Humanities ch8

 Flanders encompassed modern Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

 Desiderius Erasmus compared the population of Bruges to the people of the Golden Age

Athens.

 Desiderius Erasmus compared the population of Bruges to the people of the Golden Age

Athens.

 Many scholars consider Robert Campin the Master of Flémalle and, therefore, the creator

of the Mérode Altarpiece.

 The Mérode Altarpiece is a three-part work, or triptych.

 The altarpiece’s patrons are depicted in the left panel of the Mérode Altarpiece.

 The Annunciation is depicted in the central panel of the Mérode Altarpiece.

 The reflection Jan van Eyck, the artist, can be seen in the mirror at the back of the room

depicted in the double portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami.

 Hieronymus Bosch created the Garden of Earthly Delights.

 The Isenheim Altarpiece was created by Matthias Grünewald.

 The Isenheim Altarpiece was commissioned for an abbey’s hospital.

 Albrecht Dürer created The Large Turf, a watercolor depicting the minutest details of

nature.

 Desiderius Erasmus is the author of In Praise of Folly.

 Desiderius Erasmus was one of Luther’s teachers and wrote the Praise of Folly.

 In direct conflict with the established Church of Rome, Martin Luther supported the

salvation by faith rather than by works.

 Ulrich Zwingli was chosen as people’s priest of the Zurich’s Great Minster Church and

led the Protestants against the Catholics in Switzerland.

 John Calvin proposed the concept of the Elect and the Damned in Institutes of the

Christian Religion.

 According to the author, the printing press probably contributed the most to the spread of

Luther’s ideas.

 William Tyndale translated the Bible into English.

 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God is among the hymns that Martin Luther Composed.

 Thomas More is the author of Utopia.

 The specific virtues among those most esteemed by all in Utopia are:

 Equality

 Kindness

 Charity

 Thomas More became Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII in 1529.

 Michel de Montaigne invented a new style of writing known as the “personal essay.”

 William Shakespeare is considered the greatest playwright of the Elizabethan era.

 The standard price of admission for all London theaters during the time of Richard

Burbage was one penny.

 The Globe was most closely associated with Lord Chamberlain’s players and with

William Shakespeare.

 Hamlet is considered a “revenge play.”

 Hans Holbein the Younger painted a portrait of England’s King Henry VIII dressed in the

clothes he wore when he married Anne of Cleves.

 The Jesuits advocated a return to strict and uncompromising obedience to the authority of

the Church and its ecclesiastical hierarchy.

 The council of Trent concluded that the arts should be directed toward three specific

areas:

 Clarity

 Realism

 Emotion