ART 102 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Jesus, Michelangelo, Italy
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Pagan origin (hercules) - can be christianized. Hercules (strong) considered pagan precursor to christian virtue ( moral strength) Different from rigid and thinner figure in medieval art. Revive greek-roman art and reject current art. Pisano"s pulpit - housed in and viewed in. Baptistery - not in museum, seen in daily life. No art stores or paint for sale. Port city: river gives access to sea. Textiles (cloth) - main industry, shown in paintings. Churcha based on basic squares and circles. Horizontal line - where eyes meet perspective. Perspective - parallel with what seems as end point. Blood of christ trickles out of illusion and located at where lines meet up. When priest holds up wafer located where lines meet up. Jesus - tilting head and talking w/ mary. Mary - communicates with viewer and guides attention to jesus. Further out- patrons (people who paid for painting) Think of #3 which is holy trinity.
