Deck 20: Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe

Question 1

The illusionism found in French manuscript was influenced by contact with ____.

A) Italy
B) Constantinople
C) Bruges
D) London

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which city derived its wealth from the wool trade and then expanded into banking?

A) Dijon
B) Bruges
C) Munich
D) Paris

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following was Philip the Bold of Burgundy's grandest artistic enterprise?

A) Chartreuse de Champmol
B) Les Très Riches Heures
C) Ghent Altarpiece
D) Portinari Altarpiece

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The following phrase from Revelations, "pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb," is depicted in which of the following?

A) Deposition
B) Last Supper from the Holy Sacrament Altarpiece
C) Altar of the Lamb from the Ghent Altarpiece
D) Adoration of the Shepherds from the Portinari Altarpiece

Question 5

Which artist served as the dean of the painters' guild of Ghent and worked for Tommaso Portinari?

A) Jan van Eyck
B) Rogier van der Weyden
C) Dirk Bouts
D) Hugo van der Goes

Question 6

The Hundred Years War primarily involved which two kingdoms?

A) England and France
B) Germany and France
C) Italy and Germany
D) England and Spain

Question 7

Which of the following was a dynastic symbol of Burgundian power?

A) Valois Castle
B) Chateau Blanc
C) Chartreuse de Champmol
D) Saint Bavo

Question 8

Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife contains many symbols. Which of the following is an allusion to fidelity?

A) The dog
B) The bedpost
C) The whisk broom
D) The mirror

Question 9

Enhancing its meaning, the Portinari Altarpiece contains small scenes, such as ____, in the background.

A) the arrival of the magi
B) the crucifixion
C) the baptism of Christ
D) the resurrection

Question 10

In the calendar pages of Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, scenes of courtly life alternate with ____.

A) scenes form Christ's life
B) the rosary
C) seasonal tasks
D) the ancestry of the Duc de Berry

Question 11

____ contributed to the decentralization of religious practice.

A) Books of Hours
B) Altarpieces
C) The construction of small chapels in the city cathedral
D) Illuminated psalters

Question 12

Who was the noble patron who commissioned Les Très Riches Heures?

A) Philip the Good
B) Giovanni Arnolfini
C) Tommaso Portinari
D) Jean, Duke of Berry

Question 13

What element of Veit Stoss's style recalled the design principles of Late Gothic architecture?

A) Sharp forms that dart in a flamelike fashion
B) Classical drapery
C) Rounded arches
D) Distinct textural effects

Question 14

The ____ were the most powerful northern European rulers during much of the 15th century.

A) dukes of Burgundy
B) popes of Rome
C) guilds
D) kings of England

Question 15

What does the fountain created by Claus Sluter for the cloister of Chartreuse de Champmol symbolize?

A) Everlasting life
B) The Well of Moses
C) Flowing water
D) The dukes of Burgundy

Question 16

Which of the following artists specialized in images of the Madonna and Child?

A) Hugo van der Goes
B) Rogier van der Weyden
C) Hans Memling
D) Jan van Eyck

Question 17

Which of the following would support the argument that the Well of Moses created by Claus Sluter did not actually spout water?

A) There was no water source in the Carthusian monastery.
B) Carthusian commitment to silence would preclude any sound-making device.
C) The Well of Moses was never finished, so it never worked.
D) The Well of Moses was not the actual device used to spout water.

Question 18

In Martin Schongauer's engraving, he created distinctions of tonal values and textures. He distinguished between skin and cloth, feather and fur. Which of the following is the title of Martin Schongauer's engraving?

A) Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons
B) The Crucifixion
C) The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine
D) The Adoration of the Shepherds

Question 19

In the 15th century, the dukes of Burgundy wielded power over which of the following counties?

A) Bavaria
B) Flanders
C) Galicia
D) Lombardy

Question 20

The Nuremberg Chronicle is a tribute to the new craft of the printed illustrated book. What was the content of the Nuremberg Chronicle?

A) It was the history of Nuremberg.
B) It was the history of Germany.
C) It was the history of the world.
D) It was the history of the illustrated book.

Question 21

Inspiration for the form of Claus Sluter's Well of Moses may have come from ____.

A) Gothic architecture
B) mystery plays
C) the "soft" style
D) Donatello's Saint Mark

Question 22

How does the work of Stoss Veit reflect Late Gothic elements in German art?

