Download UNIT 4 RENAISSANCE TEST: STUDY GUIDE

HONORSHUMANITIESUNIT4TESTREVIEW
TheRenaissanceandReformation
ART,ARTISTS,PLACES,ANDTERMS
Therewillbeapproximately10slidesonthistest.Knowartists,titles,facts,interpretations,andhome
countriesforeachofthemainworksofart.AllthePowerPointsareonePark2.
Proto-Renaissance
HighRenaissance(continued)
**generictwo-dimensionalmedieval-style
paintingcomparedtoartwithperspectiveand
greaterrealism/humanity
**Proto-Renaissancereferstoatransitionperiod
attheendoftheMiddleAgesandintheearly
Renaissance
**Youdon’tneedtoknowtitlesforthesethree
Proto-Renaissancepaintings
Cimabue(medieval)
“MadonnaEnthroned”
Giotto(medieval)
“TheOgnissantiAltarpiece”
(Madonna&Child)
Masaccio(earlyRenaissance)
“MadonnaandChild”
Michelangelo
“David”
“Pieta”
SistineChapelCeiling
“TheLastJudgment”
Leonardo
“LastSupper”
“MonaLisa”
Botticelli
“Primavera”
Raphael
“SchoolofAthens”
HighRenaissanceArt
FlorenceandtheMedicifamily
Rome,Italy
LeonardodaVinci
humanism,individualism,exploration
rediscoveryofClassicalart&myths
ItalianRenaissanceart
chiaroscuro
aerialperspective
linearperspective
vanishingpoint
orthogonals
foreshortening
sfumato
fresco
tempera
NorthernRenaissanceArt
Flanders(present-dayBelgiumandsomepartsof
theNetherlands)
Ghent(acityinFlanders)
TheNetherlands
Germany
RobertCampin(TheMasterofFlemalle)
MerodeAltarpiece
JanandHubertvanEyck
GhentAltarpiece
JanvanEyckonly
“GiovanniArnolfiniandHisBride”
Bosch
“TheGardenofEarthlyDelights”
Terms
oilpaint
triptych/polyptych
symbolism
miniaturism
illusion
realism
fantasy
THEPROTESTANTREFORMATION
MartinLuther(German)
Protestantmovement
indulgences/pardons
viewsonPope
95Theses
vernacularlanguagevs.Latin/readingtheBible
Gutenberg’spress
CatholicSacraments(7):Baptism,Communion,
Confession/Reconciliation,Confirmation,
Marriage,HolyOrders,andtheAnointingofthe
Sick(lastrites)
ProtestantSacraments(2):onlyBaptism&
Communion.Why?ForProtestants,isCommunion
transubstantiationorsimplymeaningfulandsymbolic?
LITERATURE(Knowauthors,titles,facts,languages,characters,plot,andinterpretations.
Machiavelli’sThePrince(Italian)
Whichisbest,tobefearedorloved?
Why?
Shakespeare’sMacbeth(English)
Banquo
LadyMacbeth
Macduff
Macbeth
Malcolm
Duncan
theWitches
OldMan(inMacbeth)
ConceptsinMacbeth:birds,blood,
equivocation,manhood,milk,Nature,growth
(plants),naturalvs.unnatural,fate,freechoice,
sleep,arrogance,certainty,good&evil,
manhood,loyalty,friendship,kinship,limitsof
humanknowledge(e.g.medicine),mystery,
magic,friendship,sin,paranoiaandprojection,
dissatisfaction,womanhood,or
ambiguity/duplicity(double-ness)
Castiglione’sTheCourtier(Italian)
Howshouldatrue“Renaissance
gentleman”conducthimself?
Why?
