Formal Elements
Saturation
Natural Hazard that lead to transition
Flooding
Judas
The Meaning of Renaissance
Rebirth
Symbolized by Doves
Spirit of God
Suggested by vertical or diagonal lines.
Disease that greatly impacted Europe in the 14th century
The Black Death
The beginning of Jesus' public ministry
Baptism
Birthplace of the Renaissance
Florence, Italy
Madonna Enthroned depicts
The Virgin Mary seated upon a throne, holding the baby Jesus in her lap
Sight Lines
Religious change that lead to transition.
Great Schism from 1378-1417 (two popes)
Visits the Virgin Mary and announces her miraculous conception.
Archangel Gabriel
Difference in Florentine and Sienese Art
Sienese more like French court gothic with a decorative richness, while Florentine art focused on naturalism.
Florence's rival city
Siena
Seven principles of Art
1. Line
2. Shape
3. Color
4. Light
5. Texture
6. Composition
7. Form
Social Changes leading to Transition
government, commerce, religious practice, and patronage
Cycles of the life of Jesus
Incarnation and Childhood, Public Ministry, and Passion.
Giotto
Identifiable feature of the St. Francis of Assisi altarpiece as Byzantine art
no spatial depth; flat.
The Properties of Art
Form, Content, Medium, and Style
Revived during the Renaissance
Classical Values (Humanism: Latin classics, Roman civic virtues, Reason/Rationale)
Lamentation in the context of Christianity
The passionate grief suffered by Christ's mother and his disciples.
Interest in Illusionism, Pictorial solidarity, spatial depth, and emotion in human figures
Mode of representation of an object with symmetry, proportion, and no flaws
Idealism