Deck 8: The Early Renaissance in Europe

Question 1

Used for the reciting of prayers, _____ were prized possessions of the aristocracy.

A) Books of Hours​
B) ​carved fountains
C) ​carved retables
D) ​diptychs

Answer 1

Books of Hours​

Question 2

Along with the doors of Florence's baptistery, the decoration of _____ was a major artistic project in 15th-century Florence.

A) ​the Pazzi Chapel
B) ​Or San Michele
C) ​the Strozzi palace
D) ​Chartreuse de Champmol

Answer 2

​Or San Michele

Question 3

_____ was the first Flemish artist to receive international fame.

A) ​Tilman Riemenschneider
B) ​Jan van Eyck
C) ​Claus Sluter
D) ​Jean Fouquet

Answer 3

​Jan van Eyck

Question 4

_____ were popular objects commissioned for German churches.

A) Prints​
B) ​Carved wooden retables
C) ​Devotional diptychs
D) ​Glazed terracotta

Question 5

The new economic system, _____, emerged in its early phase in the 15th century.

A) feudalism​
B) ​mercantilism
C) ​capitalism
D) ​imperialism

Question 6

The subject of Rogier van der Weyden's image of Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin was especially appropriate for the _____, which probably commissioned it.

A) ​crossbowman's guild
B) ​painter's guild
C) ​order of the rosary
D) ​mayor of Ghent

Question 7

Tilman Riemenschneider created a sense of fluid motion in his Assumption of the Virgin through _____.

A) ​a pyramidal composition
B) ​stacking the figures
C) ​diagonal lines and gestures
D) ​the energetic line running through the garments

Question 8

Although Ghiberti won the competition for the doors of the Florence baptistery on his stylistic principles, his _____ may have also helped him win.

A) ​relationship to the Pope
B) ​father
C) ​connections to the Medici
D) ​more inexpensive technique

Question 9

The humanist interests in Italy contributed to the popularity of _____ subject matter.

A) ​religious
B) ​classical or mythological
C) ​abstract
D) ​astronomical

Question 10

What was the focus of Rogier van der Weyden's subjects?

A) To draw the viewer into the landscape background​
B) ​To resemble Byzantine art
C) ​To elicit powerful emotions
D) ​To revive ancient myths

Question 11

_____ is the intaglio process that involved dipping the plate with its exposed lines into an acid bath.

A) Etching​
B) ​Woodcut
C) ​Relief
D) ​Engraving

Question 12

What suggests that beyond its religious meaning Jean Fouquet's Melun Diptych had a personal dimension?

A) ​Angels surround the Virgin.
B) ​Saints are present.
C) ​The Virgin is a portrait of the king's mistress.
D) ​Two different styles are shown.

Question 13

The leading patron of 15th-century Florence was the _____.

A) ​painter's guild
B) ​university
C) ​Medici family
D) ​Pope

Question 14

_____ were an especially popular art form in Flanders in the early 15th century.

A) Oil paintings​
B) ​Stained-glass windows
C) ​Mosaics
D) ​Intarsia cabinets

Question 15

By including the donors, Ghent Altarpiece and Mérode Altarpiece marked a significant revival of _____.

A) ​Christian saints
B) ​gold leaf in art
C) ​portraiture
D) ​Roman art

Question 16

Philip the Bold's most extensive artistic commission was the _____.

A) ​Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
B) ​Ghent Altarpiece
C) ​Retable de Champmol
D) ​Chartreuse de Champmol

Question 17

_____ expanded the illusionistic capabilities of manuscript illumination.

A) ​Martin Schongauer
B) ​Tilman Riemenschneider
C) ​Lucca della Robbia
D) ​Limbourg Brothers

Question 18

Donatello carved his Saint Mark on Or San Michele for the _____.

A) Duke of Burgundy​
B) ​Medici
C) ​guild of linen makers and tailors
D) ​painter's guild

Question 19

Aspects of the narrative and creation of depth of Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise were based on ideas from _____.

A) ​Leon Battista Alberti's On Painting
B) ​Giotto di Bondone
C) ​northern art
D) ​Byzantine art

Question 20

Which region used canvases to a greater extent because of the high humidity?

A) ​Venice
B) ​Flanders
C) ​Rome
D) ​Burgundy

Question 21

_____, who invented the science of perspective, may have collaborated with Masaccio on his Holy Trinity.

A) Rogier van der Weyden​
B) ​Girolamo Savonarola
C) ​Martin Shongauer
D) ​Brunelleschi

Question 22

_____ was a Dominican preacher who denounced the Medici and the materialistic culture in Florence.

A) ​Tommaso Portinari
B) ​Erasmo da Narni
C) ​Jodocus Vijd
D) ​Girolamo Savonarola

Question 23

Perugino and Botticelli contributed to Pope Sixtus IV's fresco program in the _____.

A) ​Sistine Chapel
B) ​Or San Michele
C) ​Herrgottskirche
D) ​Camera Picta

Question 24

The _____ is the first building to embody the Renaissance style.

A) ​Sant'Andrea
B) ​Ospedale degli Innocenti
C) ​San Lorenzo
D) ​Louvre

Question 25

The figures in Fra Filippo Lippi's Madonna and Child reflect the use of _____.

A) ​Byzantine sources
B) ​live models
C) ​classical figures
D) ​northern art

Question 26

The portrait of the famed condottiere _____ was the first to rival imperial mounted portraits.

A) ​Federico da Montefeltro
B) ​Gattamelata
C) ​Leon Battista Alberti
D) ​Ludovico Sforza

Question 27

Donatello's _____ was the first nude statue since ancient times.

