Art Review Section 3

Question 1

Why did esteem for medical professionals increase in the 19th century?

Accepted Answer

improvements in outcomes, antiseptic operating rooms, anesthesia

Question 2

Who was Brunelleschi?

Accepted Answer

Engineer who codified linear perspective, Italian Renaissance sculptor, Architect, Designed Ospedale degli Innocenti

Question 3

Who is Kadir Nelson?

Accepted Answer

contemporary African-American illustrator

Question 4

What was HOK and Jack Travis tasked with?

Accepted Answer

create new face for hospital - has connections to local community, create new face for hospital - African-American history, preserving murals in demolished buildings

Question 5

What are Henrietta Lacks tissue used for?

Accepted Answer

cancer, HIV, cloneing, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization research, to develop polio vaccine, replicated for scientific experiments (biology)

Question 6

What was Florence's Ospedale degli Innocenti commissioned for?

Accepted Answer

1st structure to in Europe to provide shelter/care to children in need

Question 7

What details are in the painting?

Accepted Answer

Light used as dramatic tool, light falling on Gross head + hands, Gross with scalpel, holding like a paintbrush

Question 8

The Federal Art Project employed who to create new hospital front?

Accepted Answer

Charles Alsten, 1st African American supervisor, 25+ African American artists

Question 9

What symbolism is in the portrait of Henrietta Lacks?

Accepted Answer

messages about long hidden medical science, messages to raise attention to ethical issues by unauthorized use of cells, 2 buttons missing from dress = stolen use of cells

Question 10

During the Middle Ages/Renaissance who cared for the sick? Where? How?

Accepted Answer

Catholic Church, sick wards attached to monasteries/covenants, prayer

Question 11

How did Rembrandt make engaging artwork?

Accepted Answer

narrative element, dramatic lighting, compelling figure arangements

Question 12

"Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross" = Dr. Gross as he operates in surgical amphitheater with patient with bone infection

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Why are modern hospitals shaped like crosses with the nurses ward in the center?

Accepted Answer

monastic wards = cross shaped with altar at the center; from prayer to meds

Question 14

What happened to the paintings in buildings set to be demolished?

Accepted Answer

became focal point for new façade, restored and moved

Question 15

How did Rembrandt's painting differ from other paintings?

Accepted Answer

dissection is not idealized, full length corpse in center of image

Question 16

Why was the painting rejected by the 1876 Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia?

Accepted Answer

Too graphic

Question 17

Who commissioned "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp?" and Why?

Accepted Answer

Guild of Surgeons, to distinguish themselves from self-trained healers, to give them clout, Guild of Surgeons, to distinguish themselves from barber-surgeon

Question 18

What was the art style of Ospedale degli Innocenti?

Accepted Answer

new Renaissance style architecture, revival of classical forms

Art Review Section 3

Questions 18

Art Review Section 3

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