module 10

artist brothers

Who were the Limbourgs?

Venus

In Neo-Platonic thought, the Biblical character of Eve was identified with_____________.

skilled craft workers, intellectuals

One of the effects of the Renaissance was to change the status of artists in Europe from___________________________ to _______________________.

"rebirth"

The word renaissance means

by northern Europeans.

The technology of painting with oils was developed by__________________________.

color and light

The Renaissance artists from Venice, such as Giovanni Bellini, Titian, and Giorgione, were especially known for their mastery of _______ and ______________.

multiple layers of glazes.

The technique of sfumato involves the use of:

e.

The theme of the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes comes from
a. scenes of everyday life.
b. the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
c. the story of the artist’s life.
d. Plato’s Republic.
e. None of these answers is correct.

triangular

________ organization, as seen in Masaccio’s Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors, was a popular device among Renaissance artists of Italy.

e.

Leonardo da Vinci was a skilled
a. engineer.
b. inventor.
c. painter.
d. architect.
e. All these answers are correct.

landscape

Giorgione’s painting The Tempest paved the way for future______________ paintings.

the Medici family

Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botticelli were all commissioned to make art for who?

redesigning St. Peter's cathedral

One of Michelangelo’s major achievements was what?

about 75 years after it was first developed.

Northern European Renaissance artists began using the system of linear perspective about _______ years after it was first developed.

Botticelli, Donatello, and Ghiberti.

Artists working in the Early Renaissance period included

the printing press

Which 15th-century invention led to the decrease in the practice of illumination by hand?

a hospital for patients with skin disease.

The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ’s flesh wounds, originally hung in

the Reformation

The movement that divided all of Europe into Protestant and Catholic camps is called
______________________.

Pieter Brugel the Elder

The painting, The Harvesters, which formed part of a cycle depicting the months of the year, was painted by ______________________________, a 16th-century Netherland painter.

Lorenzo Ghiberti

The sculptor of the panel The Story of Jacob and Esau, and Donatello’s teacher, is ______________________.

Giorgione

The iconography of The Tempest, by ___________, is unknown, but the painting made an important contribution to Renaissance art in the way it was composed.

Death of Marat

Which work of art tells the story of a man who was murdered in his bath?

the Age of Kings.

Because many European monarchs of the 17th and 18th centuries ruled with near-dictatorial power, this period is often referred to as:

e.

Gianlorenzo Bernini was
a. a sculptor.
b. an architect.
c. a dramatist.
d. a composer.
e. All these answers are correct.

genre

Paintings depicting scenes of everyday life are known as ________ paintings.

Flemish

What nationality was Peter Paul Rubens?

dramatic lighting

In Baroque architecture, wall surfaces often protrude into the viewer’s space. In Baroque painting, this same effect is created through the use of_________________ ______________.

the Bible

The Baroque painting Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes depicts a story from:

classic simplicity

The following characteristics are all typical of Italian Baroque art EXCEPT
a. ornamentation.
b. theatricality.
c. classic simplicity.
d. movement.
e. emotion.

d. he achieved and maintained financial success throughout his life.

The following is true about Rembrandt EXCEPT
a. he was born in the Dutch city of Leiden.
b. he was a master of multiple types of painting, including
portraits, landscapes, and religious scenes.
c. he painted self-portraits throughout his career.
d. he achieved and maintained financial success throughout his
life.
e. he was the son of a miller.

Louis XIV of France

The Palace of Versailles was home to:

The excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum

________________________________________________________________ helped shape the Neoclassical style.

d.

Unlike Baroque art from Catholic countries, Dutch Baroque art focused upon
a. the community.
b. business life.
c. the family and home.
d. all of these: the community, business life, and the family and
home.
e. None of these answers is correct.

Baroque Sculpture

St. Teresa in Ecstasy is an excellent example of:

Rembrandt

Among the following artists, whose innovation was it to create group portraits in the setting of an activity, rather than posing the subjects formally?

e. Diego Velázquez

Which of the following was court painter to King Philip IV?
a. Gianlorenzo Bernini
b. Artemisia Gentileschi
c. Francesco Borromini
d. Jacques-Louis David
e. Diego Velázquez

Vigee-Lebrun and David

Which artists intentionally used their work to shape the public’s view of prominent figures?

Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun

One of Queen Marie-Antoinette’s favorite portrait painters was__________________.

The Oath of the Horatii

A work of art that uses a tragic Roman tale to arouse feelings of patriotism, self-sacrifice, and civic virtues in its viewers is____________________________.

mistakenly identified as the works of Frans Hals

For some two hundred years, many of the works of Judith Leyster were ________________________.

Jacob van Ruisdael

Typical of Dutch landscape painting was the work of _______________________.

San Carlo alle quattro Fontane

One of the most influential buildings of the architect Francisco Borromini was:

Nicolas Poussin, The Ashes of Phokion

Foremost among French painters of the 17th century was ___________ who painted _________