Monday, October 7, 2019

Midterm Study Guide

Midterm exam format
11 identifications. Artist, Title, Date. 5pts each
3 short essays. Selected from the essays below. 15pts each

Ch 19
15C Art in Northern Europe

Jan van Eyck, DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF GIOVANNI ARNOLFINI AND HIS WIFE 1434

Claus Sluter, WELL OF MOSES, DETAIL OF MOSES AND DAVID 1395–1406

Paul, Herman, and Jean Limbourg FEBRUARY: LIFE IN THE COUNTRY, TRÈS RICHES HEURES 1411–1416

Mary of Burgundy Painter MARY AT HER DEVOTIONS, HOURS OF MARY OF BURGUNDY
Before 1482

UNICORN IS FOUND AT THE FOUNTAIN From the Hunt of the Unicorn tapestry series. c. 1495–1505

COPE OF THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE Flemish. Mid 15th century

Workshop of the Master of Flémalle MÉRODE ALTARPIECE (TRIPTYCH OF THE ANNUNCIATION) (OPEN) c. 1425–1430s

Jan van Eyck MAN IN A RED TURBAN 1433

Jan and Hubert (?) van Eyck GHENT ALTARPIECE (OPEN), ADORATION OF THE MYSTIC LAMB Completed 1432.

Rogier van der Weyden ST. LUKE DRAWING THE VIRGIN AND CHILD c. 1435–1440

Jean Fouquet ÉTIENNE CHEVALIER AND ST. STEPHEN, VIRGIN AND CHILD The Melun Diptych. c. 1452–1455

Ch20
Renaissance 15C in Italy

Lorenzo Ghiberti SACRIFICE OF ISAAC 1401–1402

Filippo Brunelleschi DOME OF FLORENCE CATHEDRAL (SANTA MARIA DEL FIORE)
1420–1436

Filippo Brunelleschi OSPEDALE DEGLI INNOCENTI (FOUNDLING HOSPITAL), FLORENCE
Designed 1419

Donatello ST. GEORGE 1417–1420

Donatello DAVIDc. 1446–1460(?)

Lorenzo Ghiberti "GATES OF PARADISE" (EAST BAPTISTERY DOORS) 1425–1452

Masaccio TRINITY WITH THE VIRGIN, ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST, AND DONORS c. 1425–1427/1428

Perugino CHRIST GIVING THE KEYS TO ST. PETER 1480–1482

Masaccio THE EXPULSION OF ADAM AND EVE FROM PARADISE c. 1427

Masaccio THE TRIBUTE MONEY c. 1427

Fra Angelico ANNUNCIATION c. 1438–1445

Sandro Botticelli PRIMAVERA c. 1482

Sandro Botticelli BIRTH OF VENUS c. 1484–1486

Ch 21
Renaissance 16C in Italy

Leonardo da Vinci MONA LISA c. 1503–1506

Leonardo da Vinci THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS c.1485

Leonardo da Vinci THE LAST SUPPER 1495–1498

Raphael THE SMALL COWPER MADONNA c. 1505

Raphael MADONNA OF THE GOLDFINCH (MADONNA DEL CARDELLINO) 1506

Raphael, THE SCHOOL OF ATHENS, c. 1510–1511

Michelangelo PIETÀ c. 1500

Michelangelo DAVID 1501–1504

Michelangelo SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING, 1508–1512

Michelangelo CREATION OF ADAM, SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING 1511–1512

Giulio Romano FALL OF THE GIANTS 1530–1532

Correggio ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN c. 1526–1530

Properzia de' Rossi JOSEPH AND POTIPHAR'S WIFE 1525–1526

Giorgione THE TEMPEST c. 1506

Titian PESARO MADONNA 1519–1526

Titian ISABELLA D'ESTE 1534–1536

Titian "VENUS" OF URBINO c. 1538

Tintoretto THE LAST SUPPER 1592–1594

Mannerism
Pontormo DEPOSITION Altarpiece in Capponi Chapel, church of Santa Felicità, Florence. 1525–1528

Parmigianino MADONNA OF THE LONG NECK 1534–1540

Bronzino ALLEGORY WITH VENUS AND CUPID Mid 1540s

Sofonisba Anguissola SELF-PORTRAIT c. 1556

Lavinia Fontana NOLI ME TANGERE 1581

Giambologna THE CAPTURE OF A SABINE WOMAN 1581–1582

Michelangelo LAST JUDGMENT, SISTINE CHAPEL 1536–1541


Ch22
16C Art in Northern Europe and Iberian Peninsula
Albrecht Dürer SELF-PORTRAIT 1500

Albrecht Dürer THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE From The Apocalypse. 1497–1498

Albrecht Dürer FOUR APOSTLES 1526

Matthias Grünewald ISENHEIM ALTARPIECE (CLOSED) c. 1510–1515

Jean Clouet FRANCIS I 1525–1530

Pierre Lescot and Jean Goujon WEST WING OF THE COUR CARRÉE, PALAIS DU LOUVRE, PARIS Begun 1546

Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera THE ESCORIAL 1563–1584

Diogo de Arruda WEST WINDOW, CHURCH IN THE CONVENT OF CHRIST c. 1510

El Greco BURIAL OF COUNT ORGAZ 1586

Hieronymus Bosch GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS (OPEN) c. 1505–1515

Caterina van Hemessen SELF-PORTRAIT 1548

Pieter Bruegel the Elder RETURN OF THE HUNTERS 1565

Pieter Bruegel the Elder THE HARVESTERS 1565

Hans Holbein the Younger, The French Ambassadors 1533

Ch23
17C Art in Europe
Baroque 

Italy and Spain
Gianlorenzo Bernini ST. TERESA OF ÁVILA IN ECSTASY 1645–1652

Gianlorenzo Bernini DAVID 1623

Caravaggio THE CALLING OF ST. MATTHEW 1599–1600

Caravaggio THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL c. 1601

Artemisia Gentileschi JUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNES c. 1619–20

Francisco de Zurbarán ST. SERAPION 1628

Diego Velázquez LAS MENINAS (THE MAIDS OF HONOR) 1656

WEST FAÇADE, CATHEDRAL OF ST. JAMES, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, SPAIN
South tower 1667–1680

Flanders
Peter Paul Rubens THE RAISING OF THE CROSS 1610-1611

Peter Paul Rubens HENRY IV RECEIVING THE PORTRAIT OF MARIE DE' MEDICI 1621–1625

Frans Hals OFFICERS OF THE HAARLEM MILITIA COMPANY OF ST. ADRIAN c. 1627

Frans Hals MALLE BABBE c. 1630–1633

Judith Leyster SELF-PORTRAIT 1635

Rembrandt van Rijn THE ANATOMY LESSON OF DR. NICOLAES TULP 1632

Rembrandt van Rijn THE COMPANY OF CAPTAIN FRANS BANNING COCQ (THE NIGHT WATCH) 1642

Rembrandt van Rijn THREE CROSSES (FIRST STATE) 1653

Rembrandt van Rijn SELF-PORTRAIT 1658

Johannes Vermeer WOMAN HOLDING A BALANCE c. 1664

Rachel Ruysch FLOWER STILL LIFE After 1700

Anna Maria Sibylla Merian PLATE 9 FROM THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE INSECTS OF SURINAM 1719

GARDEN FAÇADE OF THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES 1678–1685

Georges de La Tour MARY MAGDALEN WITH THE SMOKING FLAME c. 1640

Ch24
Art of South and Southeast Asia
India
THE BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA Pala dynasty, 12th century

ELEPHANT STABLES, VIJAYANAGARA Hampi, India. 15th century Nadir al-Zaman (Abu'l Hasan) JAHANGIR AND SHAH ABBAS From the St. Petersburg Album. Mughal period, c. 1618

TAJ MAHAL Agra, India. Mughal period, reign of Shah Jahan, c. 1631–1648

Thailand
The Sukhothai Buddha From Wat Mahathat, now in Wat Benchamabophit, Bangkok, Thailand. Sukhothai period, 14th–15th century

TEMPLE OF THE EMERALD BUDDHA (WAT PHRA KAEW) Grand Palace Complex, Bangkok, Thailand. 1782, and greatly expanded in later centuries.

Modern
George Wittet GATEWAY OF INDIA Mumbai, India. 1924

Abanindranath Tagore BHARAT MATA (MOTHER INDIA) 1905

Maqbool Fida Husain VEDIC From the "Theorama" series, 1994


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SHORT ESSAYS

1. Explain the iconography of Jan van Eyck’s Double Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife. Interpret the meaning of this work of  fifteenth-century Northern European art based on the themes, subjects, and symbols.

2. Explain the evolution of patronage in fifteenth-century Italy. Identify two specific patrons and discuss their commissions.

3. Discuss the use of perspective, linear and atmospheric, in Perugino’s Christ Giving the Keys to St. Peter (Fig. 20-20).

4. Briefly describe the emergence of Mannerism in the sixteenth century and it main attributes. Discuss how Parmigianino’s Madonna of the Long Neck is an example of Mannerism. Consider its similarities and differences to art of the High Renaissance.

5. Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait Mona Lisa has continued to entrance and mystify viewers over the centuries. Explain some of the mystery and enigma behind this portrait, as well as its beauty.

6. How did Bruegel’s travels impact his art?

7. Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights (Figs. 22-20 and 22-21) is filled with symbolism. Explore some of those symbols and discuss why it was such a revolutionary work for its time.

8. How is Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece (Figs. 22-4, 22-5, and 22-6) arranged and why? Discuss some of the meaning, subjects and symbols in the paintings.

9. How was Bernini’s David (Fig. 23-4) different from sculptures by Michelangelo and Donatello on the same subject? Discuss the artist’s viewpoint, the expression, the moment in time, and the techniques.

10. How did the Catholic Church use art and architecture as propaganda for the Counter- Reformation?

11. Discuss the influence of outside cultures on the art and architecture of India, citing specific examples to support your ideas. Consider how indigenous practices and beliefs were incorporated into this later period.

12. Who commissioned the Taj Mahal (Figs. 24-1 and 24-12) and for what purpose? Address its setting, the materials used in its construction, and its design.

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