CHAPTER 23 ART HISTORY QUIZ 5
Which German artist is known for his exploration of nontraditional subjects, such as witchcraft, in his works?
Hans Baldung Grien
Who was the first artist outside Italy to become an international art celebrity?
a. Albrecht Dürer
Bruegel's Hunters in the Snow is part of a series of paintings of seasonal changes that grew out of what tradition?
books of hours
The Plateresque architectural style in Spain, which is characterized by delicately executed ornamentation resembling metalwork, is named after a Spanish word (platero), meaning what?
silversmith
Works such as Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights and El Greco's View of Toledo point toward which later artistic style?
surrealism
How many vignettes illustrating proverbs does Pieter Bruegel the Elder include in his painting of the subject?
100
The dissolution in 1477 of what entity led to a realignment in the European geopolitical landscape?
Burgundian Netherlands
Matthias Grünewald adapted the themes of the paintings on the Isenheim Altarpiece to its intended setting, which was what?
Chapel of monastic hospital
What innovative technique did Hans Baldung Grien use to produce his print Witches' Sabbath?
Chiaroscuro woodcut
Which Mannerist artist made Toledo, Spain, his home after studying Venetian color and Byzantine mosaics in Italy?
El Greco
In which of his works does Dürer demonstrate his support for the theology of Martin Luther?
Four Apostles
El Greco's painting View of Toledo breaks with tradition in which aspect of the work?
Its abstraction and narrow color palette
Which physical element on the exterior of the Isenheim Altarpiece has been incorporated into the iconography of disease and sickness?
Line between door panels
Which individual sparked the Reformation in 1517 through the posting of the Ninety-five Theses at Wittenberg?
MARTIN LUTHER
Which architect oversaw the 16th-century renovations to the Louvre palace and produced the Cour Carrée?
Pierre Lescot
What is the purpose of the maulstick evident in the painter Caterina van Hemessen's self-portrait?
Support to steady painting hand
Which statement best describes the theme of Lucas Cranach the Elder's woodcut entitled Law and Gospel?
The contrast between Catholicism and Protestantism
In Pieter Aertsen's painting Butcher's Stall, the artist embeds religious images within what standard scene type?
genre
Which of the following building types served as a model for the Château de Chambord?
italian palazzo
As evidenced by his painting Battle of Issus, Albrecht Altdorfer revived what painting genre in the face of Protestant iconoclastic tendencies?
landscape
