Humanities Class Renaissance Period Review Part 3

Question 1

The little dog in this painting symbolizes:

Accepted Answer

fidelity

Question 2

What is the affect used in art to create a strong contrast between light and dark?

Accepted Answer

Chiaroscuro

Question 3

Identify the artist:

Accepted Answer

Pieter Brueghel

Question 4

What major event occurred during the 16th century that influenced Northern Renaissance art?

Accepted Answer

The Protestant Reformation

Question 5

In Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights which panel depicts the story of the Garden of Eden?

Accepted Answer

The first panel on the left

Question 6

In the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse, what do the FOUR horseman represent?

Accepted Answer

conquest, war, famine and death

Question 7

The story of this painting is being told through . . .

Accepted Answer

Symbolism

Question 8

What was Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel best known for in his work?

Accepted Answer

Scenes of everyday peasant life

Question 9

What is the subject matter of Pieter Bruegel’s painting Hunters in the Snow?

Accepted Answer

landscape

Question 10

Northern Renaissance artists were able to achieve such incredible detail in their painting by using:

Accepted Answer

oil paint

Question 11

"Giovanni Arnolfini Wedding Portrait" was painted by:

Accepted Answer

Jan van Eyck

Question 12

What theme did many of Durer's paintings and engravings show?

Accepted Answer

nature and religious images

Question 13

What is a triptych?

Accepted Answer

a picture or relief carving on three panels, typically hinged together side

Question 14

Why were portraits so much more popular in the north than in the rest of Europe?

Accepted Answer

strong, wealthy middle class

Question 15

What type of media did Durer use to create the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse?

Accepted Answer

woodblock print on paper

Question 16

True or false: The Northern Renaissance happened before the Renaissance in Italy.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

What can you see in the mirror in the background of this painting?

Accepted Answer

Arnolfini, his wife and two other witnesses at the wedding

Question 18

What media allowed the Northern Renaissance artists to create very detailed and textured paintings?

Accepted Answer

oil paint

Question 19

Giovanni is near the window because he is to go into the world to work?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Identify the artist:

Accepted Answer

Hieronymus Bosch

Question 21

Identify the artist:

Accepted Answer

Hans Holbein

Question 22

All of these were true about the Northern Renaissance art EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

rebirth is the central theme in many paintings

Question 23

What new invention aided the spread of the Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

The printing press

Question 24

Geographically speaking, where was the area of Flanders during the Northern Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

France, Belgium and the Netherlands

Question 25

The skull image in the floor is shown in what kind of perspective?

Accepted Answer

anamorphic

Question 26

Identify the artist:

Accepted Answer

Jan Van Eyck

Question 27

We can tell by looking at the tile floor where this portrait was made. Where was it?

Accepted Answer

Westminster Cathedral, London, England

Humanities Class Renaissance Period Review Part 3

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Humanities Class Renaissance Period Review Part 3

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