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"Birth of Venus" by Boticelli (Italian)
Sacifices all scientific advances of the day: No
Chiarscuro
, No
perspective
and
Anatomy
of Venus is
abstracted.
"Mona Lisa" by Da Vinci
New type of portrait
3/4 body
Hands depicted
Sfumato "
Light smoky Shading"
Atmosheric Perspective
Van Eyck - oil painting starts in northen Europe.
Father of oil paintinf because he invents
Turpentine
"Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride" By Van Eyck
10 symbols of marriage:
1. holy ground had to have your shoes off
2.Had to have a witness and date
Van Eycks signature on the wall
3.One lite Candle ment that god is now persent and (Obersvaing)
4.The Whisk broom (on the right) means her wifely duties and chores
5.The broom hangs from the bed post which is a carving of St. Margaret, Patron of Saint wives
6.Holding hands means they are "one"
7.The colors of Giovannas Clothes are Symbolic:
white
=purity
blue
=virgin mary
green=fertillty
8.Beds means they will conumate their marriage on thir Honymoon
9.She holds her dress to her belly in hopes of having childern
10. The little dog means that they wont cheat.
Author
becki86
ID
123404
Card Set
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Updated
2011-12-14T20:56:54Z
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