Uvf Fine Arts

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Arch: (An introverted, approximately U shaped, architectural structure in which the force across the top of the curve is transmitted through the legs by compression allowing masonry construction to bridge large, unsupported spaces)

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Cantilevered: (A beam fixed at one end and extending into space)

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Flying buttress: (A half arch attached to an outside wall designed to transmit the thrust of the wall to the ground in masonry allowing the wall to be lighter, higher, have more windows, etc.)

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Birth of Venus: Botticelli

(Italian High Renaissance painter.

He followed the radical revivalist Savonarola, burning some of his works.)

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Chartres Cathedral: France.

(Perhaps finest of all Gothic cathedrals, 13th century France.)

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Chrysler Building: Skyscraper.

(A 1930's NYC, Art Deco skyscraper. It was the first building over a 1000 ft tall and it appears as a cathedral to business.)

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Colosseum: (Roman 1st century amphitheater.)

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Mona Lisa: Leonardo Da Vinci.

(Italian High Renaissance painter, sculpture, scientist, inventor, civil and military engineer, and more. The ultimate renaissance man.)

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The Last Supper: Leonardo Da Vinci.

(Italian High Renaissance painter, sculpture, scientist, inventor, civil and military engineer, and more. The ultimate renaissance man.)

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Persistence of Memory: Salvador Dali.

(Surrealist painter of the 20th Century.)

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The Dancer Taking a Bow (Dancer with Bouquet): Edgar Degras.

(19-20th century French Impressionist.)

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The Forbidden City (The Palace of Heavenly Purity): China (Exquisite 15th century imperial palace.

The Palace of Heavenly Purity is the most famous aspect of the city.)

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Gates of Paradise: Lorenzo Ghiberti. (1378-1455

Renaissance sculpture and metalworker: Florence, Italy, Baptistery, The East Doors, The Gates of Paradise, as described by Michelangelo.)

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Icon: Religious image for instruction.

(Icon means image in Greek. Served as teaching tool in partially literate societies and still serve as instruments for focusing the mind in devotion.)

(Example is "Christ the Redeemer", by Andrei Rublev, 1410.)

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Louvre Museum: Paris.

(In Paris, the world's oldest and greatest art museum.)

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Michelangelo's David: Michelangelo (di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.

1475-1564. Perhaps the greatest Italian High Renaissance painter.)

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Pieta: Michelangelo (di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.

Sculpture of Mary holding Jesus after crucifixion.)

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Sistine Chapel: Michelangelo (di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.

A chapel in the Vatican whose ceiling is one of history's greatest works of art.)

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Waterlilies: Monet.

(Impressionist, waterlilies.)

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Pantheon: (1st Roman Temple.

Dedicated "All gods" which has since become a Christian Church.)

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Partheneon: (Greek Temple.

"Temple of the Virgins" dedicated to the goddess Athena. Perhaps the highest point of Greek architecture.)

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Guernica: Picasso.

(20th century cubist painter. A work of political protest against Fascist/Nazi oppression during the Spanish Civil War.)

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Pyramids: Egypt.

(Pyramids are found in many ancient cultures.)

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School of Athens: Raphael (Raffaello).

(Renaissance painter. Raphael School of Athens.) (Plato pointing up. Aristotle pushing down)

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Thinker: Auguste Rodin.

(1840-1917. 20th century sculpture. "The Thinker".)

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The Anatomy Lesson: Rembrandt.

(17th century Dutch Painter of astonishing realism and natural movement.)

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Taj Mahal: (Tomb in India.

Exquisite 17th century Indian tomb and memorial of devotion for a favorite wife.)

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Starry Night: Vincent Van Gogh.

(Post-Impressionist painter who suffered from mental illness, who at one point cut off his ear. Previously had been a missionary.)

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Palace of Versailles: (Near Paris France.

Monumental French palace brought to its height by Louis XIV in the 17th century in order to centralize his power.)

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Soup Cans: Andy Warhol.

(20th century American Pop artist known for this.)

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Fallingwater: Frank Wright.

(Famous 20th century architect, famed for "Prairie Houses" and "Fallingwater".)