Art History Unit 1
Which of the following architects wrote influential treatises on painting and architecture?
Alberti
The following phrase from Revelations, "pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb," is depicted in which of the following?
Altar of the Lamb from the Ghent Altarpiece
Which city derived its wealth from the wool trade and then expanded into banking?
Bruges
Who created the first freestanding nude since antiquity?
Donatello
The Hundred Years War primarily involved which two kingdoms?
England and France
Which of the following artists actively collected Classical sculpture?
Ghiberti
In Jan Van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride, why, most likely, is Arnolfini holding up his right hand?
He is making a vow.
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.
Author of the Commentaries, ____ is considered the first Renaissance art historian.
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Which art form grew in popularity partially because of its ability to memorialize the sitter?
Portraiture
Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife contains many symbols. Which of the following is an allusion to fidelity?
The dog
In 1401, Ghiberti's entry won the competition for the design of the baptistery doors for the Florence Cathedral partially based stylistically on its ____.
a new spatial illusionism
Although tied to International Gothic style conventions, among the naturalistic details found in the Adoration of the Magi are ____.
animals seen from a variety of angles and convincing foreshortening
Inspiration for the form of Claus Sluter's Well of Moses may have come from ____.
mystery plays
A great achievement of the Les Très Riches Heures was that it made manuscripts more closely resemble ____.
panel paintings
During the Renaissance in Quattrocento Italy, we see a rise in all except _____.
religious artworks
Which of the following was a dynastic symbol of Burgundian power?
Chartreuse de Champmol
____ took a fundamental step forward in his representation of Saint Mark by the contrapposto pose.
Donatello
____ created the first known Western portrait where the sitter looks directly at the viewer.
Jan van Eyck
____ was the Dominican monk who denounced the secular humanism of the Medici and others.
Savonarola
Which of the following artists was most interested in depicting the human body in violent action?
Signorelli
Which of the following describes the style of Fra Angelico?
Simple and direct