Artists
If it ain't Baroque...
Vocabulary
Symbolism
Styles/Periods
100
Which High Renaissance artist was always looking for new techniques or materials for painting, sometimes even to the final art work's own detriment?
Leonardo da Vinci
100
Baroque art developed as part of the Catholic _____________ _____________.
Counter Reformation
100
This vocabulary words means the "destruction of images."
Iconoclasm
100
In Bronzino's Allegory with Venus and Cupid, who does the young boy throwing flowers represent?
Folly
100
"The Madonna of the Long Neck" is from this period.
Mannerism
200
Which artist died before completing his painting "Madonna of the Long Neck"?
Parmigianino
200
What word means the use of strong chiaroscuro and artificial illumination to create a dramatic contrast of light and dark?
tenebrism/tenebroso
200
When the Florentines saw Michelangelo's completed David, they said it exhibited _________________, which means pent-up fury.
Terribilita
200
The myrtle bush, the dog, and the cassoni in the Venus of Urbino are symbols of _____________.
Marriage.
200
Giorgione painted during this time period.
Venetian Renaissance
300
Despite his enormous popularity during his life, and today, we can only attribute about 6 paintings to this artist.
Giorgione
300
This Italian word _______________ refers to the group of Baroque painters that painted in the style of Caravaggio.
Caravaggisti
300
This vocabulary word refers to the full rotation of the upper torso so that it faces a different direction than the lower half of the body.
figura serpentinata
300
The walls in Stanza della Segnatura represent the four branches of learning. What branch does the School of Athens represent?
Philosophy
300
Which of these is NOT a print by Albrecht Durer: Adam and Eve The Harvesters The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse?
The Harvesters. (It is a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.)
400
Who originally trained to be a goldsmith like his father?
Albrecht Durer
400
Which Spanish Baroque artist worked for the king of Spain and was greatly influenced by the work of Titian?
Diego Velazquez
400
Which vocabulary term translates literally as "painted poems" and refers to paintings that are based on Classical themes and have strong erotic overtones?
Poesia (or Poesie)
400
Identify one of the four animals present in the Albrecht Durer's print, Adam and Eve, and explain what humor they represent. e.g. The mouse represents the parvus humor which is meekness.
e.g. Rabbit - sanguine/blood = lustiness Ox - phlegmatic/phlegm = laziness, sluggishness Cat - choleric/yellow bile = temper, impatience Elk - melancholic/black bile = bitterness, loneliness, despair
400
The Palazzo del Te is was completed during what period?
Mannerism
500
Name the two High Renaissance artists who created plans for New St. Peter's.
Bramante Michelangelo
500
Identify 2 of the 4 Little Dutch Masters' genres.
e.g. Portraiture Still-Life Landscape Genre Scenes (Scenes of Domestic Life)
500
What vocabulary word refers to still lifes that reflect on the transience of life?
Vanitas
500
What do the orb and the cross at the top of Bernini's Baldachino represent?
Orb - universe Cross - reign of Christ
500
Name three works we looked at created by Michelangelo
e.g. .g. David Pieta Moses Sistine Ceiling (or Creation of Adam) Last Judgment