[ART H 112] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (46 pages long!)
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Terms: mannerism/maniera, figura serpentina, triptych, polyptych. Three panels, more than three panels: predella. Bottom panel of an altarpiece: grisaille. Used to paint sculpture: donor portrait, self-portrait, engraving. Jacopo da pontormo (1494-1557: robert campin (1375-1444) Jan van eyck(1395-1441: albrecht durer (1471-1528, hieronymus bosch (1450-1516) Generalized and ideal: michelangelo, last judgement, 1536-1541. Bright colors: pontormo, entombment of christ, 1525-1528. All the focus is on the figures, the only thing in the background is a singular cloud. Still some figures with their backs to us: practice exam comparison. Parmigianino, madonna with the long neck, 1534-1540. Mary is more involved with the children. Mary has a really weird long neck. Angels on the side, whereas in r"s there is only mary, christ, and john the. Figures too large for the room, weird angles. Symbolism, iconography: ghent altarpiece, hubert and jan van eyck, 1423-1432. Around the same time as tribute money. Grisaille - using black and white paint to look like sculpture.
