Art History 1 S14: Early Renaissance in Italy
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- How was the story of David and Goliath a favorite of Rnaissance Florence?
- The powerful family of MIlano(Duke of) wanted to unite Italy under him, but Florence liked what they had and viewed him as Goliath.
- How and why did Brunelleschi take command of the Florence Dome Project?
- He won the contest, but Ghiberti was assigned to oversee it and knew nothing about it, Brunelleschi stopped working for 6 months and proved that Ghiberti didn't know what he was doing and took complete control of the project.
- How does the Pallazzo Rucellai restate the Roman Colosseum?
- Both use columns and finish of stoneto restate their historical origins.
- The innovation of elliptical Haloes makes its earliest appearance in the work of __.
- Massaccio
- What important shift does the appearance of elliptical haloes symbolize?
- halos became part of the material world=Spirituality is in the material world
- Fra Angelico is translated as:
- Brother Angel
- The first organized treatise on linear perspective was written by__.
- Alberti
- The leading family int eh city of Florence during the Renaissance was the __.
- Medici
- Botticelli's Birth of VEnus is held to be a good example of Renaissance __.
- neoPlatonism
- Neoplatonists found ways to co nnect Classical philosophy with __ thought.
- Christian
- The peacock was an early Christian symbol of __ becuase its feathers were thought to contain all colors.
- infinity
- The five wounds suffered by Christ on the cross ar k nown as the __.
- stigmata
- What is the Sudarium?
- the hankerchief that Veronica wiped Jesus's face with on his way to Calvary