Italian Renaissance
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Renaissance | means rebirth |
| renaissance | a period of great awakening and interest in the art and literature of ancient greece and rome |
| florence | became the capital of cloth trade and banking; capital of the renaissance |
| medici family | controlled the entire banking empire; very wealthy; practically subsidized the entire renaissance |
| printing press | one of the most important inventions of the renaissance; helped spread literacy |
| johannes gutenberg | invented the printing press. |
| masaccio | regarded as the first important artist in italian renaissance |
| masaccio | art style was influenced by giotto and developed it to become trademark of italian renaissance |
| masaccio | painting in the fresco style; most famous painting was the holy trinity |
| linear perspective | discovered by fillipo brunellechi (architect in italian renaissance) |
| linear perspective | a graphic system that shoed artists how to create the illusion of depth and volume on a flat surface |
| aerial perspective | a method of creating the illusion of space by using hue, value, and intensity |
| fra angelico | all works were religious; painted in the gothic style; stressed religious content |
| lorenzo ghiberti | a renaissance sculptor; best known for the works he made for the baptistry of the florence cathedral |
| lorenzo ghiberti | won contest to sculpt the baptistry doors |
| piero della francesca | fully embraced the renaissance style; best artist to represent the renaissance |
| piero della francesca | painted the baptism of christ |
| renaissance art | innovations in painting sculpture and architecture |
| renaissance art | new emphasis on realism |
| renaissance art | turned to creating depth and form to create 3D figures |
| renaissance art | realistic figures that seemed to move freely and naturally in space |
| renaissance art | carefully proportioned, balanced, and elegant buildings |
| donatello | one of ghiberti's assistants |
| donatello | became one of the greatest sculptors in the early renaissance; known for lifelike qualities; captures physical and emotional characteristics |
| sandro botticelli | known as the greatest master of line; relied on it to organize and add interest to his paintings. |
| Sandro Botticelli | uses aerial perspective, linear perspective, proportion, and emphasis in the Adoration of the Magi. |
| foreshortening | drawing figures or objects according to the rules of perspective so that they appear to recede or protrude into 3D space |
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