lasted for nearly a thousand years from about 500 to 1400
What is the Middle Ages in Europe
100
the period in western Europe occurred during the latter part of the Middle Ages, beginning with the mid-twelfth century
What is the Gothic Period
100
"rebirth", a time of astounding advancements in human knowledge
What is the Renaissance (1400-1600)
100
artists took the Early Renaissance discoveries and Classical ideas to new heights
What is during the High Renaissance
100
complementary colors
What are colors that are opposite from each other on the color wheel?
200
The Celtic monks spent years copying sacred texts
What are the Illuminated Manuscripts (Book of Kells)
200
characterized by their simple geometry
What are Gothic cathedrals (most are shaped like a cross, a symbol of Jesus's crucifixion)
200
One of the greatest artists of the Early Renaissance
Who is Donatello (sculptor), sculpted David in a contrapposto pose
200
One of the best known artists of the Renaissance
Who is Leonardo da Vinci
(active mind in math, science, explored anatomy, engineering, geology, zoology, botany, and mechanics)
Michelangelo
200
design principles
What are: contrast, balance, emphasis, movement, rhythm, pattern, and unity
300
Art helped the illiterate church population understand Christian teachings through pictures rather than words
What are Byzantine Mosaics (elaborate mosaic decorating churches, used tesserae)
300
a cartoon
What is the drawing that was initially used as artists were beginning a stained glass window (a huge outline drawing)
300
first artist of his age to make large scale paintings with Classical mythological figures as the subject
Who is Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510)
He painted full figures full of grace and beauty
300
objects painted with less detail, paler, and bluer than nearby objects
What is atmospheric perspective
300
a four-step process for analyzing art
What is critical analysis: description, analysis, interpretation, and evaluation?
400
the architectural style of cathedrals built during the eleventh and twelfth centuries
What is the Romanesque Period (cathedrals that looked like fortresses-used elements from Roman times)
400
gold
What is the color that symbolized holiness to the medieval Christians (Duccio used it in his alterpiece) used for halos and around people
400
One thing that best characterizes Perugino's paintings is a sense of rational, ordered space without distracting details.
What is use of one point perspective
400
a ceiling covered with frescoes showing hundreds of figures, took 4 years to make
What is the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (tells a story of the creation, fall, and salvation of the human race)
400
"What is a work of art? What is beauty?"
What is aesthetics? (philosophy of art)
500
the Greek word for "image"
What is an Icon (usually of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, or Christian saints). People looked at these during prayer. Used egg tempera
500
Placed most important figures in the center and made them larger in scale than other figures
What is the convention that Duccio used when depicting Mary and Jesus
500
more concerned with the order and reason
Who were the Renaissance artists
as opposed to the Medieval artists who were more concerned with the emotional connection viewers made with the religious messages in their artworks.
500
center of the Sistine Chapel, one of the most iconic images in the world
What is the Creation of Adam
500
Art Elements
What are line, shape, form, value, color, space, and texture