of light and shadow
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Ignudi
Definition
nude figures (in italian)
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Spandrel
Definition
The triangular area between:
a. the side of the arch and the right angle that encloses it
b. two adjacent arches
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Nave
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Aisle
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Transept
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Choir
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Crossing
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Apse end
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