Works of Art
Gothic
Historical Background
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Ancient Works of Art
100
Made by Peter Bruegel the elder in 1565
What is Hunters in the Snow (January) in the Kunsthistorisches museum, Vienna.
100
The function of these is to carry the thrust of the vaulting at specific points over the aisles to exterior supports that are set at right angles to the length of the nave.
What are flying buttresses.
100
The sacking of Rome by this man in this year brought an end to the short period of the Roman Renaissance.
Who is Charles V in 1527
100
Break down the five periods of art
What are Ancient art (600 BC-400 AD) Medieval art 400-1400 Renaissance 1400-1600 Baroque 1600-1750 Modern 1750-Present day
100
The Temple was built by Ictinus and Callicrates in 447-432 BC
What is the Parthenon in Athens, Greece
200
Made by Raphael in 1510-1511
What is the School of Athens,in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican
200
Steel bars used to reinforce and support the weight of taller buildings.
What is ribbed vaulting
200
This Pope is responsible for the Sistine Chapel
Who is Pope Sixtus IV
200
Break down the four periods of medieval art.
What are Early Middle ages (400-1000) Romanesque (1000-1150) Gothic (1150-1300) Late Gothic (1300-1400)
200
This Temple was built in Rome in 120 AD.
What is the Pantheon
300
Painted by Giotto di Bondone in 1296-1300
What is St. Francis renouncing his earthly possessions, in the Basilica of Saint Francis, in Assisi.
300
Found in Chartres Cathedral
What is North Rose Window, which was made from 1223-1226
300
Michelangelo made this famous sculpture at the age of 23, in which Christ's body is perfect to symbolize his divinity.
What is the Pieta
300
These three renaissance men are arguably the best artists ever to live.
Who are Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) Michelangelo (1475-1564) and Raphael (1483-1520)
300
This Amphitheater was built in Rome in 72-80 BC
What is the colosseum
400
Painted by Masaccio in 1427
What is Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, in the Brancacci Chapel in Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
400
The direction that a person will always be facing when he walks into a Gothic cathedral (one of reasons council of Trent would choose Latin cross plans over Greek cross plans).
What is east.
400
The artist was the first painter of the renaissance to make the female nude
Who is Botticelli
400
Michelangelo originally planned this Basilica as a Greek cross plan, but it was later extended to a Latin cross plan.
What is St. Peter's Basilica.
400
This Sculpture was made by the Rhodesian sculptors (name them) in the late 2nd century BC.
What is the Laocoön Group, by Agesander, Athenodorus, and Polydorus, in the Vatican Museum, Rome.
500
Painted by Botticelli in 1480
What is Birth of Venus, in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence
500
This type of Church became a thing in the Gothic period, and is characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaulting, flying buttresses, massive amounts of sculpture, and stained glass.
What is the Cathedral
500
This Pope moved the papacy back to Rome and encouraged the arts in order to make the authority of the church and the power of God visible.
Who is Pope Nicholas V
500
Break down the different periods of the renaissance
What are the Italian Renaissance (Early/Florentine from 1400-1500 and Roman Renaissance 1500-1520). Northern Renaissance (1400-1600, North of the Alps).
500
This statue was made by the School of Scopas in the 2nd century BC.
What is the Venus de Milo, in the Louvre, Paris
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