Shared Flashcard Set

Details

history of western art
1st quiz
42
Art History
Undergraduate 2
09/23/2012

Additional Art History Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Pieta
Definition
Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture.

Michelangelo sculpted this particular scene from the lamentation of Jesus Christ
Term
Classical Antiquity
Definition
Greece and Rome, ca. 600 B.C.E to ca. 450 C.E.
Term
Middle Ages
Definition
ca. 450 to ca. 1150/1200 C.E.
Term
Early Renaissance
Definition
ca. 12th-13th centuries
Term
Renaissance
Definition
ca. 1400-1600
Term
ca. or cira
Definition
about, used when there is no exact date
Term
B.C.E.
Definition
Before common Era
Term
C.E.
Definition
Common era, instead of A.D. =Anno Domini
Term
Dugento
Definition
1200s: late middle ages/ Proto renaissance
Term
Trecento
Definition
1300's (14th c.)
Term
BLACK DEATH
Definition
bubonic plague, 1347-1352
Term
Quattrocento
Definition
1400s (15th century)
Term
Cinquecento
Definition
1500s (16th c.)
Term
renaissance means...
Definition
rebirth
Term
Rational Approach
Definition
the natural approach can be understood by the application of reason, scientific inquiry, and can be expressed through mathematical relationships.
Term
Naturalistic art style
Definition
Imitation of nature, Idealized / ideal form
Term
Contrapposto
Definition
escribe a human figure standing with most of its weight on one foot so that its shoulders and arms twist off-axis from the hips and legs
Term
9 circles of hell
Definition
1. Limbo (pagans) 2. Lustful 3.Gluttons 4. Avaricious
5. Rathful 6. Heretics 7.Violent 8. Fraudulent (flatterers, Simonist, hypocrites, thieves) 9. Traitors
Term
Minos
Definition
Judge of hell
Term
Flatulence
Definition
Extremists during the black plague who whipped themselves while walking around Avignon (as repentance for their sins, like jesus)
Term
Jews during the black death
Definition
Burned to death, were thought to be plotting against the Christians
Term
Macabre Art
Definition
Art that expresses death. Came out of the black death period.
Term
Avignon
Definition
"the Pope City" in the South Eastern part of France.
home to Pont Sait benezet, a bridge that flooded away, and Notre dame des Dom cathedral
Term
Giotto Style
Definition
Beginning to be naturalistic, shadow and depth, mass in figure.
Term
Cimabue Style
Definition
Stylistic with less empty space
Term
Giotto's most famous work
Definition
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3446/3256433708_fe106fe29f.jpg

Scrovegni Chapel
Padua, Italy 1305-6
Enrico Scrovegni Commissioned the work
Term
Patron
Definition
A person who supports with money or gifts
Term
Fresco Seco
Definition
Paint on dry plaster
Term
Buon Fresca
Definition
Done in Plaster painted while still wet
Term
Giornata
Definition
Painted in a day
Term
Scrovegni Chapel
Definition
Painted by Gioto. Ultramarine ceilings. Iconographic. Of the last Judgment.
Term
Passion of Christ
Definition
Events leading up to the crucification of Christ
Term
Grisaille
Definition
grey
Term
what does hercules hole to symbolize him?
Definition
Lions skin
Term
Proto-renaissance style
Definition
Sarcophagus (marble cophins), Disproportionate, Hierarchic scaling, Continuous narrative, Angular drapery, Static (motionless), semetrical composition
Term
Tempera
Definition
Fast drying, opaque, applied
Term
Vault
Definition
Rounded Roof
Term
Gable
Definition
Triangular top of building
Term
Crocket
Definition
architectural form that comes out of building in the form of a cusp or curling leaf
Term
Pinnacles
Definition
The tallest point on a tower
Term
Lamentation
Definition
Mourning death of Christ
Supporting users have an ad free experience!