SUBJECT MATTER, FORM, CONTENT
subject (what) + form (how) = content
(why)
Iconography
STYLE: Representational,
Non-representational,
Realistic, Naturalistic, Idealized
ELEMENTS OF ART: Line, Shape
(2-d), Mass
(3-d), Space, Color, Texture, Value
PERSPECTIVE: Linear
(Mathematical) [see
p. 547]
horizon line, vanishing point, orthogonals, transversals
Foreshortening
SCULPTURE: freestanding,
low-relief,
high-relief
ARCHITECTURE: plan,
elevation, section
Proto-Renaissance
Renaissance
Italo-Byzantine style (maniera
greca)
International (Gothic) style
patron
Humanism
chiaroscuro
ALTARPIECE: Diptych, Triptych,
Polyptych
Fresco Painting: intonaco,
cartoon,
giornate
Tempera
LATE GOTHIC-EARLY
RENAISSANCE
| Nicola Pisano
Cimabue
Giotto (di Bondone)
Duccio di Buoninsegna
Simone Martini (&
Lippo Memmi?)
Pietro Lorenzetti
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
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CHAPTER
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. Define the terms: Form,
Subject,
Content, Iconography, Style, and Medium (Media).
2. Identify and discuss five factors contributing to the
emergence of the
Renaissance
in fifteenth-century Europe?
3. Define the characteristics of the Italo-Byzantine style and
discuss their appearance in Bonaventura Berlinghieri's St. Francis Altarpiece (fig. 19-5).
4. How do the works of the Pisanos reflect
the
influence of Classical art?
5. What new contributions did Giotto make to the art of painting
that led
to the emergence of the Italian Renaissance style?
6. Define the characteristics of the International Style.
How are
they exemplified in the work of Simone Martini (fig. 19-13)?
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