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VCU ARTH104
Exam 1
51
Art History
Undergraduate 1
02/05/2012

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Page w/ February

Limbourg Bros (Tres Riches Heures)

1411-1416

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Temptation of St. Anthony

Martin Schongauer

1480-1490

Engraving

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Merode Altarpiece (Triptych of the Annunciation)

Robert Campin

1425-1428

Oil on canvas

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The Annunciation

Jan van Eyck

1434-1436

Oil on wood

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Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife

Jan van Eyck

1434

Oil on wood

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Deposition

Roger van de Weyden

1443

Oil on panel

"painter of tears"

Commished by Archers guild

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A Goldsmith in his Shop

Petrus Christus

1449

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Portincari Altarpiece

Hugo van der Goes

1474-1476

Commished by Chapel in Florence

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Sacrafice of Isaac

Brunelleschi

1401-1402

*cast pieces individually

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Sacrafice of Isaac

Ghiberti

1401-1402

*cast all one piece

Won contest v Brunelleschi

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Jacob and Esau

Ghiberti

1435

"Gates of Paradise" - Michelangelo

Gilt Bronze

Degrees of Relief

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Dome of Florence Catherdral

Brunelleschi

1417-1436

No support circles

Represents gothic period

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Palazzo Medici-Riccardi

Michelozzoi Bartolomeo

1446

Botom floor: Rusticated stones

20' stories

Courtyard

Heavy roof to keep light out

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David

Donatello

1450's or 60's

Earliest lifesize, freestanding, bronze, nude

Commished by Medici

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Gattamelata

Donatello

1443-1453

Military figure showing power

In Venice

1st monumenal equestrian sculpture

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Trinity w/ the Virgin; Saint John  and the Evangelist; Donors

Masaccio

1425-1428

21'

Momento Mori (reminder of death)

Orthoginals point ot focal point

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Explusion from Paradise

Masaccio

1427

Adam & Eve

Fresco

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Tribute Money

Masaccio

1427

Tax collector ask Jesus for temple tax - Peter gets money from fish mouth

Atmospheric perspective

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Annunciation

Fra Angelico

1438-1445

Fresco

Meant for monks

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Battle of San Romano

Paolo Uccello

1438-1440

3 parts - divided

Florence

Supposed to look chaotic but doesnt bc of grid

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Birth of Venus

Sandro Botticelli

1484-1486

"Modest Venus"

commished by Medici

birth of beauty

Blown by wind god Zephyr

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Battista Sforza and Federico da Montefeltro

Piero della Franscesca

c. 1474

stand alone panel

atmospheric perspective

wife - recently deceased

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Camera Picta

Mantegna

1465-1474

vaulted ceilng

foreshortening

started ceiling painting

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Last Supper

da Vinci

1495-98

Commished by Duke of Milan

Fresco experimentaion (hasn't help up well)

Chiaro scuro - light/dark

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Mona Lisa

da Vinci

1503-1506

sfumato - hazy (duskish)

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Small Cowper Madonna

Raphael

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Stanza della Segnatura

Raphael

Commished by Pope JUlius II

"room of signature" - signed things

Wall of Philosophy (School of Athens)

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School of Athens

Raphael

1510-1511

Plato, Aristotle in center

Michelangelo, Raphael in painting

Apollo- top left statue

Minerva - top right statue

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Pietá

Michelangelo

picked out own stone

1500

Commished by French Card

V. Mary w/ Jesus

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David

Michelangelo

1501-1504

Commished by FLorence

17'

supposd to be high up - not bc it was so beaut.

Florence symbol - Florence at war

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Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Michelangelo

Commished by Pope Julius

1508-1512 (ceiling)

Trompe l'oeil (fake architecture)

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Creation of Adam

Michelangelo

1511-1512

Off center - diagnals

Very muscular (God like)

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Last JUdgement

Michelangelo

1536-1541

2100 sq. ft.

bottom - entry to hell

supposed to drive people into the church

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St. Peter's Basilica

Michelangelo

Central plan church (symetrical)

Dome completed 1590

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Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

Properzia de'Rossi

1525-1526

female artist

marble

commished by catherral in Bologna

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The Tempest

Giorgione

Not commished

Poesie : Painted poems

Influenced by Leonardo

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Pastoral Concert

Titian

1509-1510

Giorgione's assistant

Showcased all talents

Titian best known for female nudes (fleshy/rosie)

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Pesaro Madonna

Titian

1519-1526

St. Peter w. key

X- balanced diagnal comp.

layers of oil glazes

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Venus of Urbino

TItian

1538

most famous

Marriage portrait?

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Feast in the House of Levi

Veronese

1573

imagined scene

Last supper-ish

Painted for Monestary

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Last Supper

Tintoretto

1592-1594

apprentice in Titian's workshop

influenced by Michelangelo

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Isenheim Altarpiece

Matthias Grunewald

1510

opens 3x

Church of St. Anthony

skin treatment

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Self Portrait

Durer

1500

Ren man of North

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Adam and Eve

Durer

1504

Engraving

ideal proportions

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Four Apostles

Durer

1526

Protestant

Nuremburg

"Dont heed the words of false prophets"

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French Ambassadors

Hans Holbein the Younger

anamorphic image

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Henry VIII

Hans Holbein the Younger

1540

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Garden of Earthly Delights

Bosch

Heaven, Earth, Hell

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Hunters in the Snow

Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Genre Painting (everyday life)

Represents November/December

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Self Portrait

Caterina van Hemessen

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The Burial of Count Orgaz

El Greco

Studied w/ Titian

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