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Final Flashcards

1
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What was the chief purpose of the stained-glass programs in all Gothic cathedrals?

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to tell the stories of the Bible.

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In a _____ church, the _____ was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds

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gothic
flying buttress

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3
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The figure of _____ found on the jamb of Chartres’ south transept portal stands in a _____ position.

A

Saint Theodore
contrapposto

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4
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The _____ church at _____ features the highest ratio of glass to stone

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Gothic
Sainte-Chapelle

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5
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_____ is credited with painting the fresco known as the Allegory of Good Government.

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Ambrogio Lorenzetti

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6
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By the _____ century, _____ was the center of textile production in the Western world and played a central role in European trade markets.

A

twelfth
Florence

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According to an old story, one day _____ discovered a talented shepherd boy by the name of _____ and tutored him in the art of _____. The pupil soon surpassed the teacher.

A

Cimabue
Giotto di Bondone
painting

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_____ is credited with painting the Masetà (Virgin and Child), which once hung in the _____ of Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico.

A

Simone Martini
council chamber

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9
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_____ produced the winning design for the dome of Florence Cathedral.

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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10
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Brunelleschi’s investigation of optics in Arab science also contributed to his understanding, particularly Alhazen’s Perspectiva, which integrated the classical works of:

A

Euclid
Ptolemy
Galen

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11
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In _____, the Apostle Peter appears three times:

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Masaccio’s The Tribute Money
Christ tells St. Peter to Catch a fish
St. Peter catching a fish in the Sea of Galilee
St. Peter paying the tax collector

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12
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Humanists in Lorenzo’s court would have recognized _____, in _____ as an allegorical figure representing _____.

A

Venus
Botticelli’s Primavera
the highest moral qualities

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13
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_____’s The Last Supper is located on the _____ wall of the _____ of the _____ of Santa Maria delle Grazie.

A

Leonardo de Vinci
north
refectory
Dominican monastery

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14
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After being elected pope, _____ commissioned architect _____ to renovate the Vatican Palace and to serve as chief architect to replace Saint Peter’s Basilica with a new church.

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Julius II
Donato Barmante

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15
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The characteristics that contributed to the making of the Tempietto are:

A

It’s classical reference
It’s incorporation of original classical Roman columns into its architectural scheme
The mathematical orderliness of its parts

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16
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Throughout the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo includes the della Rovene heraldic symbols of _____ to symbolize _____

A

oak and acorn
the patronage of Pope Julius II.

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17
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_____ and _____ are the central figures in Raphael’s School of Athens.

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Aristotle and Plato

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18
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Many scholars consider _____ the Master of Flémalle and, therefore, the creator of the Mérode Altarpiece

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Robert Campin

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19
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Who created the Mérode Altarpiece

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Robert Campin

20
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Who created the Garden of Earthly Delights?

A

Hieronymus Bosch

21
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Who created the Isenheim Altarpiece?

A

Matthias Grünewald

22
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Albrecht Dürer created _____, a watercolor depicting the minutest details of nature.

A

The Large Turf

23
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Who created The Large Turf?

A

Albrecht Dürer

24
Q

_____ painted a portrait of England’s King Henry VIII dressed in the clothes he wore when he married _____

A

Hans Holbein the Younger
Anne of Cleves

25
Q

The Mérode Altarpiece is a three-part work, or _____

A

triptych

26
Q

What is depicted in the left panel of the Mérode Altarpiece?

A

altarpiece’s patrons

27
Q

_____, can be seen in the mirror at the back of the room depicted in the double portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami

A

The reflection Jan van Eyck, the artist

28
Q

The term _____ was assigned to those who painted draperies over the “offensive” areas of the nude figures in Michelangelo’s Last Judgment

A

braghettoni

29
Q

_____ painted the Resurrection, which includes distinct mannerist qualities and is decorous to the extent that draperies carefully conceal all inappropriate nudity.

A

El Greco

30
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_____ painted The Calling of Saint Matthew for the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome.

A

Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio)

31
Q

_____ painted five separate versions of the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes and was admitted to the Florentine Academy of Design.

A

Artemisia Gentileschi

32
Q

What painting is considered a “landscape” painting?

A

The View of Haarlem from the Dunes of Overveen

33
Q

_____ was particularly successful with genre scenes, including The Dancing Couple.

A

Jan Steen

34
Q

Who painted The Arrival and Reception of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles?

A

Peter Paul Rubens

35
Q

Who painted Arcadian Shepherds?

A

Nicolas Poussin

36
Q

_____ served as a model for one of the figures featured in _____’s The Raft of the “Medusa”.

A

Eugene Delacrois
Theodore Gericault

37
Q

_____ painted Impression: Sunrise, which played a significant role on “_____”.

A

Claude Monet
giving Impressionism its name

38
Q

_____ “preferred to paint the crowd” and created Luncheon of the Boating Party.

A

August Renoir

39
Q

_____ depended on a pointillist style to paint a Sunday on La Grand Jatte, which depicts a crowd of _____ enjoying an island in the _____ River.

A

Georges Seurat
Parisians
Seine

40
Q

Vincent van Gogh utilized a technique known as _____ to create _____.

A

impasto
Night Café

41
Q

_____ painted Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon, which became notorious “as an assault on the idea of painting as it had always been understood.

A

Pablo Picasso

42
Q

Cubism was born out of collaboration between _____ and _____.

A

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque

43
Q

What is first position?

A

heels touching, feet forming a straight line

44
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What is second position?

A

heels wide apart, feet forming a straight line

45
Q

What is third position?

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one foot in front of the other with heel against the instep

46
Q

What is fourth position?

A

feet apart, one in front of the other, heels in line

47
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What is fifth position?

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one foot in front of the other with the heel against the joint of the big toe.

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