Multiple Choice (567-591)
___ contributed to the decentralization of religious practice.
Books of Hours
_____ are portraits of individuals that accompany religious scenes and become very popular in the 15th century.
Donor Portraits
The Hundred Years War primarily involved which two kingdoms?
England and France
What does the fountain created by Claus Sluter for the cloister of Chartreuse de Champmol symbolize?
Everlasting life
In the 15th century, the dukes of Burgundy wielded power over which country
Flanders
Which artist served as the dean of the painters' guild of Ghent and worked for Tommaso Portinari?
Hugo van der Goes
The Nuremberg Chronicle is a tribute to the new craft of the printed illustrated book. What was the content of the Nuremberg Chronicle?
It was the history of the world
_____ created the first known Western portrait where the sitter looks directly at the viewer.
Jan van Eyck
In Martin Schongauer's engraving, he created distinctions of tonal values and textures. He distinguished between skin and cloth, feather and fur. What was the title of Martin Schongauer's engraving?
Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons
Inspiration for the form of Claus Sluter's Well of Moses may have come from ____.
mystery plays
A great achievement of the Les Tres Riches Heures was that it made manuscripts more closely resemble _____.
panel paintings
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 piece?
Altar of the Lamb from the Ghent Altarpiece
One of the most important trading cities of 15th-century Netherlands was ____.
Bruges
Which city derived its wealth from banking and the wool trade and then expanded into banking?
Bruges
Which of the following would support the argument that the Well of Moses created by Claus Sluter did not actually spout water?
Carthusian commitment to silence would preclude any sound-making device
What was Philip the Bold of Burgundy's grandest artistic enterprise?
Chartreuse de Champmol
What was one dynastic symbol of Burgundian power?
Chartreuse de Champmol
Which two entities divided the Burgundian territories after the death of Charles the Bold?
France and the Holy Roman Empire
In Riemenschneider's Assumption of the Virgin, the artist successfully incorporated which element?
Gothic Intricacy
Which of the following artists specialized in images of the Madonna and Child?
Hans Memling
The illusionism found in French manuscript was influenced by contact with ____.
Italy
Who was the noble patron who commissioned Les Très Riches Heures?
Jean, Duke of Berry
Which art form grew in popularity partially because of its ability to memorialize the sitter?
Portraiture
What element of Veit Stoss's style recalled the design principles of Late Gothic architecture?
Sharp forms that dart in a flamelike fashion
Enhancing its meaning, the Portinari Altarpiece contains small scenes, such as the ____, in the background.
arrival of the magi
The ____ were the most powerful northern European rulers during much of the 15th century.
dukes of Burgundy
In the calendar pages of Les Tres Heures du Dun de Berry, scenes of courtly life alternate with ____.
seasonal tasks
By including ____ Hugo van der Goes revived medieval pictorial devices.
small background scenes and a varied scale of figures
Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride contains many symbols. Which symbol is an allusion to fidelity?
the dog
