Art History Chapter 22 – Flashcards
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__________ was a leading figure in the German Renaissance
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Dürer
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What was an effect of the Reformation on artists in Northern Europe during the sixteenth century? A. They were forced to look for patrons outside the church. B. They began exploring new subject matter for art. C. They produced smaller-scale paintings. D. All of the above
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All of the above
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El Greco's distinctive style _________________.
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reveals the influence of Byzantine icons and Venetian painting techniques
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The work of ________________in the sixteenth century continued the German tradition of medieval mysticism and emotional spirituality to create extraordinarily moving paintings.
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Grünewald
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Dürer's work in what medium led to his fame and fortune?
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printmaking
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Dürer's The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a(n) __________.
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woodcut
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Dürer openly expressed his ______________in the Four Apostles.
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Lutheranism
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Lucas Cranach the Elder was the favorite painter of __________.
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Luther
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What region of Europe saw the emergence of an art market in the sixteenth century, when art became a commodity for local and international trade?
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The Netherlands
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The kings Francis I and Henry II modernized the medieval castle of __________, thus giving rise to the French classical style.
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the Louvre
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The Spanish painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco, was originally from __________.
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Crete
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In 1586, the __________ family commissioned El Greco to paint a large altarpiece honoring a great fourteenth-century ancestor.
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Orgaz
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In the Netherlands, the sixteenth century was an age of religious and political __________.
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Strife
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Hieronymus Bosch's painting Garden of Earthly Delights, which was commissioned by an aristocrat for his Brussels townhouse, conforms to a long tradition of _________.
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church altarpieces
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Bruegel's Return of the Hunters is one of a cycle that included six large paintings focused on the theme of ______________.
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The Months
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How did the development of an art market impact artists in Antwerp?
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They began to specialize in specific genres
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Hans Holbein is best known for his ________________________.
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portraits of nobles and diplomats in the Tudor court
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Although Martin Luther never supported _____, many Protestant zealots destroyed sculpture, stained glass, and religious paintings they felt was idolatrous.
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iconoclasm
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_______ carved and altarpiece for the Abbey of Saint Anthony in Isenheim.
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Hagenauer
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Typical northern renaisssance art, durers landscape in adam and eve is rich in
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symbolic meaning
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landscape painting became popular among ____ in the sixteenth century because, although it had no overt religious content, it could be seen as a relection of God's work on earth.
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protestants
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the important role of women patrons during the renaissance is particularly evident at ______.
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Chenonceau
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what did durer see on his trip to italy that is clearly reflected in his self portrait of?
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a conception of artists as noble intellectuals
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How did Riemenschneiders altarpiece of the holy blood differ from earlier german traditions for wooden sculpture?
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his use of natural finishes
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what image from the Isenheim Altarpiece emphazies human emotion and suffering through the Grunewald's graphic realism?
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the crucifixion
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Durer adapted the _____ technique of Marin Schogauer to the woodcut medium in the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
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metal engraving
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How does the figure in Lucas Cranach the Elder's Nymph of the Spring compare to idealized nudes in italian renaissance paintings?
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it suggests a distinctly different conception of the figure in germany
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which building gave rise to a new style of french classicism that combined renaissance ideals with classical details and rich sculptural decoration?
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the louvre
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Albrecht Altdorfer's Danube Landscape ______.
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all of the above
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The text suggests that dutch artist caterina van hemessen probably specialized in paintings of
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portraits of women
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the elaborate steel armor with gold inlay made for george clifford would have been
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worn in jousting competitions at festivals and public celebrations
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How did durer conribute to the growth of Nuremberg as a key center of german goldsmithing?
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he created designs or metalwork throughout his career
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Isenheim Altarpiece (open)
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Hagenauer
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Isenheim Altarpiece (closed)
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Hagenauer
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The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse
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durer
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Garden of Earthly Delights (open)
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Bosch
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Garden of Earthly Delights (closed)
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Bosch
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The French Ambassadors
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Hans Holbein
