Chapter 14 Study Guide

Late Medieval Italy

Proto Renaissance

• Nicola Pisano, Annunciation, Nativity, and Adoration of the Shepherds, panel from baptistery pulpit, 1259-1260
• Giotto di Bondone, Lamentation, Arena Chapel, c. 1305
• Duccio di Buoninsegna, Betrayal of Jesus, from Maesta Altarpiece, 1309-1311
• Pietro Lorenzetti, Birth of the Virgin, 1342

1. Which 3 major styles were most influential to the artistic style of Late Medieval Italy?

2. Explain the buon fresco technique. Name one advantage and one disadvantage it has over fresco secco.

3. What was the Great Schism?

4. In Giotto’s Madonna Enthroned, his figures appear more weighty and three-dimensional than Cimabue’s figures in his Madonna Enthroned with Angels. How does Giotto achieve this effect?

5. How did the Black Death influence the production of art in the mid-14th century?

6. What is a patron?