structure
What is the shape of the San Vitale?
Octagon
What was the Great Mosque of Cordoba made of?
Stone Masonry
What period was the Hunters in the Snow made in?
Northern Renaissance
Define a Frontispiece.
an illustration facing the title page of a book
Name 3 identifiers of gothic characteristics
Any 3: pointed arches, tall ceilings, thin walls, stained glass, flying buttresses
What were the three main components of the Hagia Sophia?
Floor plan (basilica plan + central plan), dome, and light
What TWO techniques were used to create Allegory of Law and Grace?
crosshatching and hatching
What is the Palazzo Rucellai made of?
stone masonry
What TWO perspectives does School of Athens combine?
one-point perspective and two-point perspective
Name 2 aspects of the interior of Il Gesù that make it Baroque.
(Any 2) Movement; vivid color; energy; drama; light vs dark; multi-media; theatricality; diagonals; no linearity; involve viewer (art moves into our space); most dramatic moments of narratives chosen
What was the shape of the columns of the Great Mosque of Cordoba?
double-horseshoe-arch columns
What THREE materials were used to make the Lindisfarne Gospels?
ink, pigments, and gold on vellum
What is the Self-Portrait with Saskia made of?
etching
List the three kinds of mosques.
1. Hypostyle Hall
2. Four-Iwan
3. Central Plan
Name 2 Italian influences can be identified in Adam and Eve?
(Any 2) classical bodies; nudes; idealized bodies; based on classical canons and statuary; use of Latin; reference to 4 Humors
How did the Santa Sabina control the flow of people?
By having only one entrance and exit
What is enconchado made of and which artist do we identify with it?
1. Made by placing tiny fragments of mother-of-pearl onto a canvas on top of wood, and then covering them with a yellowish tint and thin glazes of paint
2. Miguel González
What is the period Henri IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici was made in
Northern (Flemish) Baroque.
What is Trompe l’oeil architecture mean?
Illusionistic architecture
What did the Bible Moralisée reveal about the 13th c. through its comparisons between people and events in the Biblical world and people and events in the medieval world?
prejudices and social troubles (women and Jews were often targeted)
What structure is the Pazzi Chapel based off and how does it exemplify that artwork?
Based on the Pantheon – utilization of the dome as the central architectural principle and exterior that hides the dome
Describe the process of etching
A metal plate is covered with wax -> An image is carved into the surface of the wax revealing the plate underneath ->The plate is put into acid, leaving holes -> The plate is heated so all wax melts off ->Surface of sheet is covered with ink -> Ink will be wiped away from the rest of the plate ->Paper is applied to top to transfer image using pressure
Name 3 identifiers of Fruit and Insects
Any 3: Rachel Ruysch. Dutch. Oil on wood. 1711. 1’4” x 2’. Late Baroque.
How did Madonna and Child with Two Angels use atmospheric perspective?
shows the natural fuzzying and blue/gray tone that occurs when our eye moves back into space
In the Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, what is the reason the architect did not create a small Gothic chapel or church and they returned to a barrel-vaulted room instead?
The Renaissance is about a return to classical traditions