14th C. Art in Europe
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What social change was particularly influential to the production of art in the 14th c?
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The emergence of a wealthy merchant class
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Based on the discussion in the text, what was meant by a masterpiece in fourteenth-century Europe?
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A work of art that the guild's highest standard of quality
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To gain entry into an artisan guild one had to
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Produce a masterpiece
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What historical artistic tradition is evident in Sienese painting of the early fourteenth century?
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Byzantine
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What theme is represented in Andrea Pisano's doors of the Baptistery of San Giovanni in Florence?
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The life of John the Baptist
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Cimabue's influence can been seen in Giotto's Virgin and Child Enthroned in the
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Symmetrical composition
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A typical feature of Duccio di Buoninsegna's style that can be seen in the Raising of Lazarus is
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Dramatic urgency
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All of the following are included in Giotto's frescos at the Arena Chapel EXCEPT
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An altarpiece depicting the Virgin and Child Enthroned
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What detail in this image might suggest hopes for the patron to bear a male heir?
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The rabbit
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At the beginning of the fourteenth century, which royal court was considered the arbiter of taste in western Europe?
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Paris
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We know that The Hours of Jeanne d'Évreux was illuminated by Parisian painter Jean Pucelle because
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Jeanne d'Évreux mentions him in her will
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What is the English art of \"opus anglicanum\"?
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Finely detailed embroidery
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Which part of Exeter Cathedral is specific to the Perpendicular style?
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The tracery of the stained-glass window seen from the presbytery
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Designed by Thomas of Whitney, the 57-foot-high bishop's throne at Exeter Cathedral has an elaborate wooden canopy made to resemble
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Embroidery
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St. Hedwig was known for having particular affection for a(n)
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Ivory statue of the Virgin and Child
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Charles IV of Bohemia replaced Constantinople as the \"New Rome\" when he moved his capital to
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Prague
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What distinguishes German art of the fourteenth century from other European cultural centers of the period?
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A mystical religiosity that emphasized extreme joy and suffering
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What event may have influenced both the style and subject matter in the Strozzi Altarpiece?
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The bubonic plague
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Before starting a panel painting, an artist does all of the following on the surface EXCEPT
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Apply a fine plaster layer called the intonaco
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What established artistic tradition gave rise to the production of \"opus alicanum\" used throughout Europe?
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Pictorial needlework
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Which work functioned primarily as political propaganda for the city of Siena?
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti's painting \"The Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country\"
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How did Peter Parler's design for the choir of the church of the Holy Cross differ from his father's plan used to construct the nave?
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The ribbing was more complex and linear
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Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi's Annunciation differs from the earlier Sienese style of Duccio in the apparent influence of
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courtly Gothic style
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The circumstances of the patronage of the Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel appear to be most closely referenced in the panel(s) representing
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Judas receiving payment for the betrayal of Christ
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The term \"grisaille\" refers to
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Painting in shades of gray with minimal color
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Sculptures called Vesperbild, which depict the Virgin mourning the dead Christ, originated in Germany as
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Devotional aids used during evening prayers
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What architectural element(s) of Exeter Cathedral characterize(s) the Perpendicular style used in the latter phase of its construction?
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The tracery of the window
