Art History Unit 1

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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


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