AP Art History

AP Art History

Chapter 17
Early Renaissance Art in Europe

Study Guide


The Italian Renaissance in Florence
  • How did Botticelli reflect ideas on the subject of Humanism in his paintings?
  • Describe how Tribute Money works with light to create a more realistic illusion?
  • How did Donatello's work change at the end of his career? Describe those changes.
  • Describe how Brunelleschi used architectural elements to design the dome for the Florence Cathedral? What elements did he use? Draw an image of his design and label each part.
  • What is linear perspective? Contrast and compare intuitive perspective and linear perspective. Pick any two examples from your book to decribe the differences.

    Vocabulary
    Terms Terms
    Classical Antiquity
    dome
    drum
    vault
    centering
    Ghiberti
    high relief
    middle ground
    single point perspective
    Uccello
    fresco
    Massaccio
    Fra Angelico
    Neoplatonism
    Donatello
    arch
    oculus
    course
    transept
    treatiste
    low relief
    backgournd
    equestrian
    mural
    coffers
    cartoons
    Botticelli
    Medici
    illusion
    Brunelleschi
    rib
    lantern
    foreground
    vanishing point
    Leon Battista Alberti
    terra cotta
    sinopia
    mythological

    The Italian Renaissance Outside of Florence

  • How does Bellini demonstrate a new investigation of nature?
  • Describe how Alberti's architectural ddesign for the Church of Sant Andrea is influenced by classical architecture?

    Vocabulary
    Terms Terms
    veneer
    Pisa
    Venice
    radical perspective
    medallion
    facade
    palazzo ducale
    foreshortening
    Milan    		 Urbino
    balustrade
    stigmata
    piers
    tholos
    composite capital
    Padua
    putti
    intarsia

    French Courtly Art

  • What types of manuscripts were popular among the French nobility?
  • How did the painters of Holland and Flanders impact French manuscript illumination?
  • How did the Limbourgs portray the laboring classes?
  • What International Gothic conventions are displayed in the page, February?

    Terms Terms
    manuscripts
    Illumination
    apprenticeships
    guilds    		 Tres Riches Heures
    Chartreuse
    illustration
    Flemish
    provenance

    Flemish Art

  • What is the interpretation of Robert Campin's Merode Altarpiece? Describe the symbolic representation hidden within the images of this work.
  • Jan van Eyck used oil paints in his painting and applied the paint in a series of layers referred to as glazes. Why did this kind of painting become so popular?
  • Name a work where van Eyck uses the convention of atmospheric perspective.
  • The Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife is often thought to be a portrait of their wedding. Why is this a customary interpretation?
  • Describe the figures in the Ghent Altarpiece.
  • Who is Rogier van der Weyden?
  • In the work Deposition, a popular scene was portrayed which is often used in feast days as tableau vivant, what was the scene?
    Terms Terms
    Flanders
    panels
    Master of Flemalle
    gesso
    spatial conventions
    canvas
    triptych
    idealization
    cope
    Bruges
    Guild of St. Luke
    Burgundy
    majolica    		 picture plane
    tempera
    atmospheric perspective
    gilded
    diptych
    patron
    Civic Group
    exponents
    symbolism
    Incarnation
    glazing
    tapestry
    glazes

    European Printmaking and Bookmaking

    Vocabulary
    Terms Terms
    engraving
    watercolor
    movable-type printing
    intaglio    		 burins
    Johann Gutenberg
    edition
    block books
    woodcuts