North
This artwork is an engraving
Adam and Eve by Albrecht Durer
What is a Sybil and where can we find one?
A Sibyl is a female prophetess who is believed to have foreseen the birth of Christ. We can find these on the Sistine Chapel by Michaelangelo.
Where was the last supper placed?
In a Milanese monastic refectory
There are how many layers in the Isenheim Altarpiece?
Three layers
This major invention made the Reformation possible
The printing press
What are the Italian influences in Adam and Eve by Albrect Durer?
Classical bodies; nudes; idealized bodies; based on classical canons; use of Latin; reference to the Four Humors.
What/who is the vanishing point in the Last Supper?
Christ is the vanishing point
Sfumao
Who were the patrons of the Isenheim altarpiece?
The Brothers of St. Anthony
The printing press made what possible regarding art and religion?
Prints could be easily disseminated and copied to reach the most amount of viewers.
The bodies in Adam and Eve by Albrecht Durer had two regional influences. What were they?
Italian and Northern
Is Adams musculature an iconographic symbol in Adam and Eve by Albrect Durer? Yes or No
No
In The Entombment by Pontormo, what narrative moment is likely depicted?
The moment right AFTER the Lamentation
What is a predella?
The long horizontal structure at the base or 'foot' of an altarpiece. Such structures are usually painted with narrative scenes which are related to, or expand upon, the subject of the larger images above.
This is the single most important image of the Protestant Reformation
The Allegory of LAw and Grace by Lucas Cranach the Elder
What are the Northern influences in Adam and Eve by Albrect Durer?
Extraordinary detail, Northern Forest, cross-cultural, iconography, animals,. text and image, commercial.
Figura Serpentinata refers to what?
The unsual/ unnatural twisting of the body. ex.The Entombment by Pontormo.
What are the characteristics of Mannerism?
Bodies- Elegant elongated, distorted, impossible poses
Content- Intentionally confusing, full of symbolism
Space- Cluttered, illogical, confusing
Color- Bright garish, unnatural
The outermost predella displays what scene?
The Lamentation Scene
He wrote the 95 Thesis
Martin Luther
This artwork is a Woodcut
Allegory of Law and Grace by Lucas Cranach the Elder
The Allegory of Law and Grace included what two artistic techniques to show modeling?
Why is the Venus of Urbino significant in art history?
It is credited with establishing the genre of the reclining female nude.
This was the disease many were suffering who viewed the Isenheim Altarpiece
St. Anthony's fire or Ergostim
What are the four humors?
Classical Medieval philosophy that maintained humans have four humors in us; when in balance, our personalities are perfectly at east, when one o these is greater than the other our personalities change.