CHP 16 ART – Flashcards
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Who were the Limbourgs?
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artist brothers
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Lives of the Most Excellent Architects, Painters, and Sculptors, a biography of Renaissance artists published in 1550, was written by
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Vasari.
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In Neo-Platonic thought, the Biblical character Eve was identified with
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Venus.
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One of the effects of the Renaissance was to change the status of artists in Europe from
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skilled crafts workers to intellectuals.
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The German artist Hans Holbein was court painter to
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King Henry VIII of England.
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The word renaissance means
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"rebirth."
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The technology of painting with oils was developed
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by northern Europeans.
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The Renaissance artists from Venice, such as Titian and Giorgione, were especially known for their mastery of
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color and light.
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The era known as the High Renaissance encompasses a time period of about ______ years.
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twenty-five
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The technique of sfumato involves the use of
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multiple layers of glazes.
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The theme of the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes comes from
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scenes of everyday life. the Egyptian Book of the Dead the story of the artist's life. Plato's Republic Correct Answer ; none of the above
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____________ 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.
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Triangular
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Leonardo da Vinci was a skilled
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engineer. inventor. painter. architect. This is the correct answer. E) all of the above
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Giorgione's painting The Tempest shows the influence of his teacher,
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Bellini.
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Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botticelli were all commissioned to make art for
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the Medici family.
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One of Michelangelo's major achievements was
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redesigning St. Peter's cathedral.
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Northern European artists began using the system of linear perspective
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about 75 years after it was first developed.
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Artists working in the Early Renaissance period include
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Botticelli, Donatello, and Ghiberti.
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Which 15th century invention led to the decrease in the practice of illumination by hand?
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the printing press
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The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ's flesh wounds, originally hung in
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a hospital for patients with skin disease.
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The movement that divided all of Europe into Protestant and Catholic camps is called
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the Reformation.
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Vincenzo Perugia was
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a thief.
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Giorgione's painting the tempest paved the way for future
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Landscape paintings
