Explain the difference between denotation and connotation in a work of art
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The term denotation refers to the identifiable subject, such as a Madonna and Child. The connotation is what the subject would mean to a contemporary viewer—in this case, a medieval Italian viewer would understand the subject as an image of ideal love, especially divine love for humanity.
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Which of the following artists included philosophy, poetry, theology, and law in his plan for the four walls of the Stanza della Segnatura in the papal chambers?
A. Michelangelo B. Leonardo da Vinci C. Raphael D. Titian
Daniele da Volterra and others earned the name braghettoni (“breeches-painters”) by
a. wearing extravagant outfits while they worked. b. painting fig leaves on the genitals of the Vatican statues. c. refusing to wear shirts while they painted. d. painting draperies on Last Judgment’s nudes.