Study Sheet, Chapter 16
1
Art Appreciation
Study Sheet – Chapter 16, Expanding Horizons of World Art
1.
In Italy during the 15th century, people came to believe in a new age of
rediscovery and renewal; this period is called the Renaissance.
2.
Giotto, called the father of Renaissance painting, is best known for his frescos in
the Arena Chapel telling the life of Mary and Jesus. He was the first to add
emotions to his human figures. Figure 16-1, Figure 16-2
3.
Masaccio became the first major painter of the Renaissance. His fresco The Holy
Trinity was the first painting based on the systematic use of linear perspective.
4.
Masaccio’s fresco The Tribute Money is called continuous narrative because the
story is told in three events across a single landscape. Figure 16-3
5.
Dutch painter Jan van Eyck included an abundance of Christian iconography in
his painting The Arnolfini Wedding; for example, (name some). Figure 2-27
6.
The leading architect of the Renaissance who developed linear perspective is
Filippo Brunelleschi. Figure 16-7
7.
The first life-size, freestanding nude Renaissance sculpture since Roman times
was the bronze David by Donatello. Figure 16-9
8.
One of the first Renaissance paintings containing an almost life-size nude since
antiquity was Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli. Figure 16-10
9.
The three leading artists of the High Renaissance were Leonardo da Vinci,
Michelangelo, and Raphael.
10.
The Last Supper was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. It is a good example of
one-point perspective. Figure 16-16
11.
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. Italian writers called the smoky haze
in this painting sfumato. Figure 16-17
12.
Raphael painted the huge fresco The School of Athens depicting a gathering of
ancient Greek philosophers and scientists. The painting is organized by the use of
one-point perspective. The two figures in the center of the composition are
Plato and Aristotle. Figure 16-18
13.
The most famous sculptor that ever lived is Michelangelo. When he was in his
early twenties he carved his famous Pieta. When he was 28, he carved his
famous David. Figure 16-20 Pieta, page 136
Study Sheet, Chapter 16
2
14.
Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint frescos on the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel. Figure 16-21
15.
Albrecht Durer was the leading German artist during the High Renaissance. He
is best known for his printmaking (woodcuts and engravings). Figure 16-23
16.
The period of art that followed the Renaissance that is characterized by great
energy and feeling and dramatic use of light is called Baroque.
17.
The leading artist of the Baroque period who is known for his tenebrism is
Caravaggio. Figure 16-28
18.
The leading Flemish Baroque artist is Peter Paul Rubens. Figure 16-30
19.
The leading sculptor during the Baroque period is Bernini. Figure 16-31
20.
Dutch painter known for his portraiture and religious paintings during the
Baroque period is Rembrandt. Figure 16-32
21.
During the Baroque period, Dutch artists mostly painted landscapes, still life,
genre scenes, and portraits.
22.
Dutch genre painter Jan Vermeer is known for his paintings of the daily life of
women. Figure 16-33
23.
A style of painting that illustrated patriotism and moral courage was known as
Neoclassicism.
24.
The leading Neoclassical painter in France was Jacques Louis David. 16- 39
25.
The art depicting the common people and exotic subjects in art and literature
was labeled Romantic.
26.
The Spanish artist Francisco Goya was a Romantic artist that painted about
the French Revolution in Spain in his painting The Third of May, 1808. 16-42
27.
French Romantic artist Theodore Gericault painted the Raft of the Medusa. 16-43
28.
Leading French Romantic artist Eugene Delacroix painted the work
The Death of Sardanapalus about an imaginary piece of literature by Lord Byron.
Figure 16-46
29.
Leading English Romantic artist was John Constable.
30.
Leading American Romantic artist and founder of the Hudson River School was
Thomas Cole.
Study Sheet, Chapter 16
31.
The artists who were most concerned with painting exactly what they saw were
called Realists.
32.
The leading Realist artists were Frenchman Gustave Courbet and American
Thomas Eakins. Figure 16-47, Figure 16-48
Be able to identify these art works:
16-2
16-3
16-9
16-10
16-16
16-18
p.136
16-21
8-4
8-11
16-28
Giotto
Masaccio
Masaccio
Donatello
Botticelli
Leonardo
Raphael
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Durer
Durer
Caravaggio
16-30
16-31
16-32
16-33
16-39
16-42
16-42
16-46
added
added
16-47
1-12
16-48
Rubens
Bernini
Rembrandt
Vermeer
David
Goya
Gericault
Delacroix
Constable
Cole
Courbet
Courbet
Eakins
The Betrayal of Judas
The Tribute Money
The Holy Trinity
David
Birth of Venus
The Last Supper and Mona Lisa
The School of Athens
Pieta and David 16-20
Creation of Adam
The four Horseman
Adam and Eve
The Calling of St. Matthew
The Conversion of St. Paul
The Coronation of St. Catherine
The Ecstasy of St. Teresa
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Woman with a Water Jug
The Oath of the Horatii
The Third of May, 1808
Raft of the Medusa
The Death of Sardanapalus
The Hay Wain
The Oxbow
A Burial at Ornans
The Stone Breakers
Max Schmidt in a Single Scull
Early Renaissance
Early Renaissance
Early Renaissance
Early Renaissance
High Renaissance
High Renaissance
High Renaissance
High Renaissance
High Renaissance
Northern Renaissance
Northern Renaissance
Baroque
Baroque
Flemish Baroque
Baroque
Dutch Baroque
Dutch Genre
Neoclassical
Romanticism
Romanticism
Romanticism
Romanticism
Romanticism
Realism
Realism
Realism
3