Art History: Renaissance

Italian art and ideas migrate North from Italy, largely because of the travels of what great German artist?

Albert Durer

Which architect wrote influential treatises on painting and architecture?

Alberti

What piece is attributed to the revival of the theme of the female nude, largely absent from medieval art, and was consistent with the Neo-Platonic view that beholding physical beauty prompts the contemplation of spiritual beauty.

Birth of Venus

These books contributed to the decentralization of religious practice.

Book of Hours

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

Bruges

The Reformation, initiated by Martin Luther in 1517, was originally an attempt to reform the _______ .

Catholic Church

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

Donor Portraits

In Leonardo's Last Supper, the numerous preparatory sketches and studies he made for the work indicate how carefully he thought about this work as a complete entity representing the entire story and its theme. Based on this would you describe Leonardo's conceptualization of the figures from his Last Supper?

Each figure was individualized.

The Hundred Years War primarily involved which two kingdoms?

England and France

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

Flanders

In Campin's Merode's Altarpiece, the scene of the Annunciation takes place in a ________.

Flemish Home

Which artist actively collected Classical sculpture?

Ghiberti

The Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco 1676- 1679 C.E., of Il Gesù was painted by ___________.

Giacomo della Porta

In the ____, a band of Calvinists destroyed art works in Catholic churches in the Netherlands.

Great Iconoclasm

____ was the most influential church building in the later cinquecento.

Il Gesu

Constructed and painted between 1512 and 1516, __________ is essentially a box of statues covered by folding wings, created to serve as the central object of devotion in an hospital built by the Brothers of St. Anthony.

Isenheim Altarpiece

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

Italy

Reflecting the influence of ____, Raphael included his portrait in the reflection in his painting of Pope Leo X.

Jan van Eyck

____ created the first known Western portrait where the sitter looks directly at the viewer. 8.

Jan van Eyck

The German artist who was dubbed with the title "painter of the Reformation" is ____.

Lucas Cranach the Elder

Which artist's assertion of his authority anticipated modern concepts of the artist?

Michelangelo

The traditional interpretation of the meaning of Michelangelo's tombs for the Medici as the soul's ascent was influenced by ____.

Neo-Platonic universe

In Raphael's Stanza della Segnatura, he reconciled the philosophies and teachings of Plato and Aristotle. Which have also been reconciled?

Paganism and Christianity

Which piece represents all the greatest mathematicians, philosophers and scientists from classical antiquity gathered together sharing their ideas and learning from each other?

Philosophy (School of Athens)

25. In Leonardo's Last Supper, how did the artist break with traditional iconography?

Placing Judas on the same side as Jesus and the other disciples.

Dürer sacrifices naturalism to showcase his mastery of ________ ideals.

Virtruvian

In Leonardo's Last Supper, the curved pediment above the head of Christ represents which of the following?

a halo

The Pazzi Chapel shows careful attention to geometry in its plan and construction, which echoes the great buildings of ______.

ancient rome

The Pazzi Chapel was part of the Church of Santa Croce and it was used as ______ .

ancient rome

The chief architect of the Venetian Republic from 1570 until his death was ____.

andrea palladio

The Sistine ceiling represents which themes?

chronology of christianity

The poses of the two human figures, In Albrecht Dürer's, Fall of Man, are contrived to show off this German artist's knowledge of ____________ proportions.

classical

The Palazzo Rucellai is similar to which Ancient Roman structure?

colosseum

Which areas the territory known as the Netherlands in the 16th century?

division of France and Holy Roman Empire (modern-day Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg)

The Law and Gospel describes events throughout the Bible which reveal

dual aspect of God's relationship to people

Donatello's David was NOT typical of its time because is shows a sense of

eroticism

Michelangelo deviated from earlier representations of David in his rendition by portraying ____.

him before the encounter with Goliath

Alberti designed the Palazzo Rucellai so that it would follow Renaissance values of architecture. It was the first private residence that employed ___________ in its design.

humanism

Lippi's Madonna and Child with two Angels is different from previous representations of the same subject because it reveals a more ___________ approach by the artist. This is especially seen in the _________ of the figures.

humanistic; playfulness

Campin's work, as a craftsman and painter, is reflected in the _______ of Joseph's workshop.

in the tools and activities

Mannerist paintings such as Jacopo da Pontormo's, Entombment of Christ, in the Capponi chapel, Santa Felicita , Florence, Italy, 1525-1528, represents a departure from the compositions of the earlier Renaissance. Instead of concentrating masses in the center of the painting, Pontormo ________.

left a void

This creates the illusion of distance by the greater diminution of color intensity, the shift in color toward an almost neutral blue, and the blurring of contours as the intended distance between eye and object increases

linear perspective

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

little dog

In 1401, Ghiberti's entry won the competition for the design of the baptistery doors for the Florence Cathedral partially based stylistically on its ____.

new pictorial illusionism

By ____ Donatello revolutionized relief sculpture in his image of Saint George and the Dragon.

not gliding the surface

Campin used _______ and its related techniques, which allowed him to achieve effects that were not possible with tempera.

oil paint

In Filippo Lippi's Madonna and Child with two Angels, Lippi was interested in the decorative elements of the painting and tried to create a sense of beauty in the figure of Mary The painting has an earthy tone that reflects the ideas of _________________ .

renaissance humanism

The major center for artistic development in the High Renaissance was ____.

rome

In Albrecht Dürer's, Fall of Man (Adam and Eve), 1504, the picture tells us primarily about the Renaissance, about Germany, and about Dürer himself rather than the _________.

text of Genesis

In the Creation of Adam, Michelangelo fashioned the conception of God after ____.

the Bible

________ is the single most influential image of the Lutheran Reformation

the law and the gospel

The small size of Workshop of Campin, Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece) suggests that

the painting was made for a private home instead of a public church altar

Saints Anthony and Sebastian appear in Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece because of their association with ____.

the plague and other diseases and with miraculous cures

The cleaning of Michelangelo's Sistine ceiling initially shocked art historians because it revealed ____.

vivid colors