Question 1

Explain the meaning of each of the three panels of Bosch's Garden of Delights. Include discussion of symbolism in your answer. What seems to be suggested in this work about humankind's potential?

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Question 2

Compare and contrast tempera, fresco and oil painting. Include in your discussion the technique, the working time and the final appearance.

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Question 3

Michael Pacher's St. Wolfgang Altarpiece remains in its original setting, the pilgrimage church of Saint Wolfgang, Salzkammergut, Austria.

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The statement is true, Michael Pacher's St. Wolfgang Altarpiece is still in its original setting in the pilgrimage church of Saint Wolfgang in Salzkammergut, Austria.

Question 4

Hugo van der Goes Portinari Altarpiece was produced for a patron and a location in Flanders.

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The Portinari Altarpiece was produced for the church of San Egidio within the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence, Italy, and its patron was Tommaso Portinari, a representative of the Medici Bank in Bruges.

Question 5

Describe both the appearance and likely meaning of Robert Campin's Mérode Triptych. Discuss both the obvious imagery and meaning as well as the use of disguised symbolism in your answer.

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Question 6

What are the artistic and social implications of printmaking?

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Question 7

What do you imagine might have been the purpose or purposes of Jan van Eyck's painting The Arnolfini Portrait? Discuss his use of detail and his use of symbolism, both religious and secular.

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Question 8

Compare Robert Campin's Mérode Triptych with Jan van Eyck's The Arnolfini Portrait. What do these two works communicate about northern European culture in the early fifteenth century?

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Quiz 14: Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century Northern Europe