Art History "Northern Renaissance"

Question 0

A painting containing three panels which make up one composition

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Triptych

Question 1

Leading painter in the city of Tournai in FLANDERS

Answer 1

Robert Campin

Question 2

The “Merode Altarpiece” is the earliest Annunciation panel that takes place in a completely ______ ______

Answer 2

Domestic Interior

Question 3

Symbolizes the purity of the virgin in the Merode Altarpiece

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Spotless room

Vase

Question 4

Symbolizes Christ’s appearance in the world in human form as a means of fooling, baiting, and catching the devil

Answer 4

Mousetrap

Question 5

The new medium at the time of the Merode Altarpiece

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Oil paint

Question 6

Called the “King of Painters” by hue countrymen

Answer 6

Jan van Eyck

Question 7

These people were Jan van Eyck’s contemporaries

Answer 7

Italians

Question 8

The story of “The Adoration of the Lamb” comes from what book of the bible

Answer 8

Revelations

Question 9

What is special about the words Mary is speaking

Answer 9

They are upside down to be read by God

Question 10

In “The Annunciation” these represent Mary’s purity

Answer 10

Lilies

Question 11

In “The Annunciation” these signify Christ’s resurrection

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Pomegranates

Question 12

The symbols of fidelity in “Arnolfini Wedding”

Answer 12

Raised right hand

Little dog

Question 13

These indicate that the couple in “Arnolfini Wedding” are standing on holy ground

Answer 13

Clogs

Question 14

Symbol of fertility in “Arnolfini Wedding”

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Peaches ripening on the chest

Question 15

Three types of light used in the northern Renaissance

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Direct
Diffuses
Reflected

Question 16

Subject matter of the northern Renaissance

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Religious
Portraits
Genre
Landscapes

Question 17

A DUTCH painter of fanciful IMAGES and incredible IMAGINATION

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Hieronymus Bosch

Question 18

The left panel of “Garden of Delights”

Answer 18

The Garden of Eden

Question 19

The right panel in “Garden of Delights”

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The Garden of Satan

Question 20

The middle panel in “Garden of Delights”

Answer 20

The Garden of Delights

Question 21

Was nicknamed Peasant Bruegel because he painted the common everyday activities of the working people

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Pieter Bruegel

Question 22

LINE was a dominant feature of his style

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Albrecht Durer

Question 23

This man was a master of watercolor

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Durer

Question 24

The official painter of the city of Brussels

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Rogier van der Weyden

Question 25

This man owns the skull that Mary's hand is almost touching in "Descent from the Cross"

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Adam

Question 26

Christ's body is in this direction; it really tied together all of the parts

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Horizontal

Question 27

This man was a peer of Durer

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Mathias Grunewald

Question 28

This is seen when the "Isenheim Altarpiece" is closed

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The Crucifixion

Question 29

This is seen when the panels of "Isenheim Altarpiece" are open

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The Annunciation The Nativity The Resurrection

Question 30

All of these things add tension to the work of The Crucifixion in "Isenheim Altarpiece"

Answer 30

Cross is slightly off-center Christ is bent from the weight of the world's sin Sky is painted black

Question 31

Who is consoling Mary in The Crucifixion in the "Isenheim Altarpiece"

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St. John

Question 32

What is shown whether the "Isenheim Altarpiece" is open or closed

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The Pieta

Question 33

This man was one of the most important PORTRAIT painters of all times

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Hans Holbein

Question 34

Hans was the court painter to want king

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Henry VIII

Question 35

This is seen when "The French Ambassadors" is viewed properly

Answer 35

Skull