Question 1

How did the accomplishments of Robert Campin,Jan van Eyck,and Rogier van der Weyden set the stage for the generation of Flemish painters who followed them? Discuss specific painters,their style,and the works they produced.

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Question 2

In the fifteenth century,Germanic artists worked in two very different styles.Identify these two styles and discuss one of these in relation to Konrad Witz.

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Question 3

Consider the development of portraiture in fifteenth-century Flemish painting.How did it develop? What were the circumstances? Cite specific works of art; address style,technique,and patronage.

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Question 4

Consider changes in the practice of manuscript illumination from the late fourteenth century into the fifteenth century.Include artists,their work,their style,the medium employed,and the role of patronage in your discussion.

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Question 5

Describe the types of patronage available in fifteenth-century Flanders.Was the Church the only option?

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Question 6

What is meant by the term "disguised symbolism"? Provide examples of artists and their work to support your answer.

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Question 7

Define the Flamboyant style.Cite specific examples.

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Question 8

Did other artists,outside of Flanders,have exposure to the style and technique of Flemish painters? If so,how did this exposure occur? Who were these non-Flemish painters? How did they assimilate fifteenth-century Flemish style and technique?
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Question 9

Discuss the patronage,style,possible influences,and disguised symbolism of the Portinari Altarpiece .

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Question 10

Discuss the Flemish school of painting in the fifteenth century.Address its origins,technique,major artists,individual styles,commissions,and subject matter.

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Question 11

Discuss the evolution of the graphic arts in the fifteenth century to an art form comparable to manuscript illumination or painting.Define the techniques used,and cite specific artists and their works to support your discussion.

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Quiz 2: Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe