Vocab Words
Define Triptych.
What is a 3 panel painting?
The name of the very first painting we discussed in this unit.
What is The Garden of Earthly Delights?
This artist is often considered the first renaissance painter.
Who is Giotto di Bondone?
The famous sculpture done by Donatello that pushed social boundaries.
What is David?
The type of perspective discussed during this unit.
What is one point perspective?
Define Maesta.
What is the scene of the virgin Mary sitting on a throne holding baby Jesus?
We looked at multiple paintings done by different artist of the same subject and advances through the Renaissance (hint: it contains 2 religious figures)
What is Madonna and Child? (Mary and Jesus is also an acceptable answer)
The artist who painted The Girl with the Pearl Earring.
Who is Johannes Vermeer?
What parts of Michaelangelo's David was exaggerated?
What are his hands and hairline?
The first line you put on a paper when drawing in perspective.
What is the Horizon line?
Define Chiaroscuro.
What is literally meaning light and dark? The use of light and dark to produce three dimensional modeling.
The painting I showed as an example of the use of chiaroscuro. (hint: it is well-known painting containing a single female)
What is The Girl with the Pearl Earring?
The artist who painted the Mona Lisa.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
The material that Michelangelo's David made out of.
What is Marble?
The name of the dot used when drawing in perspective.
What is the Vanishing point?
Define Foreshortening.
What is the use of perspective to show the extension of an object back into space?
The very last EXTREMELY FAMOUS painting we looked at in this unit that shows characteristics of chiaroscuro, sfumato, and atmospheric perspective.
What is the Mona Lisa?
The artist who painted Venus of Urbino.
Who is Titian?
The material that Donatello's David sculpture was made out of.
What is Bronze?
Define Orthogonals.
What is the name for the architectural lines that head straight towards or away from the viewer? AKA construction lines.
Define Giornata.
Giornata is an art term, originating from an Italian word which means "a day's work." The term is used in Buon fresco mural painting and describes how much painting can be done in a single day of work.
The painting done by Parmigianino. (This painting had the most terrifying and largest baby in it)
What is Madonna of the Long Neck?
The artist who painted the Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country.
Who is Ambrogio Lorenzetti?
Finish the sentence. David by Donatello is the first_____________________________________.
What is free-standing, life-sized nude figure made of bronze?
Name of the painting we first discussed when learning about perspective done by the artist Masaccio.
What is the Trinity?