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- What type of paintings was Botticelli best known for?
- female nudes
- What paintings were commissioned for private Medici residence?
- Primavera and The Birth of Venus
- Who was the most important Florentine poet of the 1470's-80's?
- Lorenzo the Magnificent
- What did the Portinari Alterpiece do for Florence?
- brought a fresh new vision to Florence
- Who painted the Portinari Alterpiece?
- Hugo van der Goes
- The Primavera and The Birth of Venus are direct references to what?
- classical mythology
- What two painters used nature as a model for their work?
- Cimabue, Giotto
- Who is the symbol of the Renaissance?
- Michaelangelo
- Maicra Greca was based on what kind of traditions?
- Byzantine traditions
- The most expensive paintings were embelished with what?
- gold leaf
- Who painted figures that seem to "move and breathe, and expressed human emotion" ?
- Giotto
- These kinds of artists shunned naturalism and instead emphasizd surface decoration.
- medieval artists
- What was one of the most importanat projects in the center of Florence?
- the bronze doors for the Baptistery of San Giovanni
- Who was the winner of the Old Testament panel project?
- Lorenzo Ghiberti
- What did the gilded bronze doors become known as?
- the Gates of Paradise
- The Adoration of the Magi: How is this compostion arranged?
- In a Symmetrical Manner.
- How is Botticell's Holy Family placed?
- In a strange crumbling stone structure with a wood-dramed roof.
- What is the decaying architecture meant to convey?
- It is meant to convey the idea of the old order being replaced by a new Christian Age marked by the birth of Christ.
- Who did Botticelli paint another version of the Adoration of the Magi for in 1475?
- He painted another version for Saint Maria Novella in Florence, Italy.
- What portraits did Botticelli include in his earlier work?
- He included portraits of Cosimo.
- The Holy Trinity: What technique did Masaccio use to paint the Holy Trinity?
- He used the Fresco technique. It meant that he applied pigment directly to the wet plaster.
- How did Masaccio create the illusion of volume?
- He created the illusion of volume by organizing light and dark rationally on the surface of his figures.
- What would the painting have looked like with its paired down symmetrical compostion?
- It would have looked sober in comparision to the other contemporaneous works.
- The Holy Trinity is said to be the first to what?
- It is said to be the first to systematically apply Brunelleschi's linear perspective system. Masaccio has placed the vanishing point just below the base of the cross.
- What does Masacco provide us with a rational vision of what?
- It provides us of the space in which the crucifixion takes place, one that makes sense in human terms.
- St. Mark: Why does the sculpture look out of proportioned if seen at eye level?
- It seems out of proportioned because Donatello had to emply a sense of foreshadowing.
- What was Donatello's quest while making St. Mark?
- His quest was to create the most like-like and well proportioned work.
- According to Vasari's story, wht did Donatello do?
- Donatello put the sculture in place, covered it for 15 days, and then without working on it further, revealed it to the patrons.
- Where is the modern copy of St. Mark located?
- It is located in the niche of the exterior of the Oranmichele.
- Where is the original St.Mark located?
- It is now located in a museum inside the Oranmichele.
- Vasari's trio of the greatest artists of the rennissance are?
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Leonardo Da Vinci
Donatello
Raphael - How does botecelli depict the magi?
- he shows them as having just arrived and paying homage to christ and the virgin mary
- how does Botecelli's composition differ from the original by friars Lippi and Angelico?
- it places the virgin& christ just off center, it also symbolizes the fall of the old religion, by placing the virgin within a crumbling structure
- How did vasari envision Leonardo Da Vinci?
- he was envisioned as a transitional artist who bridged the stylistic tendancies of the late fifteenth century with those of the early sixteenth century
- What three gifts were being presented to the holy family?
- gift of gold, frankinsence and myrrh
- What was unique about massicio's work in comparison to his contemporaries?
- his style is so much more naturalistic
- what did leon battista alberta assoceate art with?
- painting with geometry
- what do most early fifteenth century paintings focus on?
- reverence for the spiritual
- what did the "international style" of art emphasize
- elegant figures and sumptous surface decoration
- who was one of Gentile da Fabriano's most important paintings, "the adoration of the virgin" painted for?
- Palla Strozi
- Who commissioned nanni di banco's "four crowned marytrs"?
- the stone carvers and woodworkers guilds
- what seemingly simple gesture removed the effect of containment for the sculptures?
- by placing the toes of the sculpture off of the edge of the niche
- who would become the most important sculptors for the first half of the fifteenth century?
- Donatello
- which of Donatello's sculptures was commissioned for the linnen weavers guild?
- St. Mark
- when was st. mark commissioned?
- circa 1411-1413
- The International Style, with its Gothic Influence, was highly replaced in popularity by a move toward what styles?
- naturalism and classicism
- How did artists express human emotions in paintings?
- Through action and facial expressions.
- What type of paintings contiuned to dominate the larger and more costly commissions?
- Religious paintings
- Why did the protraiture become increasingly popular?
- The growth of individualism
- How was space oraganized in late 15th century art works?
- Space was oraganized and based on the principles of linear perspective.
- Who were two of the most important painters in the mid to late 15th century?
- Domenico Ghirlandaio and Sandro Botticelli
- Who was the sculpture of Saint Mark created for?
- The linen weavers guild.
- What material was the statue carved from?
- A single block of marble
- What type of pose is St. Mark in?
- a classical contrappasto pose
- How did Donatello emphasize the solidity of St. Mark?
- He used the naturalistic carving of the drapery to emphasize it.
- What did Donatello do with St. Mark that was innovative of his time?
- He draped him in cloth that falls in naturalistic folds, revealing the body underneath.
- How was drapery done in the Middle Ages?
- Artists created many layers of folds that concealed any sense of body underneath.
- How is St. Mark typical of the new art of the first half of the fifteenth century ?
- The intensity in St. Mark's facial expressions.
- What technique did Donatello employ to make St. Mark proportional when viewed from the street?
- foreshortening
- Why might the scultpture look out of proportion at eye level?
- Because of the forshortening used to make it proportional from the street.