Wild Card
This is the other name for School of Athens
What is Causarum Cognitio "Knowledge of Causes"
His nickname is "Sloppy Tom"
Who is Masaccio
Durer uses this technology to become a "world famous" artist
what is the printing press?
Greek/Roman Gods:
He plays a lyre and She is goddess of war and wisdom
Who are Apollo and Minerva/Athena
This symbol may represent fidelity/loyalty/faithfulness in several works of art we studied
What is a dog?
These are two reasons why the Renaissance happened in Italy
What are:
Center of trade (Ottoman Empire)
Strong Economy: Merchant class
The Plague
City States: No central government
Artists had lots of resources
In School of Athens, name two Renaissance artists and the philosophers they represent
Who is
da Vinci---Plato
Michelangelo---Heraclitus
Through glazing and layering techniques, this artist mastered oil painting to show a variety of surfaces
Who is Jan van Eyck?
This Gorgon was killed by Perseus and her gaze turns people into stone.
Who is Medusa?
These are two examples of memento mori
What is...
Hourglass
Skull/skeleton/Sarcophagus
Snuffed out candle
Bell
Neoplatonic Philosopher who taught Michelangelo and praised melancholy
Who is Marsilio Ficino?
Wealthy Italian family who helped build the Renaissance
Who is the Medici family?
Arricio, Intonaco, and pouncing are three parts of this painting technique
What is fresco painting
Durer shows scenes from this book in the Bible describing the end of the world
What is the Book of Revelations
Two objects in Arnolfini Portrait that may symbolize desired pregnancy
What are
Oranges
Carving of St. Margaret (patron saint of childbirth)
These are the areas of study of the Quadrivium, all present in School of Athens
What are Arithmetic, Music, Geometry, and Astronomy
This artist says "a man paints with his brains and not his hands"
Who is Michelangelo?
Using a burin, the artist carves lines into a copper plate using this technique
What is an engraving?
These are two stories shown in paintings we studied, in which someone loses their head
Judith and Holofernes
David and Goliath
Medusa
In Knight, Death, and the Devil, the knight and his armor are possibly symbolic of....
What is faith?
What is courage/chivalry?
Blood, Phlegm, Yellow Bile, and Black Bile are the _______________, one of which is interpreted in Durer's Melancholia.
What are the 4 humors
This Baroque artist painted a self-portrait as the severed head of Goliath
Who is Caravaggio?
technique of painting lights and darks used by da Vinci, Masaccio, and other Renaissance artists to show volume
What is chiaroscuro
Pagan "oracles" that are painted on the Sistine ceiling
What are Sibyls
In School of Athens The slate of Pythagoras contains the Holy Tetraktys, which is symbolic of ____________,
"Sum of all dimensions"
completion
Perfection
4 elements
4 seasons, etc.