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Early Renaissance Review Sheet
1. Intro to Renaissance
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Renaissance
Individualism
Humanism
Patrons
Petrarch
How was Early Renaissance society different from the society of the Middle Ages?
What effect did the Middle class have on the arts?
How did Renaissance thinkers and philosophers perceive history?
How did Christianity fit in with Renaissance philosophy?
Describe the hallmarks of the International style of painting.
How did Northern European painting differ from Southern European painting?
2. Early Renaissance in Northern Europe
Vocab:
o Oil paint
o Book of Hours
o Secular
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Where are the Netherlands?
In what ways was the work of Robert Campin a break from the International style?
How did the invention of oil paint impact the Northern painters?
How does van der Weyden’s painting differ from van Eyck’s?
Be able to discuss the Arnolfini Marriage in detail.
Be able to discuss the Merode Altarpiece in detail
Understand the concept of Les Tres Riches Heures
Painters and Paintings:
 Campin
 Limbourg Bros,
 van Eyck
 van der Weyden
 Christus
Annunciation (Merode Altarpiece) oil on panel
Les Tres Riches Heures tempera
Ghent Altarpiece oil on panel
Arnolfini Marriage oil on panel
Deposition oil on panel
Goldsmith Shop oil on panel
3. Early Italian Renaissance Architecture
Vocab:
o Pietra serena
o Intarsia
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What elements are emphasized in Early Italian Renaissance architecture?
From where did the early Italian Renaissance architects get their inspiration?
How does Renaissance architecture differ from Gothic architecture?
Architects and Buildings:
 Brunelleschi
 Alberti
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Dome of the Florence Cathedral
Ospedale degli Innocenti (exterior)
San Lorenzo (interior)
Santa Maria Novella (exterior)
Sant’ Andrea in Mantua (interior and exterior)
4. Early Italian Renaissance Sculpture
Vocab:
 Contra-posto
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Discuss the evolution of Ghiberti’s style as seen on the doors of the Florence Baptistry.
In what ways are the North doors more Gothic?
Who coined the term, “Gates of Paradise”, and to what was he referring?
In what ways does Ghiberti use perspective on the East doors?
Be able to discuss both early and late sculptures by Donatello.
Sculptors and their Sculptures:
 Ghiberti
 Donatello
 Verrochio
 Della Robbia
North Doors of Florence Baptistry bronze
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David bronze
Mary Magdalen wood
David bronze
Madonna and Child
5. Early Italian Renaissance Painting
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International Gothic Style Painting
Perspective
Foreshortening
Tromp d’oeil
Tempera paint
Egg tempera
Be able to discuss the link between Early Ren. painting and Gothic painting in Italy.
Why is Masaccio so significant?
What is perspective and why is it significant?
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Be able to compare and contrast ALL the Adam and Eve frescoes.
Painters and Paintings:
 Fabriano Gentile
 Lorenzetti
 Masaccio
 Fra Angelico
 Mantegna
 Perugino
Adoration of the Magi tempera on panel
The Trinity fresco
Expulsion from the Garden of Eden fresco
The Tribute Money fresco
Annunciation fresco
Lamentation of the Dead Christ oil on panel
Camera Picta including ceiling fresco
Christ Handing the Keys to Saint Peter fresco
6. Early Italian Renaissance Painting II
Vocab:
 Savonarola
Questions:
 Be able to discuss Piero’s use of perspective and point of view in his paintings.
 Be able to discuss Piero’s Resurrection in detail.
 Be able to compare and contrast Botticelli’s early and late painting style.
Painters and Paintings:
 Piero della Francesca
Flagellation of Christ tempera on panel
The Baptism of Christ tempera on panel
The Resurrection fresco
The Legend of the True Cross fresco
The Nativity tempera on panel
 Botticelli
Annunciation oil on panel
Venus and Mars tempera on canvas
Primavera tempera on wood
Birth of Venus tempera on canvas
Lamentation of Dead Christ oil on panel
Mystical Nativity oil on panel
Early Renaissance Artists and Their Patrons
 Masaccio: Brancacci Family (Florence)
 Mantegna: Ludovico Gonzaga (Mantua)
 Perugino: Pope Sixtus IV (built the Sistine Chapel Rome)
 Piero della Francesca: Frederico da Montefelro Duke of Urbino (Urbino )
 Botticelli: Medicis, Pope Sixtus IV (built the Sistine Chapel Rome)