chapter 20 quiz

The Hundred Years War primarily involved which two kingdoms?

England and France

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

Hans Memling

____ contributed to the decentralization of religious practice.

Books of Hours

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

Donor portraits

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 of the following counties?

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.

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

The dog

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

dukes of Burgundy

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

Enhancing its meaning, the Portinari Altarpiece contains small scenes, such as ____, in the background.

the arrival of the magi