Chapter Summary

After reading Chapter 12, you should be able to:

• Identify the works and define the terms in the chapter.

• Describe the emergence of humanism in Italy.

• Label the leading art centers on a map of Italy, France, and the Netherlands.

• Describe the process of tempera painting and fresco.

• List the Virtues and the Deadly Sins

• Compare Giotto and Cimabue.

• Describe the structure of an altarpiece.

• Describe the steps of apprenticeship in an artist's studio.

• Give a brief description of the life and philosophy of Saint Francis of Assisi.

• Compare Duccio's Maest  with Giotto's Arena Chapel frescoes.

• Describe the innovative aspects of Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Good Government frescoes.

• Discuss the effects of the Black Death on society and art in the second half of the fifteenth century.

• Describe the International Gothic Style using examples from the chapter.

• Compare Giotto's Annunciation with the Limbourg Brothers' Annunciation.