AH II Chapter 15

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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?

Altar of the Lamb from the Ghent Altarpiece

____ contributed to the decentralization of religious practice.

Books of Hours

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

Bruge

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

Burges

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

Chartreuse de Champmol

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

Dirk Bouts

The ____ were the most powerful northern European rulers during much of the 15th century.

Duke of Burges

The Hundred Years War primarily involved which two kingdoms?

England and France

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

Flanders

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

Gothic intricacy

Which of the following artists specialized in images of the Madonna and Child?

Hans Memling

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

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

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?

Saint Anthony Tormented Demons

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 ____, in the background.

The arrival of the magi

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

The mirror

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

everlasting Life

Inspiration for the form of Claus Sluter's Well of Moses may have come from ____.

mystery plays

A great achievement of the Les Très Riches Heures was that it made manuscripts more closely resemble ____.

panel paintings

Which art form grew in popularity partially because of its ability to memorialize the sitter?

portraiture

In the calendar pages of Les Très Riches Heures du Duc 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

Which of the following was Philip the Bold of Burgundy's grandest artistic enterprise?

Chartreuse de Champmol

Which artist served as the dean of the painters' guild of Ghent and worked for Tommaso Portinari?

Hugo van der Goes

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.

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

Donor portraits

Which two entities divided the Burgundian territories after the death of Charles the Bold?

France and the Holy Roman Empire


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