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Sarah's section
Renaissance Italy/Sacred Figures/Dogon
10
Art History
Undergraduate 1
03/15/2008

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Term
[image]
Definition

"Adoration of the Magi" Gentile da Fabriano, altarpiece for the Strozzi family chapel

Santa Trinata, Florence, 1423

 

-Strozzis had multiple motivations for giving this altarpiece to the chapel including flaunting wealth, showing piety, honoring god

-much gold leaf used, very grand 

 

Term
[image]
Definition

Sassetti Chapel frescoes-Life of St. Francis

Church of Santa Trinita, c. 1483-86

 

-Donors, Frencesco and Nora are included

-Sassettis worked for medicis 

-The wanted it in Santa Maria Novella but they were refused b/c of the saint francis theme 

-Other frescoes include, Resurrection of the Boy and Approval of the Franciscan Rule

-Brought the art and stories of St.Francis into florentine context by placing them in familiar locations 

Term
[image]
Definition

"Conaro Chapel" Bernini, 1642-45

Rome, Marble 

 

Funerary Chapel for Cardinal Federigo Cornaro

Dedicated to Saint Teresa of Avila

 

-Emotional sculpture as a part of the counter-reformation 

-High alter with scene from Teresa's vision of the angle of the Lord in which an angel pierced her body repeatedly with an arrow, transporting her to a state of religious extacy and oneness with god, (orgasm).

-Covered the walls with colored marble panels, and added a projecting cornice held by marble pilasters 

Term
Art in the age of mechanical reproduction
Definition
copies losing aura
Term
Strozzi Family
Definition
Wealthiest family in Florence, patrons of, and included in, "The Adoration of the Magi" by Gentile da Fabriano, 1423.
Term
[image]
Definition

Kanaga Mask, early 20th century

Of the Mali Dogon culture

Exactly what these masks mean may never be known

Represents God and the Universe, reaching up to heaven

Attributed to the shape of a crocodile or bird

Used in funerary rites, connects earth to heavens 

Term
Sassetti
Definition
Patrons of the "Life of St. Francis" frescos by Ghirlandaio in their family burial chapel in Santa Trinata, Florence. They worked for the Medicis.
Term
aura
Definition
(as erin explained) A print of a painting will have less aura than the oringial copy. That "somethin something" or "tza tza tzu," that viewers in the presence of original masterpieces feel the effects of.
Term
togu na
Definition
Building with carved wood pillars with imagery of animals and female figures showing the wealth of existance. It has low ceilings to fore the men meeting inside to sit and talk. Mainly used in the Dogon culture as a meeting place for men only.
Term
Dama
Definition
Meaning "forbidden" or "dangerous." It is a funerary ceremony in the Dogon culture that celebrates the chuman activity that the deceased no longer partakes in. Because this ceremony is held for many deceased elders, it can last up to six days and require hundreds of masks.
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