Art And Ideas Test 3 Chapter Renaissance Florence

Front 1

Dome of Florence Cathedral

Back 1

Where:Florence, Italy
What: Internal structure of Brunelleschi's Dome, Florence Cathedral
Period: Renaissance Florence
When: 1420-1436
2 Important Things: It is a feat because it was difficult to figure out how to make this dome stay up.

Front 2

Gates of Paradise

Back 2

Where:east doors of Baptistry, Florence, Italy
What:east doors of baptistry made of gilded bronze depicting Biblical stories
Period: Renaissance Florence
When:1425-1452
Who: Lorenzo Ghiberti
2 Significant things: Ghiberti figured out a way to do it in one mold. He wins the contest because of technology. He won against Brunelleschi

Front 3

Repentant Magdalene

Back 3

Where: Florence, Italy
What: A wooden sculpture of Mary Magdalene repenting.
Period: Renaissance Florence
When: 1454-1455
Who: Donatello
2 Significant Things: It originally stood in the Florence Baptistry as a reminder of the original sin that is washed away by baptism and of the universal presence of death among the living.

Front 4

Expulsion from the Garden

Back 4

Where: Florence, Italy
What: a Fresco of Adam and Eve being cast out of the garden.
Period: Renaissance Florence
When: 1425
Who: Masaccio
2 Things: The artist chose one of the few subjects in which the nude human body could be portrayed in churches. This picture is incorrect because Adam and Eve were clothed when cast out of the garden.

Front 5

Journey of the Magi

Back 5

Where: Florence, Italy
What: a fresco of the magi who came to visit the baby Jesus.
Period: Renaissance Florence
When: 1459-1463
Who: Benozzo Gozzoli
2 Things: At the head of the retinue Benozzo portrays three generations of the Medici family as the magi. Patrons sometimes were painted in attendance at a scene, yet they were more clearly differentiated from the religious story. Here the Medici and Magi mingle as equals.

Front 6

Adoration

Back 6

Where: Florence, Italy
What: It is an altarpiece showing the adoration of Jesus.
Period: Renaissance Florence
When: 1459
Who: Filippo Lippi
2 Things: The pictorial space is divided symmetrically by the Trinity, with God the Father imparting a blessing on his Son through the descending rays of the Holy Spirit. The rays find an earthly echo in the vertical lines of the tree trunks that rise by steps in the background, thus creating niches for the figures of the Madonna on the right and the youthful St. John.

Front 7

Allegory of Spring

Back 7

Where: Florence, Italy
What: It is painting which is one of the most eloquent, intricate, and ultimately mysterious expressions of Renaissance thought.
Period: Renaissance Florence
When: 1478
Who: Sandro Botticelli
2 Things: It was probably painted for the wedding of a young cousin of Lorenzo de Medici. The eight figures, with Venus in the center, form an octaval relationship, that is, one consisting of eight forms. Together they run a gamut of mythological references and metaphors, which are more or less clear individually, even if the ultimate collective meaning of the work is obscure.

Front 8

The Birth of Venus

Back 8

Where: Florence, Italy
What: It is a depiction of the birth of Venus or Aphrodite the goddess of love.
Period: Renaissance Florence
When: 1482
Who: Sandro Botticelli
2 Things: This composition was inspired by ancient descriptions of a lost masterpiece, Venus Anadyomene, by Apelles, the famous Greek painter who is said to have done portraits of Philip of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great. Venus's nudity and modest posture express the dual nature of love, the sensuous and the chaste.

Front 9

Madonna of the Rocks

Back 9

Where: Florence, Italy
What: a painting showing Mary with Baby Jesus and Baby John
Period: Renaissance Florence
When: 1483
Who: Leonardo da Vinci
2 Things: The forms seem to emerge out of the surrounding darkness. Diffused rays of light shape the bodies three-dimensionally and illuminate the landscape background. Leonardo uses sfumato whereby all hard lines disappear and the figures are revealed in a hazy, almost smoky atmosphere.

Front 10

David

Back 10

Where: Florence, Italy
What: A marble statue depicting David of the Bible.
Period: Renaissance Florence
When: 1501-1504
Who: Michelangelo
2 Things: David was done so well that it rivaled the work of ancient sculptors such as Praxiteles.