Test Review

Our first exam will be on Monday, September 25. Please be familiar with the following:

Terms:
Legenda Aurea (Golden Legend, Jacobus de Voragine)
icon
iconography
hagiography
Alban Butler (Lives of the Saints)
Feast Days (Beheading of John the Baptist, Nativity of Mary, Immaculate Conception, Annunciation)

Texts:
Gospel accounts of the Annunciation (especially Luke)
Gospel accounts of John the Baptist (especially the beheading)
Golden legend, Nativity of Mary

Paintings/Painters:
Byzantine icons
Giotto, Life of Mary, Arena Chapel
El Greco
*Caravaggio

There will be an essay asking you to compare and contrast the religious aims of two different depictions of the same sacred scene. How do the artists use artistic techniques to impart different messages about saintly heroism?