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madonna of the rocks artist, year |
Leonardo da vinci begun 1483 |
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madonna of the rocks is from where and is what medium |
San Francesco Grande, Milan, Italy; oil on wood (transferred to canvas) |
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where is madonna of the rocks located now |
Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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Leonardo da vinci was a man of many talents, possibly the most intelligent man ever, he was a |
scientist, artist, engineer, inventor, botanist, and an anatomist who contributed a wealth of information to the world |
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madonna of the rocks was a central panel of an altarpiece for the chapel of |
the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception |
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what was the name of the chiaroscuro used for the smoke |
sfumato, invented by da Vinci himself, which means smoke in Italian |
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some key points of madonna of the rocks |
-cannot completely figure out which one is Christ and John the baptist -pyramidal grouping, the figures' gestures visually unify them -leo successfully expresses "the intention of man's soul" -the carefully observed plants could be recognized by a botanist today, right down to the sub species |
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where was Leonardo da Vinci born? what did he say and do often ? where did he live for a long period of his life? |
-born in Vinci, a small town near Florence -often said his scientific investigations made him a better painter and often times did not finish his paintings because he would be so compelled by new subjects -he lived in Milan for 17 years |
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Philosophy (school of Athens) is by who and from where |
RAPHAEL, from Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican Palace, Rome |
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another name for stanza della segnatura |
"room of the signature" the papel library where Julius II signed official documents |
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date, size, medium of Philosophy school of Athens) |
1509-1511, 19 X 27 ft, fresco |
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who is included in Philosophy that is still alive? |
-a self portrait of Raphael in the very right, looking directly at the viewer -michelangelo sitting almost in the center, leaning on a box (which is the only thing not in one point perspective in this painting) |
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who are the two leading figures in the center ? |
Plato and Aristotle Plato holds the book of Timaeus and points toward heaven, Aristotle holds the Nichomachean Ethics book and gestures toward Earth |
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what is Philosophy in general about? |
this piece represents all the greatest mathematicians, philosophers and scientists from classical antiquity gathered together, sharing ideas, learning from each other. all lived at different times. the far left represents more religious viewers of the world, and on the right is the more scientific viewers of the world. |
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what is in the background of Philosophy ? |
in the bg, we see ancient roman architecture, especially in the coffered barrel vault ceiling from the basilica nova. colossal statues of Apollo and Athena, patron deities of the arts and of wisdom, watch over.
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Pietá is by who and where is it |
Michelangelo Buonarroti, from Saint Peter's, Vatican City, Rome |
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what is the date, medium, height of Pietá |
1498-1500, marble, almost 6ft tall |
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how old was Michelangelo when he made pietá? where did he sign it? what did he say of the marble he used? |
22 years old when he started it, 24 when he finished. he signed it on the virgin's sash across her chest, his only signed work because he knew no one would believe he created it otherwise. he said the Carrara marble he used to work on this was the most perfect block he ever used |
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some factos on pietá |
-unified composition in the shape of pyramid -the proportions are not natural, madonna being extremely large compared to christ, but this may symbolize how he was still her child, and also was more graceful than a realistic man in her lap |
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who broke pietá? |
about 45 years ago a mentally unstable man named Laszlo Toth jumped an alter railing and dealt 12 blows to the statue with a hammer, knocking off the virgin's arm and nose. it has since been restored and put behind bulletproof glass |
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Pastoral Symphony is by who and when was it made |
TITIAN, 1508-1511 |
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medium, size, and location of Pastoral Symphony |
oil on canvas, 4 X 5 ft, Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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what style is madonna of the rocks |
high Italian renaissance |
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what style is philosophy (school of Athens) |
high Italian renaissance |
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what style is pietá? |
high Italian renaissance |
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what style is pastoral symphony, who was titian's master? |
high Venetian renaissance, Giorgione |
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some details on pastoral symphony |
-the theme is as enigmatic as the lighting -was long attributed to Giorgione before settling that is was an early work of Titian. he was taught by him closely and titian even finished one of his masters paintings when he died -this piece is resolved by colorito, using color in a dominant manner, sensually expressing the scene |
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what are the figures in pastoral symphony ? |
-two men in the center, one in a large sleeved red shirt and the other in a more peasant style cloth -they seem oblivious to their surroundings as they compose a song together, heads close together - the two women are their muses, one pouring water into a well, the other pausing in her flute playing. they are a symbol of poetry |
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venus, folly, cupid, and time is by who and when was it made |
BRONZINO, 1546 |
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what is the style, medium, size and location of cupid, Venus, folly, and time |
italian mannerism, oil on wood, 5 X 4 ft, National Gallery, London |
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general info on cupid, Venus, folly, and time |
cupid fondling his mother Venus one of the most curious, puzzling, and disturbing paintings in all of art history. a kind of visual poetry, pun, or even riddle theme "time reveals all" |
