Module 5: 15 Century Northern European
woodcut
A print of an image that has been carved in wood
triptych
A three-paneled painting or altarpiece.
diptych
A two-paneled painting or altarpiece.
What is significance about the symbolism of the pelican?
A young/starving pelican would pick at his skin to feed its young. This represents God's sacrifice.
How do the figures of Adam and Eve differ from their Italian counterparts?
Adam and Eve are painted as realistic humans instead of perfect human bodies
Who returned the Ghent Altarpiece back to the Belgium government?
American armies
The Portinari Altarpiece had a noticeable impact on the stylistic development on which of the following cities?
Florence
What is the major theme of the interior?
God saving grace and power; His plan to forgive and redeem mankind
How does the image of God the Father differ from the Gothic period?
God was remade to show him as the God of Forgiveness vs a God was wrathful, terrifying
How is the interior different from the exterior?
God's complete vision and coming face to face with god vs. the coming of Christ
polyptch
an altarpiece composed of more than three sections
iconoclasm
attacks on Catholic art during the Reformation
how did alterpieces change in the 15th century?
change from linear perspective and less attention to the human body
intaglio
design engraved by making cuts in a surface, into which the incised figure is sunk
What happened to the left lower panel of the altarpiece?
in 1934 the left lower panel was stolen
What is significant about the clothes of God the Father?
it makes the heavenly and spiritual concrete, believable, and tangible
What is the name for an altarpiece that consists of many panels?
Polyptych
Where did the International Gothic style start?
The Papal court at Avignon
annuciation
The angel Gabriel visits Mary and tells her that she is about to conceive Christ
The glass rosary, or prayer beads, in Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Wedding Portrait is suggestive of which following?
The couple's piety
Jan van Eyck: The Ghent Altarpiece: Why is the Virgin's reply upside down?
The reply may have also been a reply not only to Gabriel but to God
Which of the following was a new compositional device used in Netherlandish portraits during the fifteenth century?
Trompe-l'oeil frame
The Dëesis, which comes from Byzantine art, is grouping of God the Father, the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist.
True
When did printmaking emerge in Europe?
End of the fourteenth century
In the Temptation of St. Anthony, Martin Schongauer depicts the original biblical meaning of divine love.
False
The dove is a symbol of the Virgin Mary's virginity in the Ghent Altarpiece?
False
The pedestal of Claus Sluter's Well of Moses contains figures from Dante's Divine Comedy.
False
What happened to the Ghent Altarpiece during World War II?
It was taken to a castle in the south of France. Germany then took it to castle in Bavaria. A the end of the war it was buried in a salt mine in Austria.
Jan van Eyck: The Ghent Altarpiece: What is the symbol of the Virgin's virginity?
Lilies in Gabriel's hand
What is the significance of the Lamb?
symbol of Christ and his sacrifice
What were some of the issues of the painting that led to its conservation and restoration?
the Adoration of the Lamb was overpainted and deteriorating. To preserve the piece, beeswax and resin was applied on the surface
