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Artisitc Renaissance(Italian) Flashcards

Terms, people, and art of the Italian Renaissance.

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1809700Characteristics of classical architecturesimple, beautiful, balanced (natural)0
1809701Bruneleschi(1377-1446)Early Renaissance architect who completed the Church at San Lorenzo and the dome in the Cathedral of Florence.1
1809702Bramante(1444-1514)High Renaissance architect who worked on the dome of St. Peter's Basilica(with Michelangelo) as well as the "Tempietto." St. Peter's Basilica is in the Vatican City, Rome; dome is 138ft in diameter; most perfect dome; greatest example of the High Renaissance2
1809703Patronage of the Renaissance ArtsOne who pays for the art. Medici family is the greatest example of Early Renaissance architecture, and the Pope was the greatest example of High Renaissance architecture3
1809704Donatello(1386-1466)Father of Renaissance sculpture(Early Renaissance); statue of David ( 1st life-size freestanding bronze nude in Europe since antiquity4
1809705Michelangelo(1475-1564) Called himself the "Divine One" who mastered the High Renaissance, when everything was bigger than life, sculpture with works such as "La Pieta" and "David"(Picture of universal man). Born in Florence; most works were done between 1500-1540's; huge influence on other painters. Best known for the Sistine Chapel: frescoes: "The Creation of Adam," "The Flood"; tells the story of Genisis; was completed in six years5
1809706Giotto(1266-1337)Early Ren. Father of Renaissance painting; he used perspective first; facial expressions reflect humanity and emotion; "The Asension," and "The funeral of St. Francis" were his most famous6
1809707Da Vinci(1452-1519)Perfect universal man; born in Florence; painter, sculpter, architect, engineer, musician; invented the helicopter and parichute; court painter of the king of France; "Mona Lisa," "The Last Supper"(classical), "Vitruvian Man"(anatomy)7
1809708Raphael(1483-1520)Student of Michelangelo's; figures are soft and reflect inner beauty; Madonna and child series; fattened and ezaggerated his paintings; most famous painting is "The School Of Athens"(1517) which was very balanced, best example of perspective shows essence of age; "St.George and Dragon"(uses pyramid)8
1809709Bottecelli(1445-1510)Florence; "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera"9
1809804Qualities of the Italian RenaissanceMaintained all qualities of Humanism; honored and florified the medieval Catholic Church-not Piuus honor, but fear of damnation over sin or pride10
1841468Masaaccio(1401-1428) Florence; Cycle of frescoes in the Croncacci Chapple, the Tribute money11

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