GREETINGS!! HERE IS THE INFO FOR TEST 2.
Your test will cover Early Christian, Medieval (ie,
Dark Ages,Romanesque,Gothic) and Renaissance.
Same format as Test 1.
THESE ARE THE TEST SLIDES TO MEMORIZE:
Justinian & Court,anon,Early Christian
Book of Kells,anon,Dark Ages
Last Judgment,anon,Romanesque
Notre Dame of Chartres,anon,Gothic
Notre Dame of Paris,anon,Gothic
Sacrifice of Isaac,Ghiberti,Renaissance
St.Mark,Donatello,Ren.
Bronze David,Donatello,Ren.
Tribute Money,Masaccio,Ren.
Trinity,Masaccio,Ren.
Madonna & Child,Lippi,Ren.
Baptism of Christ,Francesca,Ren.
Birth of Venus,Botticelli, Ren.
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Primavera,Botticelli,Ren.
THINGS TO KNOW:
Know the difference between Early christian, Romanesque
and Gothic churches.
Early Christian - basilica plan
- wood ceiling (flat)
- bright interiors
- story-telling mosaics
- plain on the outside
Romanesque - pilgrimage plan
- accomodate flow of pilgrims visiting
relics
- looks roman - small windows,
rounded arches, barrel vault
- dark interiors
- exterior story-telling relief
on the portal (tympanum)
- church militant - harsh message
- story-telling capitals
Gothic - pilgrimage plan
- pointed arch, cross vaulting, flying
buttresses
- stained glass story telling
- vertical lines
- sculpture everywhere
- vertical lines
Justinian & Court -
Apse mosaic showing the mass & showing how mass was
separate for men & women.(He's holding the bread)
Shows how Justinian waspowerful controlling the army,
govt & the church.
His power was derived from God (divine right) as shown
by the chi-rho, halo & his purple robe.
Early Christian period stressed the heavenly with
gold and glass tesserae that glitter.(reflect light)
It appears flat,
no atmospheric perspective, no shading in the drapery.
THere is no contrapposto, no foreshortening (thus,
figs.are stiff, tippy-toe & floating)
There is no variety-all showing same pose, everyone
frontal.
Book of Kells - shows the chi-rho
- illuminated manuscript
- from monastery of Kells in Ireland
- scribes, scriptorium
- pages from vellum
- made "assembly line" fashion
- for meditating - for making God's
message look beautiful on the page
- not for the masses to see
Notre Dame of Chartres or Notre Dame of Paris
-dedicated to Mary
-3-part facade: 3 sections portal =Trinity & triumph
l rose window =Mary
2 towers =reaching to Heaven
=containing bells
=call to prayer (9 times/day)
-includes Gothic techology-pointed arch,
cross-vaulting,flying buttresses - all help to
support a skeletal framework
-stained glass windows now possible
-pilgrimage floor plan = cross symbolism
= allows for movment of pilgrims
= visiting relics
-everything vertical - taking eye heavenward
-totally covered in sculpture - story telling
-fire at Chartres (towers do not match)
Sacrifice of Isaac
-competition - Ghiberti vs Brunelleschi
-baptistery, quatrefoil shape
-Ghiberti's showed re-birth of classical art
(ie, shows depth,calmness,geometry,good anatomy)
-wrote in a prideful way about winning
St.Mark
re-birth of Classical art
re-birth of humanism
re-birth of individualism
-for the cloth traders
-proportions done to allow for seeing from below
Bronze David
-1st free-standing
-for Medici sculpture garden
-David after the battle - victorious
-Donatello was student of Ghiberti
Tribute Money
-taxation (not very common subject)
-fresco
-Florence
-rebirth of classical art thru...
contrapposto,depth(atmospheric Perspective AND
ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE),Roman architecture,
chiaroscuro,foreshortening,
-rebirth of humanism thru...
earthly setting (landscape or temple)
earthly colors (no gold)
-rebirth of individualism
different poses,different faces
(including donors & artist)
-window frame - shadows are casting
-geometry
Trinity
-triangle design to go with Trinity subject
-fresco
-donors included
-Adam's bones - warning life is short
Baptism of Christ
-Francesca - geometry & grid
-art like a science
-increases status of artist
Birth of Venus
-mythology subject
-shows neo-platonism - (shell & roses)
-idealism rather than realism
-broke renaissance rules of perspective & anatomy
-for the Medici
-early Botticelli (pre Savonarola)
Primavera
-mythology
-neo-platonism (halo effect)
-for Medici wedding
-early Botticelli
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