HUM 100 LEC 4

Renaissance literally means “_______”.  About the early 1400s, there was a revival of interest in the art, architecture, literature and culture of the classical world.

This period lasted for about Three Hundred Years and is called the ___________.  Major technical innovations in painting, such as the introduction of oil painting, foreshortening, and single-point perspective, date from this period.

Most of our knowledge on the renaissance artists comes from ____________– (1511-1574), Italian painter, writer, historian & architect, more famous for his biographies of Italian artists.

In Flanders, __________ will lead us to explore the beginnings of middle-class life in cities and the discovery of the self in self-portraits.

___________ from the Protestant Netherlands, 17th  century, prioritized __________.

(1865–1885)

  Short, quick brushstrokes, separation of color, sketch-like finish, modern subject matter

_________ can be considered the first distinctly ___________ in painting. Developing in Paris in the 1860’s its influence spread throughout the Europe and eventually the United States.

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IMPRESSIONISM can be considered the first distinctly modern movement in painting. Developing in _________ in the 1860’s its influence spread throughout the _________ and eventually the ________

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The _______ aimed to capture the momentary, sensory effect of a scene – the impression objects made on the eye in a fleeting instant. To achieve this effect, many ___________ moved from the studio to the streets and countryside, painting _________.

Key Features

The impressionist loosened their brushwork and lighted their palettes to include _________. They abandoned traditional __________ and avoided the clarity of form that had previously served to distinguish the more important elements of a picture from the lesser ones.