Which late medieval Italian painting constitutes the first landscape painting since antiquity?
Fresco
What is the term art historians use to refer to the Italo Byzantine style of painting?
Cimabue. What is the term art historians use to refer to the Italo-Byzantine style of painting? Maniera greca.
What was the function of the Machicolated galleries of the Tower of Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico?
-The Palazzo Pubblico tower, out of reach of most missiles, incorporates machicolated galleries (galleries with holes in their floors to enable defenders to dump stones or hot liquids on attackers below) built out on corbels (projecting supporting architectural members) for defense of the tower’s base.
What material technique was used to create the pattern on the facade of the Doge’s Palace in Venice?
The upper story of the façade features a diamond pattern of colored stone, a technique that was a hallmark of late Byzantine architecture. The openwork (lattice-like carving) and arcades of the bottom two levels combine Islamic and Gothic influences.
What city is home to the burial ground adorned by The Triumph of Death fresco?
Palermo
What city is home to the burial ground Camposanto adorned by The Triumph of Death fresco?
Jerusalem
Who painted the Triumph of Death?
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Who could draw a perfect circle freehand?
Giotto
What is the Vitruvius theory?
This image is by Marcus Vitruvius, the famous Ancient Roman architect. Vitruvius believed that an architect should focus on three central themes when preparing a design for a building: firmitas (strength), utilitas (functionality), and venustas (beauty). But the theory of venustas (or beauty) is a very complicated one.
Is there a perfect circle in nature?
There are no “real” circles in nature. According to Plato, the idea of a perfect circle is the Form of a circle,[1] which is to say, it’s a representation of a perfect circle. In a (geometrically) perfect circle, every point on its circumference is exactly the same distance from its center point.
Why can’t a mathematically perfect sphere exist?
Because we can’t measure “perfect”. Who’s to say if it’s perfect or not. There are no naturally “perfect” spheres and there will never be any. In this specific context, we can: A sphere is perfect if and only if every point on its surface is equidistant from a single point (which we call its “center”).
Is a bubble a perfect sphere?
While Earth is oftentimes referred to as a sphere, it actually just misses this classification because it is slightly squashed at the poles. Nonetheless, a perfect sphere does appear in nature and can be seen in examples such as bubbles, water drops, planets, and atoms.
Is the Earth a perfect sphere?
Even though our planet is a sphere, it is not a perfect sphere. Because of the force caused when Earth rotates, the North and South Poles are slightly flat. Earth’s rotation, wobbly motion and other forces are making the planet change shape very slowly, but it is still round.