ART H102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Scrovegni Chapel, Vatican City, Renaissance Art
23 Feb 2016
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Art history 102 midterm: key works and concepts. Renaissance humanism and art: change of world-view, change of style from the middle ages. Transformation of art from information-focused concept representation to illusion-based naturalistic representation, in the greater context of a cultural paradigm shift. Michelangelo: pieta st. peter"s basilica, vatican city 1499. Regional styles of renaissance painting: flemish vs. italian approaches to representing the world, objectivity in representation, science and the creation of the perfect visual simulation of reality. Similarities and differences in the historical and cultural contexts to account for these distinctive developments. Hugo van der goes: portinary altarpiece, flemish work imported to florence, 1475. Perugino: christ handing the keys to peter, fresco from the sistine chapel, vatican, rome 1483. Fusion of the classical with the christian in renaissance humanism and art, exemplified by the return to the body; renaissance humanism in the representation of the nude.
