HOA 106 Exam 1
Filippo Brunelleschi, Dome of the Florence Cathedral, 1420-36 - correct answer ✔✔Dome took a long
time to construct because it was 140 ft wide
studied the pantheon before building
created a wooden grid on which the exterior tiles were laid
Lorenzo Ghiberti, Gates of Paradise, 1425-52 - correct answer ✔✔
Donatello (ca. 1386-1466), The Prophet (Il Zuccone), ca. 1423-25 - correct answer ✔✔
Donatello, David, ca. 1430-32 - correct answer ✔✔
Masaccio, Expulsion from the Garden, ca. 1425 - correct answer ✔✔-Fresco painting
-Adam and eve kicked out of the garden
nude figures, accepted because impt to the christian story.
used chiaroscuro- light and shadow to impart illusion of 3 dimensionality
naturalism, emotionality, perfection of space and volume
- he showed physical mastery of form
-idealized forms
inspired by ancient sculptures
-intense emotionality
Masaccio, Tribute Money, ca. 1425 - correct answer ✔✔- story is that he finds coin in fishes mouth
-tells story from left to right, clear narrative
-logical arrangment of forms in space
-volumetric figures, deep shadows
,-uses foreshortening- a technique of representing distant objects as fainter
-linear perspective
orthogonal line used to establish linear perspective
-aerial perspective- representing distant objects as fainter and blue
-compositional clarity
emotive figures
Benozzo Gozzoli, Journey of the Magi, ca. 1459-63 - correct answer ✔✔-fresco painting
-built into walls of medici palace
-style of ancient roman architecture
-rough stone work on bottom and more refined stone work on top
-reflects power and wealth of the family
-represents journey of 3 kings visiting jesus
-3 kings represenst 3 parts of the world at the time asia europe and africa
-procession of figures to the manger scene
-majestic figures through the countryside
-members of medici family lead the procession- lorenzo de medici, piero, cosimo
-african figure in detail, hes a hunter
-first manifestation of africans in renaissance art, not a generic figure
-uses iconography- family associating themselves with royalty, celebrating power, civic devotion
Piero della Francesca, Resurrection of Christ, ca. 1463 - correct answer ✔✔-placed in the town the artist
grew up in
-underlying logic to the arrangement
-built on a triangle, apex is above christs head
-used to impart stability
- christ resurrected from the grave after crucifixion
-idealized figure, 6 pack,
artist studied ancient statuary
, -below him sleeping roman soldiers
-darker colors on bottom, christ is brightly painted
-easter morning, intentional, uses color signs to communicate to viewers
-background trees bear on left and lush on right
commenting on easter and the new age
Sandro Botticelli, Birth of Venus, ca. 1482 - correct answer ✔✔-Egg Tempera- pigments suspended in
yolk
-subject imitates a lost painting by apelles
-painting for a wedding for a cousin of medici
-court scholars helped subject matter
-artists struggled against prejudices about artists- painting is an art of genius, so they adopted ancient
celebrated works
-reads from left to right
winds blowing onto venus
-left welcomed by flora goddess of fertility
nude figure but covered
-pose derived from statuary of venus
-legs leaning unnaturally
-ballet like poses
-linear perspective
-waves make background look flat
flattened figures
Leonardo da Vinci, Virgin of the Rocks, ca. 1490 - correct answer ✔✔-commissioned by religious group,
got into argument about payment, sold the first one and then repainted another one
-oil paint on panel
-mary, john baptist, jesus, angel
-areal perspective
-sfumato- shading, tones and colors fade into each other
