16th Cent Art in Italy

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16th Century Italian Art – The High Renaissance Vocabulary, Significant Individuals, Movements and Events: These may be featured on the exam • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Sfumato* Chiaroscuro* Giorgio Vasari – 1st Renaissance Art Historian Underpainting* Uriel – an Archangel Buon Fresco Tempera Eucharist – Communion Sforza (Ludovico, Beatrice, Massimiliano, Francesco II) Lisa di Antonio Maria Gherardini Francesco del Giocondo Vitruvius – Ancient Roman Architect Additive Sculpture* Subtractive Sculpture*

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Palazzo dei Priori Fortezza = Strength Ira = Anger Pope Julius II* Sistine Chapel* Constantine = 1st Christian Roman Emperor Ignudi* St. Bartholomew Bramante = Architect of St. Peter Lunette Riposo = Inner Calm* Sacra Conversazione* Poesia* Gabriele Vendramin Halberd Arcadia

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Alfonso d’Este, Duke of Ferrara Theseus Minotaur Crete Knossos Satyr = Male follower of Bacchus Maenad = Female follower of Bacchus Ovid = Ancient Roman Poet Guidobaldo II, Duke of Urbino Cassoni

*Pay attention to these words in your reading and in lecture as they are significant and important. Exam questions may come from anywhere in the chapter and the lecture.


Leonardo, Study of a Landscape (Val d’Arno) 1473, High Renaissance, Pencil Sketch


Andrea del Verrocchio, The Baptism of Christ by John the Baptist, 1480, High Renaissance, Oil and Tempera on wood, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


Leonardo, Adoration of the Magi, 1481-82, High Renaissance, Oil on wood, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence


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Leonardo, Virgin of the Rocks, 1506, High Renaissance, Oil on Wood, National Gallery, London


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Leonardo, Human Figure in a Circle, Illustrating Proportions, 1485-1490, High Renaissance, Pen, ink and watercolor, Galleria dell’Accademia, Venice


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Michelangelo, Tomb of Julius II, Completed 1545, High Renaissance, Marble, St. Peter in Bonds, Rome


Perugino, Christ Delivering the Keys of the Kingdom to St. Peter, 1481-3, Early Renaissance, Fresco, Sistine Chapel


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Michelangelo, Temptation and Expulsion (Fall of Man), 1510, High Renaissance, Fresco, Sistine Chapel Ceiling


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Raphael, Baldassare Castiglione, 1514, High Renaissance, Oil on Wood transferred to Canvas


Raphael, Transfiguration of Christ, 1517, High Renaissance, Oil on Panel, San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, Commissioned by Giuliano de Medici


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Giorgione da Castelfranco, Sleeping Venus, 1510, High Renaissance Venice, Oil on Canvas, Completed by Titian


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