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