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Exam 1 - Stuff to Know
Exam 1 - Stuff to Know
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Art History
Undergraduate 3
02/11/2013

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Renaissance principles

Definition

 

order, harmony, clarity, proportion, balance

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Northern traits

Definition

 

attention to surface detail, naturalism, symbolism, luminosity

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Mannerism

Definition

 

no focal point, clashing/harsh/non-complementary colors, opposite of renaissance painting, no order, attenuated/enlongated/out of proportion figures, ambigiouity

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Characteristics of Venetian art

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Soft colors

brown hues

more secular, didn't focus on religion as much

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Enrico Scrovegni

Definition

 

 

Paduan money-lender who lived around the time of Giotto and Dante.

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Sacred vs Profane Love

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Sacred - pure love

 

Profane - focus on sexual aspect / lust

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In what city did the Renaissance flourish?

Where did it begin?

Definition

 

Florence, Italy, in the 14th century


Flourished in
Florence, Rome, Venice, Milan

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When was the High Renaissance (what years) and in what Italian city was it concentrated?

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1490-1527



Venice

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Sienna versus Florence: understand this rivalry in terms of the art produced and its symbolism

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Sienna - south

realism

depth and perception

 

 

Florence - north

symbolism, either literal or moral story, etc

attention to surface detail

luminosity

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Principles of portraiture during the Renaissance — understand the different styles of portraiture
we viewed and how they portray the sitter

Definition

 

3/4 half length pose

clothing symbolized wealth

?

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Who was the Leonardo of the North?

Definition

 

Albrecht Dürer because of his intelligence and curiosity.

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patrons of the renassiassance
Definition
Pope Paul III, Pope Julius II, Scrovengi, the church, Arnofini
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