Deck 20: Late Medieval and Early Renaissance Northern Europe

Question 1

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

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following was Philip the Bold of Burgundy's most significant commission?

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

Answer 2

A

Question 3

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 St. Catherine
D) The Adoration of the Shepherds

Answer 3

A

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

In the calendar pages of Les Tres 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 6

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 7

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

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

Question 8

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 9

Which of the following is a manifestation of the commitment to private prayer?

A) a Book of Hours
B) a small Altarpiece
C) the construction of small chapels in the city cathedral
D) an illuminated Psalter

Question 10

The Hundred Years War involved primarily which two kingdoms?

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

Question 11

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 12

Veit Stoss excelled in creating ____?

A) large carved wooden altarpieces.
B) elegant Book of Hours.
C) A detailed reliquary.
D) altarpieces devoted to the Last Judgment.

Question 13

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 14

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 15

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 16

The Dukes of Burgundy commissioned art to reinforce their status as rulers in their dynasty. Which of the following best supports this?

A) The Dukes wanted to reinforce the view of power and sophistication
B) The Dukes wanted to employ artists
C) The Dukes wanted to provide art for trade
D) The Dukes wanted to collect for the sake of collecting alone

Question 17

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 18

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

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

Question 19

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

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

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

Which of the following episode from Christ's life was NOT included in Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece?

A) Adam and Eve
B) God the Father
C) Deposition
D) Adoration of the Lamb

Question 22

During the Great Schism, Philip the Bold of Burgundy supported ____.

A) the pope in Rome
B) the king of England
C) the king of France
D) the pope in Avignon

Question 23

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

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

Question 24

What is a letterpress?

Question 25

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

Question 26

Briefly describe the financial climate of Antwerp.

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

Question 29

What developments occurred in the fifteenth century which had a dramatic impact on artistic production?

Question 30

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

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

Question 31

Which of the following artists created one of the earliest portraits where the sitter engages the viewer?

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

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

Question 34

Sluter's sculptural works can be characterized as ____.

A) elegant, using sweeping curvilinear lines
B) having little physical movement or weight shift
C) typical of the "soft" style
D) influenced by the style of Donatello

Question 35

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 36

What is the Carthusian order?

Question 37

Hugo van der Goes's Portinari Altarpiece is characterized by which of the following?

A) its joyful angels and muted colors
B) an exclusive concern with formal problems
C) a flat, gold background
D) its rich colors and a somber mood

Question 38

What does the Ghent Altarpiece celebrate?

Question 39

Who was Etienne Chevalier?

Question 40

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 41

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

Question 42

Compare two works from the fifteenth 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 43

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

Question 44

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 45

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

Question 46

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 47

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 48

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

Question 49

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

Question 50

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 51

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 52

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

Question 53

Who painted this work, and what is its significance?

Question 54

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

Question 55

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

Question 56

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

Question 57

What are the two main themes seen here that are found in most of Memling's work throughout his career?

Question 58

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

Question 59

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

Question 60

How did Memling contribute to portraiture?

Question 61

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

Question 62

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

Question 63

How does this portrait reveal the innovative style of Rogier van der Weyden?