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Art in History #1, First Semester

For each slide, try to identify the following: name of artist, title of art work, and movement or era in which this work is categorized. There will be different kinds of questions, as well, on some of these flashcards.

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Caspar Friedrich, Winter Landscape, Romanticism
Jacques Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, Neoclassicism
Durer, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Northern Renaissance
Watteau, The Halt During the Chase, Rococco
Michaelangelo, The Sistine Chapel, Italian Renaissance
Rembrandt, The Night Watch, Dutch Baroque
Rembrandt, Self Portrait, Dutch Baroque
Vermeer, Young Woman with a Pitcher, Dutch Baroque
Raphael, The School of Athens, Italian Renaissance
Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, Romanticism
Perugino, Christ Giving the Keys to Saint Peter, Italian Renaissance
El Greco, the Burial of Count Orgaz, Mannerism
Gainsborough, the Blue Boy, Rococo
What are some key indicators that place this work in its appropriate style?, Botticelli, The Birth of Venus, Italian Renaissance. This pyramdically structured work is an idealized nude figure from classical mythology--all indicators of Renaissance art.
Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Northern Renaissance
Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Wedding Portrait, Northern Renaissance
Jan van Eyck, The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin, Northern Renaissance
What are some key indicators that place this work in its appropriate style?, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Dutch Proverbs, Northern Renaissance--notice the realism, the emphasis on ordinary scenes from life, a kind of genre painting.
This is an example of the kind of art that emphasized scenes of ordinary people from everyday life., Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peasant Wedding, Northern Renaissance. This style, from the Northern Renaissance, is called genre painting.
Masaccio, Tribute Money, early Italian Renaissance
Happy trees!! Bob Ross, Landscape,
Diego Velazquez, Las Meninas, Spanish Baroque
As well, what's the name of the technique of fine shading for soft transitions as seen here?, Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Italian Renaissance. The technique is "sfumato".
Peter Paul Rubens, Bathsheba at the Fountain, Flemish Baroque
Michaelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Italian Renaissance
Jan van Eyck, Arnolfini Wedding Portrait, Northern Renaissance
Also, what's the Renaissance technique of using lines that converge into a vanishing point to give depth to the painting?, Pietro Perugrino, Christ Delivering the Keys to St. Peter, Italian Renaissance. The depth method is called "perspective".
Jean-Antoine Watteau, Pilgrimage to Cythera, Rococco
Thomas Gainsborough, Blue Boy, Rococco
Rembrandt, Night Watch, Dutch Baroque
Jan van Eyck, The Virgin of Chancellor Rolin, Northern Renaissance
This new urban space, derived from the old agora, was encouraged by Renaissance urban architects for public activities., piazza, or plaza
As well, to which historical event does this work refer to?, Francisco Goya, The Third of May, Romanticism. The painting is a response to the Napoleonic occupation of Spain.
As well, what's the method, seen here, to contrast lightness and darkness for effect and a sense of volume?, Da Vinci, Madonna of the Rocks, Italian Renaissance. The method is called chiaroscuro.
As well, to what historical development was this artist responding?, Joseph M.W. Turner. Rain, Steam and Speed. Romanticism. This is a response to England's industrial revolution.
As well, what 2 empires did this person in this portrait rule over?, Titian, Charles V, late Italian Renaissance, 1533. Charles V ruled over the Holy Roman and Spanish Hapsburg empires.
For which city was this statue dedicated? To what city is the statue facing?, Michaelangelo, David, Italian Renaissance. The statue, dedicated to Florence, faces rival Rome to the south.
What was the term for the mathematical proportion upon which this work was based?, Leonardo da Vinci, Vitruvian Man, Italian Renaissance. Da Vinci wanted the figure to demonstrate the Golden Mean, a.ka. pi.
What's the name for this kind of painting here, done as a mural on plastered walls?, Da Vinci, the Last Supper, Italian Renaissance. This kind of mural is called a fresco.
What's the kind of perspective used for the skull that creates an illusion?, Hans Holbien, The French Ambassadors, Northern Renaissance. The illusion is created by anamorphic perspective. You can only truly see the skull from a side angle.
Ideal beauty, religious and mythological scenes, oil paintings and fresco: are these traits of the Italian or Northern Renaissance style?These are traits of the Italian Renaissance style.


Teacher, Social Studies
Redwood High School
Larkspur, CA

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