Art ART 2313 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sistine Chapel Ceiling, Italian Renaissance Painting, Italian Renaissance
6 May 2015
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Art 2313 (easterday) -- study questions for test #3. Course handouts from syllabus information: read over the information about tests. There may be questions on the test about this. Transitional period-1300s & early renaissance in italy-1400s (textbook chapters 8-9 & lecture) 1. (transitional period / 1300s) what was the 100 years war and what was its impact on society and culture in italy? (from lecture) Hundred years war was between britain and france and weakened europe in the north allowing italy to develop economically. Know form, iconography, and context of the lamentation. How did artists and intellectuals reconcile christianity with. Humanism: interest in classical culture among the wealthy and educated: how did renaissance ideas about the role of human beings differ from the medieval. Alberti wrote a guide to to artist called on painting which establishes certain rules. Precise measurements, more precise then normal (binocular) vision. Donatello: figures out technique to depict contrapposta and creates natural looking statues.
