Flashcards: Renaissance Exam 2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Sacrifice of Isaac, Lorenzo Ghiberti |  1402, Bronze |
| Annunciation, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Florence Baptistry |  Before 1407, Bronze, North Doors |
| St. Mark, Donatello, Orsanmichele |  1411-1416, Marble |
| St. George and the Dragon, Donatello, Orsanmichele |  1420, Marble |
| Quattro Santi Coronati (Four Crowned Martyrs), Nanni Di Banco, Orsanmichele |  1409-1416, Marble |
| Fresco Cycle with scenes from the life of St. Peter, the first pope, Masaccio, Masolino, and Filippino Lippi, Santa Maria del Carmine |  Brancacci Chapel |
| The Tribute Money, Masaccio, Santa Maria del Carmine |  1420's, Fresco, Brancacci Chapel |
| Expulsion, Masaccio, Santa Maria del Carmine |  1420s, Fresco, Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine |
| Trinity with Mary, John the Evangelist, and Two Donors, Masaccio, Santa Maria Novella |  1426-1427, Fresco |
| Monastery of San Marco, Michelozzo Di Bartolommeo, Florence |  1442-44 |
| Madonna and Saints, Fra Angelico, Monastery of San Marco |  1438-40, Panel |
| Annunciation, Fra Angelico, Monastery of San Marco |  1438-1445, Fresco, Hallway |
| Madonna and Child with the Birth of the Virgin and the Meeting of Joachim and Anna, Fra Filippino Lippi |  1452, Panel |
| Fresco Cycle with scenes from the Legends of Saint Stephen and John the Baptist, Fra Filippino Lippi, Cathedral of Prato |  1452-66 |
| The Feast of Herod, Fra Filippino Lippi, Cathedral of Prato |  1452-66, Fresco |
| The Adoration of the Infant Jesus, Fra Filippino Lippi |  1450s, Panel |
| Sant' Andrea Exterior, Leon Battista Alberti, Mantua |  1470 |
| Sant' Andrea Interior, Leon Battista Alberti, Mantua |  1470 |
| On Painting, Leon Battista Alberti |  1436 |
| Gates of Paradise, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Florence Baptistry |  1425-1452, Bronze, East Doors |
| Jacob and Esau, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Florence Baptistry |  1435, panel |
| Cantoria, Donatello, Florence Cathedral |  1433-1439, Marble, Mosiac, Bronze |
| David, Donatello, Palazzo Medici |  1446-1460, Bronze |
| Battle of San Romano, Paolo Uccello, Palazzo Medici |  1435-1460, Panel |
| Madonna and Child with Saints Francis, John the Baptist, Zenobius, and Lucy, Domenico Veneziano, Santa Lucia de' Magnoli |  1445-1447, Panel, St. Lucy Altarpiece |
| The Last Supper, Andrea del Castagno |  1447, Cenacolo of Sant' Apollonia, Florence |
| The Vision of St. Jerome, Andrea del Castagno, Santissimo Annunziata |  1454-1455, Fresco |
| Baptism of Christ, Piero Della Francesca, Pieve of San Giovanni |  1440s, Panel |
| Legend of the True Cross, Piero Della Francesca, Chapel of San Francesco |  1440-1465 |
| Invention of the True Cross and Recognition of the True Cross, Piero Della Francesca, Chapel of San Francesco |  1450s |
| The Flagellation, Piero Della Francesca |  1450s, Panel |
| Saint Sebastian, Andrea Pollaiuolo, Santissimo Annunziata |  1474-1475, Panel, Commissioned by the Pucci Family |
| David, Andrea Del Verrocchio, Palazzo Medici |  1470s, Bronze, Gold |
| Punishment of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, Sandro Botticelli, Sistine Chapel |  1481-1482, Fresco, Vatican, Rome. Commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV |
| Primavera, Sandro Botticelli |  1482, Panel. Commissioned by Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco Medici. |
| The Calumny of Apelles, Sandro Botticelli |  1497-1498, Panel |
| Assumption | The ascent of the Virgin Mary to heaven after her death and burial when, according to Roman Catholic belief, her soul was reunited with her body. |
| Barrel Vault | A semi cylindrical vault. |
| Carmelite | Begun in the mid-twelfth century by a crusader named Berthold and his followers, who settled in caves on Mt. Carmel and led lives of silence, seclusion, and abstinence. About 1240 they migrated to Western Europe, where the rule was altered, the austerities mitigated, and the order changed to a mendicant one. |
| Chiaroscuro | In painting, the contrast of light and shade--from the Italian "chiaro" (light) and "oscuro" (dark)--to enhance modeling. |
| Circumscription | Process of delineating the external outlines on the painting. |
| Condottiere | Italian term meaning mercenary military leader. |
| Contrapposto | Italian word for "set against". A term described by the human body when weight is borne on one leg while the other is relaxed. |
| Dominican | Founded as a preaching order at Toulouse in 1216 by St. Dominic. The Dominicans lived austerely and believed in having no personal possessions, surviving by charity, and begging. After the Franciscans, they became the second great mendicant order. |
| Istoria | Italian term for history or historical narrative |
| Orthogonal | Lines running at right angles to the plane of the picture surface but, in a representation using one-point perspective, converging toward a common vanishing point in the distance. |
| Pier | A vertical architectural support used in an arched or vaulted structural system. Piers are usually rectangular in section, but if used with an order, they may be decorated with half-columns or pilasters with bases and capitals of the same design. |
| Polyptych | An altarpiece of devotional object consisting of more than three sections joined together. |
| Rilievo schiacciato | Italian term for flattened relief; refers to a kind of sculpture initiated by Donatello in which distance and perspective are achieved by optical suggestion rather than sculptural projection. |
| Tondo | Italian term for a circular painting or relief. |