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Trecento
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Italian word meaning 300; refers to 14th century (1300s)
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School of Athens
Raphael
location: Vatican, opposite disputa
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Moses
Michelangelo
For the unfinished Tomb of Pope Julius II
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Saint Peter's Basilica
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Originally designed by Bramante, then Sangallo, Michelangelo, and Maderna.
Piazza by Bernini
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Sistine Chapel (Ceiling)
Michelangelo
Composed of:
4 corner triangles (Heroic Old Testament acts)
8 border triangles (biblical ancestors of Christ)
intermediate figures (prophets and pagan sybils)
9 central panels (events of Genesis)
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Giovanni Boccaccio
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Author
Decameron
Plague setting, 10 youths flee Florence and tell each other 10 stories a day for 10 days
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Geoffery Chaucer
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Author
died fittingly in 1400
Canterbury Tales: 30 travellers recount two stories each; never finished. All we have are 23 stories
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Chiaroscuro
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A painting technique that employs extreme contrasts between light and darkness
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Fresco
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Wall painting on moist plaster; a preferred medium of Florence
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Oil paint
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A medium allowing for rich layers of color; a favorite in Venice
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Judith and Holofernes
Artemisia Gentileschi
depicts an Old Testament scene, borrows from Caravaggian use of light/dark. Her most famous painting
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Donatello
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Early Renaissance sculptor. Notable works include David (with Tuscan shepherd's hat), a wooden carving of an aged Mary Magdalene, and St. George (complete with shield)
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Bernini
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Baroque sculptor and architect
Notable works:
Piazza at St. Peter's Basilica
David (in action, biting lip and wearing an intense expression)
St. Theresa in Ecstasy
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Rembrandt
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Baroque painter
Used obvious Reformist religious motifs with an intimate, human feel
Notable works:
The Night Watch: a general consults with his second
Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph
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Botticelli
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Florentine Renaissance painter
Taken in by Medici family
Notable works:
Adoration of the Magi
La Primavera
The Birth of Venus
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