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