Quiz 5

Many scholars associate this triptych (as well as some of the artist's other works) with the practice of:

Alchemy

Bruegel's series of works depicting the seasons of the year took years to complete and had no precedent in the history of Western art.

False

Breugel's painting, the Netherlandish Proverbs, depicts a myriad of human activities in which all of the subjects demonstrate moral behaviors.

False

Who painted the triptych called the Garden of Earthly Delights?

Hieronymus Bosch

Although he travelled to Italy, Peter Bruegel the Elder chose not to incorporate classical elements into his paintings.

True

In his day, Pieter Bruegel was known as a "second Bosch" among his contemporaries.

True

One way to "cure" Saint Anthony's Fire was to:

consume the "holy vintage"

In her article "Bosch's "St. Anthony's Triptych"-- An Apothecary's Apeothesis," Laurinda Dixon notes that Bosch's St. Anthony's Triptych has been connected to the medical condition Saint Anthony's Fire, also known as ignis sacer. The condition was probably:

ergotism

The "holy vintage" consisted of:

expensive and rare ingredients distilled with wine and poured over saint Anthony's bones

Dixon also notes one plant was believed to be helpful in the treatment of inis sacer. What was it?

mandrake root