UNIT 2 Questions ARTH 26
____ contributed to the decentralization of religious practice.
Books of Hours
One of the most important trading cities of 15th-century Netherlands was ____.
Bruges
Which city derived its wealth from the wool trade and then expanded into banking?
Bruges
The Hundred Years War primarily involved which two kingdoms?
England and France
____ created the first known Western portrait where the sitter looks directly at the viewer.
Jan van Eyck
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
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.
Which of the following was Philip the Bold of Burgundy's grandest artistic enterprise?
Chartreuse de Champmol
Which of the following was a dynastic symbol of Burgundian power?
Chartreuse de Champmol
____ are portraits of individuals that accompany religious scenes and became very popular in the 15th century.
Donor portraits
In the 15th century, the dukes of Burgundy wielded power over which of the following counties?
Flanders
Which two entities divided the Burgundian territories after the death of Charles the Bold?
France and the Holy Roman Empire
In the calendar pages of Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, scenes of courtly life alternate with ____.
seasonal tasks