Marlowe’sTheTragicalHistoryoftheLife&
DeathofDoctorFaustus(English)
DoctorFaustus
HelenofTroy
Mephistopheles
Lucifer
PEWSLAG–7DeadlySins
GoodAngel/BadAngel
OldMan(inFaustus)
ConceptsinFaustus:prudencevs.recklessness,
goodvs.evil,equivocation,sin,paranoiaand
projection,mystery,magic,loyalty,naturalvs.
unnatural,fate,freechoice,limitsofhuman
knowledge(e.g.medicine),arrogance,
friendship,certainty,good&evil,
dissatisfaction,orambiguity/duplicity
MEDIEVALANDRENAISSANCEMUSIC(ANDHISTORY)
Therewillnotbeanylisteningportionsonthistest,butthemainpiecesofmusicfromthelectureare
onePark2foryourreview.Toprepareforthetest,knowthekeyfactsfromthemusiclecture.Beable
tocomparemedieval,latemedieval,andRenaissanceChristianmusic.Howdidthemusicchangeover
time?WhatcanwelearnabouttheMiddleAgesandtheRenaissance,ingeneral,bystudyingthe
music?
conflictingattitudesintheCatholicchurch:
1)PopeGregoryin6thcentury:musiccanbetoosensuous;needslotsofrules(Gregorianchants)
2)AbbéSugerin12thcentury:sensualbeautygetsoneclosertoGod(Gothiccathedrals;knowhis
quote)
earlymedievalplainsong/plainchant(Mrs.Bates’“singing”):onesyllablepernote;musicservesthe
words;monophonic(only“onevoice”ornoteatatime);norhythmorbeat;noinstruments
latermedievalplainsong/plainchant(medievalKyrieEleison):manysyllablespernote(“L-o-o-o-o-o-oo-ordhaveMe-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-ercy”);wordsservethemusic;stillmonophonic(only“onevoice”or
noteatatime);stillnoinstruments;stillnorhythmorbeat;alittlebitofharmony
Renaissancestreetmusic:instruments,clashingsounds(dissonance),harmony,vernacular(street)
language,catchyrhythms
Renaissancereligiousmusic(Palestrina’sKyrieEleison):wordsservethemusic;polyphonicmakesmore
complexandbeautiful(multiplemelodiesor“voices”atatime,likeinaround);harmony(higher
andlowervoicessingingdifferentnotesatonce);stillnorhythmorbeat
languageofchurchmassesandmusic:Latin
exceptiontoLatinis“KyrieEleison”(Whatlanguage?Greek.Wherefrom?Bible.Meaning?“Lord
havemercy.”)
Howtobeagoodaudiencemember(twowords):Don’tmove.
JohnScotum:foundbeautyinstone(consistentwithAbbéSuger’sbeliefs)
HildegardvonBingen:composedforfemalevoices(alsoafamouspoet,mystic,musician,andabbess)
KingEthelbert:firstChristianEnglishking;convertedthroughexposuretoSt.Augustine’schoirof
monks(therewerenodoubtmanyfactors,butthisisalegendretoldagainandagain;perhaps
thereissomekerneloftruth)Forthefullstory:
http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=morris&book=english&story=christian
Guidod’Arezzo:usedlinesonfingersasfirststaff;developedprototypeofmodernmusicalnotation
(linesonfingerslikethelinesonmodernmusicwherenotesareplaced)
GENERALMULTI-CHOICETESTTIPS
Therewillbeapproximately40multiplechoicequestionsonthisexam.
Seethe“Unit4Links”tabonthewebsite.Therearesomeexcellentshortvideosandwebsites
thatmaybehelpful.BesuretoreviewtheartPowerPointsandadditionalresources
availableonePark2.TheNorthernRenaissanceArtteacher’snotesarealsoonePark2.
Therewillbealotofartidentification.Alsobepreparedforalotofquoteidentification
(spokenby,about,andto).Reviewmajorthemesintheliterature.Compareandcontrast.
YoushouldreadabouttheMiddleAges,Renaissance,andReformationinyourCI.SOMEofthe
paintingsareinyourbook,includingsomespecialMasterWorksanalysissectionsthatdiscuss
someoftheingreaterdepth.
UtilizetheintroductionstothetimeperiodsfoundinthefrontintheNortonAnthologyto
reviewthechangesandvaluesfoundintheRenaissance.Also,readtheintroductionstothe
authorsandtheirworks(foundrightbeforeeachpieceofliterature).
TheCatholicismhandoutfromfirstsemesterisalsounderUnit4Handoutsifyou’dliketo
reviewthebeliefsandpractices,someofwhichtheProtestantmovementcriticizedduringthe
Reformation.
FORFUN:
Guido’shand,Hildegardrecordingavision,andAbbé(Abbot)Sugerdepictedinamedievalwindow: