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35 Cards in this Set
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"Paragone"
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"comparison" in italian. centered around debate about who is best renaissance artist in italy
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Ludovico Sforza
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Duke of Milan patron of Leonardo Da Vinci
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refectory
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a room where meals are served like in a monastery or whatever
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Eucharist
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the christian ceremony celebrating the Last Supper where bread and wine are blessed and eaten
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Disciples
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12 men who followed Jesus
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profile
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a painting or drawing of someone faced to the side
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3/4 view
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new perspective on portrait to make someone look at you but not really look at you (mona lisa)
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Doryphoro
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best known greek sculpture that perfectly exemplifies the "contrapposto" standing position
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"contrapposto"
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"counterpose" a common standing position for figures in paintings and statues
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Laocoön, early 1st c. AD
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statue that perfectly illustrates figura serpentinata (serpentine figure). similar to contrapposto.
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Belvedere Torso, ca. 50 BC
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torso made from classical antiquity that influenced a lot of michelangelo's style and many other artists of the late renaissance time and mannerists
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Portrait
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a painting of someone usually they're sitting and looking at you
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Piero Soderini
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governed Florence 1502-12 during the time of late renaissance and start of mannerism
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Pope Julius II (from della Rovere family)
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friend of michelangelo and raphael that was a great pope and a patron of the arts. helped build St. Peter's basilica etc.
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Babylonian Captivity/Great Schism
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when a pope decided to move conclave from Rome to France and Rome remained popeless for 68 years, everything sucked balls.
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Avignon
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where the pope moved conclave
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St. Peter's Basilica
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(1505 - 1626) late renaissance church located in the Vatican. architects inclued Bramante, Raphael, Michelangelo
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Pope Clement (Giulio de' Medici)
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pope from Medici family, son of Lorenzo the Great
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Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese)
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came to the papacy right after Rome fell. commissioned the Last Judgement by Michelangelo
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Sack of Rome
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1527. When people tried to fuck rome up and take down the papacy
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Martin Luther
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German theologian, part of the reformation, wrote 95 thesis on why buying your way into heaven is bad
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reformation
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16th century movement to reform abuses that were being committed in catholic church by the popes
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counter-reformation
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opposing the reformation.
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Council of Trent
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(1545-63) group of people who started the counter-reformation and decided on ways to stop the spreading of reformation
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"disegno" vs. "colorito"
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disegno is a student of design and colorito is student of color. students of design base their paintings on drawings first. students of color just free hand a painting and do everything based on colors. not so hard on the eyes.
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Ludovico Dolce, L'Aretino
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1557. A dialogue comparing the greatest artists of the time with great detail. Michelangelo vs Raphael vs Titian
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Emperor Charles V
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holy roman emperor, lead Sack of Rome
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Philip II of Spain
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son of Emperor Charles V
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"poesie"
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poetry in art form, idea of poetry and beauty in painting demonstrating mastering nature
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mannerism
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style of painting "stylish style". characterized by stylishness. treating appearance as art form, effort to perform stylishness not naturalism. role of artist to create something more beautiful than nature.
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"difficulta" vs. "facilita"
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complexity vs. ease - a painting may be complex and amazing but when it is simple and amazing you know you've done good
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"maniera"
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italian for 'mannerism'
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"sprezzatura"
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to conceal difficult art by making it look effortless and easy > italian word
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Alessandro de' Medici
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first Duke of Florence
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Cosimo I de' Medici "Cosimo Primo"
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Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruled from 1537, made Grand Duke in 1569
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