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What is a Glyph?
what is a purposeful mark or hieroglyphic character, symbol or pictograph
What are the two colors associated with Mexica art?
Red and Blue
What bug is used in the red of mexica art?
Cochineal
The term renaissance in the Italian Renaissance implies a rebirth of what?
antiquity/humanism
What is a cabinet of curiosities/Wunderkammer?
encyclopedic collections of objects whose categorical boundaries were not yet defined. Usually a room including objects of natural history, geology, ethnography, archeology, religious or historical relics, and works of art and antiquities often understood as a microcosm of the universe. Usually owned by a wealth elite, privately owned
What is linear perspective?
a mathematical method of creating three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface
Which region of European art was defined by realism in the 1400s?
Flemish/Northern Renaissance
Where might we be mostly likely to see the mediums of tempera paints and fresco painting in the early 1400s
Italian art
What are two complaints Martin Luther had against the church in his 95 theses?
1. against corruption/simony
2. Faith Alone
3. Access to the bible in vernacular languages, people should read the bible
4. Direct access to god.
5. denied holiness of transubstantiation
What artwork(s) have we seen in class that use continuous narrative?
What is chiaroscuro?
Italian word for modeling. The creation of illusion on a flat surface of something rounded so that it takes up space with mass and volume.
List two ways Italian Renaissance artists referenced antiquity in their art:
ancient architecture, canon of proportions, clothing, ideas/subject of artworks, Contrapposto
What region is known for inventing oil paints?
Flanders/Northern Renaissance
What is the significance of the Coyolxauhqui stone's placement at the bottom of templo mayor?
Allows Mexica people to recreate the god Huitzilopochtli's birth when enacting sacrifice.
List two things a curator does?
makes exhibitions, contributes to research, manage information on artwork, manage relationships with donors/board, manage permanent collection
What is moveable type?
A printing system using individual, reusable characters made of wood, metal or ceramic, that can be arranged and re-arranged to form different texts.
List THREE stylistic traits associated with Mexica Art
Monumental Stone sculptures, red and blue coloring, stylization combined with small bits of realism, balanced, four quadrants with a central elements
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How can we see the rise of humanism in Flemish art/the Northern Renaissance?
interest in the world/people around them - architecture of the day, bringing holy events into contemporary architectural settings
List three symbolic elements in the Merode Altarpiece
Flower/lily; unbroken glass, candle snuffed out, single candle, mousetrap, wood in workshop in shape of cross, Joseph drilling holes, red of Mary's dress, prayer rug, enclosed garden, vessel with holy water
What is iconography?
a method of studying an artwork focusing on how the image tells a story through signs and symbols in the artwork.
How do realism and idealism relate to the term naturalism?
two terms underneath of the umbrella of naturalism, or representing the natural world in a manner akin to how our eye might look at the world
What is a triptych?
usually an altarpiece divided into three PHYSICAL PARTS
What artwork did Henry VIII commission to align himself with the reformation?
The Great Bible
What are the four previous manifestations of the universe in the Mexica cosmology?
4-Jaguar (1st sun)
4- Wind (2nd sun)
4-Rain (3rd sun)
4- Water (4th Sun)