Question 23

What is the relief method of printing?

Question 24

In Riemenschneider's Assumption of the Virgin, the artist successfully incorporated which of the following elements?

A) Italian illusionism
B) Byzantine spirituality
C) Roman classicism
D) Gothic intricacy

Question 25

Who was Etienne Chevalier?

Question 26

How has Jan van Eyck taken Giovanni and His Wife from document to art?

Question 27

____ are portraits of individuals that accompany religious scenes and became very popular in the 15th century.

A) Diptychs
B) Disguised symbols
C) Donor portraits
D) Continuous narrative

Question 28

What is significant about the landscape depiction in Konrad Witz's Miraculous Draft of Fish?

Question 29

Briefly describe the financial climate of Antwerp.

Question 30

Which art form grew in popularity partially because of its ability to memorialize the sitter?

A) Portraiture
B) Reliquaries
C) Small altarpieces
D) Church construction

Question 31

How does Rogier van der Weyden's style differ from Jan van Eyck's?

Question 32

____ created the first known Western portrait where the sitter looks directly at the viewer.

A) Tilman Riemenschneider
B) Dirk Bouts
C) Hugo van der Goes
D) Jan van Eyck

Question 33

What developments occurred in the 15th century that had a dramatic impact on artistic production?

Question 34

A great achievement of the Les Très Riches Heures was that it made manuscripts more closely resemble ____.

A) ephemeral decorations
B) murals
C) polychromed sculpture
D) panel paintings

Question 35

By including ____ Hugo van der Goes revived medieval pictorial devices.

A) joyful angels and muted colors
B) an exclusive concern with formal problems
C) a highly detailed border
D) small background scenes and a varied scale of figures

Question 36

What is the Carthusian order?

Question 37

Which two entities divided the Burgundian territories after the death of Charles the Bold?

A) France and Spain
B) France and the Holy Roman Empire
C) England and France
D) Rome and England

Question 38

What impact did the Hundred Years War have on France and French art?

Question 39

What does the Ghent Altarpiece celebrate?

Question 40

One of the most important trading cities of 15th-century Netherlands was ____.

A) Dijon
B) Bruges
C) Basel
D) Amsterdam

Question 41

Describe the portraits of Jan van Eyck. What impact did he have on portraiture? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 42

How do scholars presently believe that this work should be interpreted?

Question 43

Compare these two works, identifying the artists who did each. Which work is the most dynamic? How does the artist achieve that effect?

Question 44

In what ways are the works of Jan van Eyck and Hugo van der Goes similar, and in what ways do you think they are different? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 45

How does the representation of this subject deviate from the portrayal of it by other artists?

Question 46

Who painted this work, and how did it impact Italy?

Question 47

Compare two works from the 15th century. What differences do you see between the ones you have selected? How do you think these differences reveal the diversity of this period?

Question 48

How did Memling contribute to portraiture?

Question 49

Explain the symbols in the Robert Campin's (Master of Flémalle) Mérode Altarpiece. How do they relate to a household in the Netherlands? How is this work a religious statement?

Question 50

Explain patronage as a factor for the development of 15th-century painting. How did patrons impact the period? What innovations occurred as a result of patrons? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 51

Contrast the sculpture of Veit Stoss and Tilman Riemenschneider. What are the differences, and what are the similarities? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 52

How does this work reflect Old Testament and New Testament visual treatments?

Question 53

What art form does this resemble, and what effect did this borrowing have?

Question 54

Who is likely the sitter Jan van Eyck's Man in a Red Turban?

Question 55

Compare and contrast the works of the Limbourg brothers and Konrad Witz. How do these artists represent their periods and patrons? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 56

What techniques did the artist employ to increase the naturalism of the scene?

Question 57

Discuss the subject matter and the significance of its setting?

Question 58

Who painted this work, and what is its significance?

Question 59

What does the scene of October in Les Très Riches Heures communicate about its patron?

Question 60

Compare and contrast the work of Flemish-style painting with French-style painting. How are they similar, and how are they different? Use examples to support your essay.

Question 61

What is significant about the poses of Christ and the Virgin?

Question 62

What qualities distinguish Rogier van der Weyden from his contemporaries?

Question 63

Name the artist of this work and describe the meaning of at least three symbols found in it.