Chapter 22: Sixteenth-Century Art in Northern Europe and the Iberian Peninsula
The Protestant Reformation results in
acts of violent iconoclasm.
Which feature helps us to identify the "Romanizing" style of Jan Gossaert?
architectural elements
Which answer best describes The Escorial?
austere
How did French artists working for Francis I learn about Classical art?
copies of ancient sculpture
What does your text describe as the characteristically northern quality of Lucas Cranach's and Albrecht Dürer's art?
detailed description
Which answer BEST describes the image cultivated by Elizabeth I in her portraits?
distant
What evidence supports attributing El Greco's paintings to the Mannerist style?
elongated figures and ambiguous space
Which feature most distinguishes the Portuguese Manueline style, as represented by the West Window of the Church in the Convent of Christ, from more classicizing Renaissance styles elsewhere in Europe?
ornament
Most German sixteenth-century sculpture is
polychrome or varnished wood.
Albrecht Altdorfer is best known for creating the new type of landscapes known as
pure landscapes.
Paintings of secular themes increase in Protestant territories during the Reformation because
religious commissions declined.
What type of paintings became popular in sixteenth-century Flemish homes?
series
Hieronymous Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights represents the theme of
sin.
Antwerp's bustling art market leads to a rise in artists who
specialize in a single theme.
In what way does Holbein's The French Ambassadors preserve a tradition of northern European painting?
surface description
Which feature of Chateau of Chenonceau reflects Classical principles?
symmetrical plan
Where does the exterior view of The Escorial reveal its classicizing style?
temple-front facade
Which work by Albrecht Dürer most clearly reflects the artist's interest in Classical art?
Adam and Eve
How does the Lourve reflect Italian Renaissance architecture?
Classical architectural elements
What is the significance of Fountainebleau for French art?
It introduced Italian-style Mannerism.
El Greco's painting style may reflect the influence of
Spanish mystics.
Pieter Bruegel the Elder is best known for his paintings of
everyday life.
Some Catholic artists working in Protestant territories during the Reformation are
forced to move.
Hardwick Hall incorporates aspects of Classicism through its
geometric order and symmetrical arrangement.
Francis I's effort to modernize Gothic traditions in France is best demonstrated by
hiring Italian artists for his court.
Holbein's The French Ambassadors embodies the English court's
internationalism.
Grünewald's painting is best described as
visionary and moving.