Art History Flash Cards

Venetian painters were more interested in the capabilities of line than color.

False

Which artist embraced ideals of humanism in their painting?

Giotto

In Giotto's Madonna Enthroned, what is different about Giotto's angels in comparison to Cimabue angels in his own Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Prophets?

Giotto's angels stand on common ground, around the throne

How is Bernini's David different from the David sculptures that came before it?

He depicts him in the middle of the act during his fight against Goliath

How does Michelangelo deviate from other representations of David?

He renders him in the moment before battle

Because of El Greco's elongated figures and undefined space, his works are often compare to which artistic style?

Mannerism

Leonardo's use of light and dark in the Madonna of the Rocks built on the work of the artist ____.

Masaccio

_______ traveled to Italy yet chose not to incorporate classical elements into his work.

Pieter Bruegal

The aim of much Italian Baroque art was to restore the predominance of ____.

Roman Catholicism

Nanni di Banco's Four Crowned Saints was made for a niche sponsored by the...

Stone Mason's Guild

How does El Greco combine the celestial and terrestrial worlds in the Burial of Count Orgaz?

The upwards gaze of the figures in the terrestrial world and the downward gaze of the figures in the celestial world

Who was the Venetian painter who created dynamic compositions, often by means of swirling clouds and fitful light?

Tintoretto

Diego Velazquez sought to elevate himself and his profession by including himself in Las Meninas.

True

Donatello looked back to ancient Greek and Roman sculpture when he developed the sculpture of David.

True

Peaceful Country by Ambrogio Lorenzetti is one of the first examples of a pure landscape in Western art since antiquity.

True

Religion was an integral part of Flemish life and it was almost impossible to separate the secular from the sacred.

True

Saints Anthony and Sebastian appear in Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece because of their association with ____.

disease and miraculous cures

___ are portraits of individuals that accompany religious scenes and became very popular in the 15th century.

donor portraits

How did El Greco depart from Renaissance painting style in View of Toledo?

he did not render the buildings in detail

What marks Leonardo's Last Supper as an example of High Renaissance?

his perfected use of linear perspective

The Isenheim Altarpiece has themes of

hope and salvation

Nanni di Banco achieved a unified spatial composition by placing the figures ____ and in relation to one another.

in a semi circle

Caravaggio's Calling of Saint Matthew is representative of his mature work in which he injects ____ into the depictions of sacred subjects.

naturalism

Robert Campin's The Merode Altarpiece, now known as The Annunciation of the Virgin, was a ________________

private commission

Elements of Giotto's new style that appear in the Madonna Enthroned include ____

statuesque figures that cast shadows

Jan van Eyck's Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife contains many symbols. Which of the following is an allusion to fidelity?

the dog

Petrus Christus made A Goldsmith in His Shop, for who?

the goldsmith's guild

How did Masaccio create a sense of bulk for his figures in the Tribute Money?

through modeling with a specific light source outside of the picture

Why does Cimabue use gold embellishments common to byzantine art?

to enhance the three-dimensionality of the Virgin's robe

How does Donatello depict David?

young, adolescent