visual arts chapter 16-17 – Flashcards
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who were the limbourgs
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artist brothers
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biblical character of eve was identified as
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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 ____ to _____
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skilled crafts to intellectuals
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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 Giovanni Bellini, Titian, and Giorgione, were especially known for their mastery of
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color and light
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The technique of sfumato involves the use of
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multiple layers of glaze
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The theme of the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes comes from
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the bible
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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
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Giorgione's painting The Tempest paved the way for future
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landscape paintings
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Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botticelli were all commissioned to make art for
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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 Renaissance artists began using the system of linear perspective
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75 years after it was developed
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Artists working in the Early Renaissance period included
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donatello, botticelli, ghiberti
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Which 15th-century invention led to the decrease in the practice of illumination by hand?
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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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The painting, The Harvesters, which formed part of a cycle depicting the months of the year, was painted by __________, a 16th-century Netherland painter.
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peter bragel the elder
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. The sculptor of the panel The Story of Jacob and Esau, and Donatello's teacher, is
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lorenzo ghiberti
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The iconography of The Tempest, by ___________, is unknown, but the painting made an important contribution to Renaissance art in the way it was composed.
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giorgione
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Because many European monarchs of the 17th and 18th centuries ruled with near-dictatorial power, this period is often referred to as
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the age of kings
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Gianlorenzo Bernini was
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composer, dramatist, architect, sculptor
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Paintings depicting scenes of everyday life are known as ________ paintings.
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genre
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What nationality was Peter Paul Rubens?
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flemish
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In Baroque architecture, wall surfaces often protrude into the viewer's space. In Baroque painting, this same effect is created through the use of
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dramatic lighting
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The Baroque painting Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes depicts a story from
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the bible
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The following characteristics are all typical of Italian Baroque art EXCEPT
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classical simplicity
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The following is true about Rembrandt EXCEPT
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was born in the dutch city of lieden
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The Palace of Versailles was home to
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louis xiv
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Unlike Baroque art from Catholic countries, dutch art focused onDutchdutBaroque art focused upon
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community, business life, family
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St. Teresa in Ecstasy is an excellent example of
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baroque architecture
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Among the following artists, whose innovation was it to create group portraits in the setting of an activity, rather than posing the subjects formally?
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rembrandt
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Which of the following was court painter to King Philip IV?
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diego velasquez
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Which artists intentionally used their work to shape the public's view of prominent figures
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vigee lebrun and david
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In comparison to Baroque art, the style of Rococo
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is more playful and light hearted
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For some two hundred years, many of the works of Judith Leyster were
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mistaken for the work of frans hals
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Typical of Dutch landscape painting was the work of
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jacob van rudoel
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One of the most influential buildings of the architect Francisco Borromini was
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san carlo alle quattro fontane
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Foremost among French painters of the 17th century was ___________ who painted _________.
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nicholas poussin the ashes of fouklon
