Artisitc Renaissance(Italian) Flashcards

Terms, people, and art of the Italian Renaissance.

1809700	Characteristics of classical architecture	simple, beautiful, balanced (natural)	0
1809701	Bruneleschi	(1377-1446)Early Renaissance architect who completed the Church at San Lorenzo and the dome in the Cathedral of Florence.	1
1809702	Bramante	(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 Renaissance	2
1809703	Patronage of the Renaissance Arts	One 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 architecture	3
1809704	Donatello	(1386-1466)Father of Renaissance sculpture(Early Renaissance); statue of David ( 1st life-size freestanding bronze nude in Europe since antiquity	4
1809705	Michelangelo	(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 years	5
1809706	Giotto	(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 famous	6
1809707	Da 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
1809708	Raphael	(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
1809709	Bottecelli	(1445-1510)Florence; "The Birth of Venus" and "Primavera"	9
1809804	Qualities of the Italian Renaissance	Maintained all qualities of Humanism; honored and florified the medieval Catholic Church-not Piuus honor, but fear of damnation over sin or pride	10
1841468	Masaaccio	(1401-1428) Florence; Cycle of frescoes in the Croncacci Chapple, the Tribute money	11