Lecture and Reading
Notes 1
Chapter 17
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| Giotto di Bondone. Lamentation. 1305-6 | |
| Robert Campin. Mérode Altarpiece. c. 1425-28 | |
| Jan van Eyck. Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife, Giovanna Cenami. 1434 | |
| Rogier van der Weyden. Deposition. c. 1442 | |
| Lorenzo Ghiberti. Gates of Paradise. 1425-52 | |
| Donatello. David. c. 1446-60 | |
| Masaccio. Trinity with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist, and Donors. 1425-27/28 | |
| Andrea del Castagno. Last Supper. c. 1445-50 | |
| Sandro Botticelli. The Birth of Venus. c. 1484-86 |
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What developments
in the Middle Ages led to the great changes that occurred during the fifteenth
century?
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What is the
"Renaissance?"
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What is humanism?
How did it affect Renaissance thinking?
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To what period
does Giotto technically belong? Why is he considered such a revolutionary
artist?
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Why do we find
an emphasis on the individual during the fifteenth century?
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What characterizes
the International Gothic style?
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What role did
guilds play in Florentine art?
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What is "disguised
symbolism?" For what purpose did northern artists use it?
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What characterizes
the work of Robert Campin?
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Why is Jan van
Eyck credited with the invention of oil painting?
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What two painters
greatly influenced Hugo van der Goes? What elements of van der Goes style
derive from them, and what elements are van der Goes alone?
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What development
allowed the emergence of printmaking in Europe?
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Who were the
Medici? What influence did they have on the art of the Renaissance?
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What is Neoplatonism?
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How did the
approach of Italian artists towards rendering the illusion of reality
differ from the Flemish?
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How was Brunelleschi's
dome for the Florence Cathedral an architectural feat?
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According to
your book, what were the two most important sculptural commissions in
Florence in the early fifteenth century? Who won each competition, and
what works did they create?
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What artist
does your book describe as "the great genius of early Italian Renaissance
sculpture?" Why?
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Explain how
a fresco painting is made.
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What characterizes
early Renaissance style of painting?
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| How did Masaccio establish a new direction in Florentine painting? |
| What revolutionary system for depicting space did Masaccio use in his paintings? What artist developed this system? |
| Why is the Tribute Money considered innovative? |
| How is Mantegna's work characterized? |
| How did the Neoplatonists rectify the pagan subject matter in Botticelli's paintings, Primavera and The Birth of Venus? |