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what are all of the figures in cupid, Venice, folly, and time doing? |
-venus holds a golden apple in her left hand, a prize that is from Ancient Greek myth of the trojan war, she holds cupid's arrow in her right hand stolen, as though disarming him -cupid is almost stepping on the dove of peace -the two masks of comedy and tragedy rest below folly's feet -folly is seen as a child rushing to throw petals on the couple, a mischievous look on his face. he has bells around his ankle -the creature behind folly represents deceit, the beast shown with a girl top figure and servant/lion/scorpion bottom half. it presents honeycomb to Venus, but holds it's stinger of a tail in the other hand, in which the arm is bent back in an impossible way -the figure the to left of cupid represents syphilis possibly, holding its head and screaming, a reminder of the consequences of their act -Father Time throws back the curtain the reveal all of this |
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Last Supper is by who and when was it made |
TINTORETTO, 1594 |
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medium, size, location of tintoretto's last supper |
oil on canvas, 12 X 19 ft, San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice |
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style of Last Supper, and its differences from previous suppers |
late Venetian renaissance/Venetian mannerism -uses tenebrism (extreme light to dark, mostly dark image overall), has depth, the light source is within the painting, there is more figures than the 13 apostles, and it is asymmetrical |
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some details of Last Supper, |
-the lantern's flames are dancing angels across the ceiling -there is not direct linear perspective -tintoretto combines Florentine line with venetian color -the woman serving food is reaching into a basket a cat is looking into |
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Tintoretto often won commissions because |
he would show up with the completed painting because he was so fast (he did not paint in grayscale first) |
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christ in the house of Levi is by who and is from where |
PAOLO VERONESE, from the refractory of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice |
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what is the year, medium, size, style, and new location of christ in the house of levi |
1573, oil on canvas, 18 X 42 ft, venetian high renaissance, Galleria dell' Accedemia, Venice |
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why was Paolo Veronese in trouble for his work? |
he included dwarfs, dogs, Germans and jews in a painting next to his holiness. the inquiry accused him of impiety but Paolo cleverly defended himself by changing the title from last supper and saying these figures would be in the house of Levi. plus, he claimed he needed to fill the space with figures |
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some deets on christ in the house of Levi |
-superbly colored with half shades instead of solid colors -painted during the reformation after Martin Luther pinned his thesis on church doors -crowded composition with theatrical effects -three arches relate to a triptych -the classical architecture and abundant amount of figures distracts from the intimacy of the last supper -veronese's art was popular while he was alive and after his death |
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fall of man (Adam and eve) is by who and what year |
ALBRECHT DÜRER, 1504 |
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medium, size, location of fall of man |
engraving, 9 X 7 inches, museum of fine arts, Boston (centennial gift of Landon T. Clay) |
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style and significance of fall of man and dürer |
German high renaissance -first northern renaissance artist to achieve International fame, and the first copyright ever made bc an italian artist copied his paintings and signature -the two figures based on ancient statues, reflects his studies on the Vitruvian theory of human proportions based on arithmetic ratios -trained as goldsmith by father, then took up painting and printmaking, excelled at using a burin, the engraving tool |
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what do the animals represent in fall of man |
the four humors of man, -the choleric cat, melancholic elk, the sanguine rabbit, and the phlegmatic ox. |
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the French ambassadors is by who and what year |
HANS HOLBEIN THE YOUNGER, 1533 |
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medium, size, location, and style of the French ambassadors |
oil and tempura on wood, 7 X 7 ft, National Gallery, London, dutch renaissance |
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what is the French ambassadors about? and of the image at the bottom? |
-shows two men surrounded by their collections of wealth and knowledge, but it doesn't matter when you're dead says the anamorphic image of a skull at the bottom -if you hold up a convex mirror to the painting, or look at it from a certain angle, you can see the skull more clearly. -everything but the skull is done in precise detail and realistic proportion, hans being a true master of portraits |
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small details of the French ambassadors |
-crucifix hiding in the top left corner reminds us
of resurrection -the French ambassador shown on the left holds a dagger with his age, 29, engraved in the handle -the book underneath the ambassador's resting arm shows an engraving of his age, 25. -the turmoil of the time is referenced in the smallest of details -- the broken string of the lute, the hymns written by Martin Luther in the book on the bottom shelf |
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garden of earthly delights is by who and what year |
BOSCH, 1505-1510 |
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medium, size, type of painting, location of garden of earthly delights |
oil on wood, 7 X 10 ft, triptych, Museo del Prado, Madrid |
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notes on garden of earthly delights |
-tremendous amount of figures, nearly all of them nude -creation, human futility, damnation -the outer panel is painted in monochrome -extreme amount of folly, but no real vice |
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what is a high prominent theme throughout garden of earthly delights? describe the first panel contents |
alchemy, with the vials and beakers seen . first panel: Adam and eve and god along with an elephant, unicorn, birds of naturalistic size, and not very identifiable creatures |
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what are some of the damnations seen in garden of earthly delights? |
-near the center, a bird like creature sits in a latrine chair ingesting humans and excretes them out again, and nearby there is another human vomiting eternally, and another excreting gold coins into the same pit where there are more of the damned -generally emphasizes purging, due to the gluttony of the previous panel, where the humans are seen eating oversized fruits |
