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Questions about major European art/architecture from 1200-1500
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1
Which group of people liked to reference (or take ideas from) Greek art?
The Goths
The Italians
The Flemish
The 'Mericans
2
What is a patron?
Someone who owes money to the church
Someone who will become a Saint after they die
Someone who paid for art/architecture to be made
Someone who visits a particular business
3
What is chiaroscuro?
Painting on wet plaster
Standing with weight on one leg to make an s-curve in spine
Carving into a copper plate
Use of dramatic contrasts of light and dark shading
4
Why was this building so impressive?
It was really big
It was the first of a new style: double shell
It was built using new technology
5
The Palazzo Rucellai was created during which time period?
Early Northern Renaissance
Late Gothic
Romanesque
Early Italian Renaissance
6
Where was this building constructed?
Berlin, Germany
Florence, Italy
The Vatican (Rome)
Paris, France
7
In the
Merode Altarpiece
the bench, tea kettle, flower, and vase are all examples of what?
Illumination
Symbolism
Patrons
Chiaroscuro
8
What's so impressive about this painting?
All the symbols
All the directional lighting
All the linear perspective
All the emotion
9
What did Giotto do in relation to the Arena Chapel
He did absolutely nothing
He was the artist
He was the architect
He was the patron
10
In the
Rottgen Pieta,
why were Jesus and Mary so disproportionate
It was accidentally dropped
It was the best the artist could do
It was a reference to Byzantine art
It was symbolic of Mary's loss
11
Which artist created the first freestanding nude since ancient Greece?
Van Eyck
Donatello
Da Vinci
Masaccio
12
What's so important/different about
The Birth of Venus
?
There's a naked lady who's not Eve
It is the only surviving painting made by that artist
The artwork isn't about Christianity
The painting is about beauty instead of naturalism
13
Late Gothic figures were much more ______________ than Byzantine figures.
religious
rare
formal
emotive
14
Who wrote the book,
On Painting?
Leon Battista Alberti
Giotto di Bondone
Jan Van Eyck
Rogier Van Der Weyden
15
Which piece of artwork is an example of an engraving?
The Gates of Paradise
David
The Merode Altarpiece
The Battle of the Nudes
16
Which piece of art is an example of
contrapposto
?
The Birth of Venus
David
The Deposition from Notre Dame
Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride
17
The Merode Altarpiece was unusually ______________ for a triptych
Religious
Detailed
Inaccurate
Small
18
In biblical paintings, what does the
Annunciation
depict?
The Angel Gabriel telling Mary that she's going to be a mom
People taking Jesus off the cross
People mourning the body of Jesus (off the cross)
The Angel Gabriel trying to speak clearly
19
Who is considered
The Father of the Renaissance
?
Alberti
Brunelleschi
Giotto
Masaccio
20
Which artwork was commissioned by the Medici family
The Arena Chapel
David
The Birth of Venus
The Merode Altarpiece
21
This painting is "Super rare" because....
It's secular (no religious affiliations)
It's suuuuper creepy
The person in the picture is looking directly at the viewer
It was not signed by the artist
22
In
Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride
What can be seen in the mirror's reflection?
The artist's signature
Symbols relating to traditional gender roles
Two other people in the room (including the artist)
The Angel Gabriel
23
Oil Paintings are characteristic of which time period?
Romanesque
Early Northern Renaissance
Early Italian Renaissance
Late Gothic
24
The central panel of the Merode altarpiece depicts what?
The Lamentation
The Annunciation
The Resurrection
The Deposition
25
Where was the
Rottgen Pieta
made?
Italy
Spain
France
Germany
26
What images did the Arena Chapel depict?
The cycle of Christian Redemption
The levels of heaven and hell
The significant members of the church
The stories of the Old Testament
27
How did the Arena Chapel get its name?
Named after the patrons
Named after St. Arena
Named after the Roman amphitheater nearby
Named after the city it was built in
28
Unlike Byzantine art of the New Testament, most Early Northern paintings show figures _______?
In a Middle-Eastern setting
In a flat, shallow space
In a space with linear perspective
In a contemporary (1400s) setting
29
The Late Gothic period was also called the __________________ period.
Par-Boiled
Pre-Realism
Proto-Renaissance
Post-Byzantine
30
In biblical paintings, what does the
Lamentation
depict?
People taking Jesus off the cross
People laminating pieces of paper
The Angel Gabriel telling Mary that she's going to be a mom
People mourning the body of Jesus (off the cross)