A) ​David
B) ​Well of Moses
C) ​Gattamelata
D) ​Abraham

Question 28

Alberti modeled the facade of the Palazzo Rucellai on _____.

A) ​the Pantheon
B) ​San Vitale
C) ​the Colosseum
D) ​Trajan's markets

Question 29

In the _____, Andrea Mantegna completed the first consistently illusionistic decoration of an entire room.

A) ​baptistery of Florence
B) ​Or San Michele
C) ​Pazzi Chapel
D) ​Camera Picta

Question 30

The imagery of _____ suggests that it was made for the occasion of Lorenzo de Medici's wedding.

A) ​Ghiberti's Isaac and His Sons
B) ​Lippi's Madonna and Child
C) ​Pollaiuolo's Battle of Ten Nudes
D) ​Botticelli's Primavera

Question 31

_____ is the architect credited with breaking from the Christian building tradition that had been established for a thousand years in his design for Sant'Andrea.

A) ​Robert Campin
B) ​Filippo Brunelleschi
C) ​Leon Battista Alberti
D) ​Lorenzo Ghiberti

Question 32

The Medici and their humanist scholars had a passionate interest in _____.

A) ​landscape
B) ​trade
C) ​the Greco-Roman world
D) ​Christian traditions

Question 33

What benefits did the Chartreuse de Champmol provide for its patron, Philip the Bold?

Question 34

The artist _____ focused on showing human figures in violent action.

A) ​Antonio del Pollaiuolo
B) ​Fra Angelico
C) ​Claus Sluter
D) ​Sandro Botticelli

Question 35

Fra Angelico's Annunciation was made for the _____ of San Marco in Florence.

A) ​Dominican monastery
B) ​Palazzo della Signoria
C) ​baptistery
D) ​Piazza del Santo

Question 36

_____ made Urbino an important artistic center.

A) ​King Ladislaus
B) ​Federico da Montefeltro
C) ​Paolo Strozzi
D) ​Lorenzo de' Medici

Question 37

What is the overall theme of the Ghent Altarpiece, and which motifs contribute to the theme?

Question 38

_____ introduced the classical principle of weight shift into Renaissance statuary.

A) Gentile da Fabriano​
B) ​Jan van Eyck
C) ​Antonio del Pollaiuolo
D) ​Donatello

Question 39

_____ was the leading master of the International Gothic style in Quattrocento Italy.

A) ​Donatello
B) ​Andrea Mantegna
C) ​Gentile da Fabriano
D) ​Filippo Brunelleschi

Question 40

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

A) ​Redemption
B) ​Judgment
C) ​Sanitation
D) ​Hope

Question 41

How is linear perspective created in an artwork?

Question 42

Which elements contain symbolic meaning?

Question 43

What significance did this subject hold for the Medici family?

Question 44

Which earlier artist's figure style is recalled here? How did he create the bulky appearance of his figures?

Question 45

How does Botticelli's style depart from his contemporaries, and why is it likened to poetry?

Question 46

How does this image reflect the influence of humanism?

Question 47

How does the Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry by the Limbourg Brothers demonstrate the growing interest in naturalism in northern European art?

Question 48

How do the Limbourg Brothers celebrate Jean of Berry and his possessions?

Question 49

How do these figures differ from the French Gothic style?

Question 50

How does this pay tribute to the painting profession?

Question 51

How were portraits commonly featured in 15th-century artworks, and what was their function within them?

Question 52

Which features made printmaking an attractive medium for artists?

Question 53

Which elements of this painting were especially influential on Italian artists?

Question 54

How did Ghiberti create the illusion of depth?

Question 55

How does Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife underscore the painter's self-consciousness?

Question 56

What effect did Girolamo Savonarola's teaching have on Florence and its artistic production?

Question 57

Describe the structural relationship between the facade and interior of Alberti's Sant'Andrea in Mantua.

Question 58

Describe how humanist interests and art intersected in quattrocento Italy.

Question 59

Which factors contributed to the advent of printmaking?

Question 60

What was the traditional interpretation of this painting, and how has it changed?

Question 61

Select five artists and identify the hallmarks of their artistic style.

Question 62

Contrast the styles of 15th-century Burgundian, Flemish, and Italian painting. How are they similar? How are they different? Use examples to support your .

Question 63

One of the facets of humanism was the renewed interest in classical culture and art. Using specific examples, explain how artists demonstrated a dependency on classical art or subject matter.

Question 64

What Neo-platonic belief does this support?

Question 65

Rogier van der Weyden's Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin touches on many aspects of 15th-century northern art. Identify the issues that it addresses and how it addresses them.

Question 66

Describe the importance of Brunelleschi and Alberti as architects. To what extent were they influenced by classical architecture? How were they innovative?

Question 67

Flemish art developed distinctive stylistic qualities and methods for presenting its subjects. Using examples, identify the hallmark characteristics of northern European art in the 15th century.

Question 68

In 15th-century Italy, artists introduced new ways of creating the illusion of depth. Citing examples, explain which techniques they employed. Please consider both painting and sculpture.

Question 69

What were the two dominant painting techniques used in the 15th century? Compare and contrast the method of application and the visual effects produced by each. Which one became the preferred medium?

Question 70

Describe the different printmaking techniques and the visual effects that each created. Which artists excelled at printmaking?

Question 71

Attribute the images on the screen to a culture and give an approximate date. Give the reasons for your attributions, using complete sentences and referring to specific works discussed in class.
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Question 72

Evaluate Donatello's contribution to the sculpture of the 15th century. Use examples to support your .