Midterm Key Works

Question 1

Answer 1

GIotto, The Expulsion of Joachim, fresco in the Arena Chapel, Padua, 1305-1308.

Early Renaissance.

Question 2

Answer 2

Donatello, Saint Mark, niche of the Linen Weavers’ Guild, Orsanmichele, Florence, 1411-1413.

Early Renaissance.

Question 3

Answer 3

Masaccio, Tribute Money, fresco in the Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, circa 1427.

Early Renaissance.

Question 4

Answer 4

Leonardo da Vinci, Cecilia Gallerani, oil and tempera on panel, circa 1490. Italy. High Renaissance.

Question 5

Answer 5

Michelangelo, David, 1501-1504. Florence.

High Renaissance.

Question 6

Answer 6

Raphael, School of Athens, fresco in the Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican, circa 1510-1511.

High renaissance.

Question 7

Answer 7

Jacopo Pontormo, Entombment or Deposition, oil and tempera on panel, altarpiece in the Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicita, Florence, circa 1525-28.

Mannerist.

Question 8

Answer 8

Benvenuto Cellini, Salt, gold and enamel on an ebony base, circa 1543. Italy. Mannerist.

Question 9

Answer 9

Giorgione, Tempest, oil on canvas, circa 1509. Venice.

Venetian painting.

Question 10

Answer 10

Sofonisba Anguissola, The Chess Players, oil on canvas, 1555. Italy.

Question 11

Answer 11

Caravaggio, Bacchus, oil on canvas, 1597.

Italian baroque.

Question 12

Answer 12

Artemisia Gentilischi, Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, oil on canvas, 1625.

Italian baroque.

Question 13

Answer 13

Gianlorenzo Bernini, Cardinal Scipione Borghese, marble, 1632.

Italian baorque.

Question 14

Answer 14

Gianlorenzo Bernini, Pluto and Proserpina, marble, 1621-1622.

Italian baroque.

Question 15

Answer 15

Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece. Oil on panel. Wings open, 11’6 x 15’2. Ghent, Cathedral.

Open view: Adoration of the Lamb. Upper panels: Deity, Adam, and Eve

15th century netherlandish art

1432

Question 16

Answer 16

Rogier van der Weyden, Descent from the Cross. 1435-38. 7’3” x 8’7”. Oil on panel.

15th century netherlandish

Question 17

Answer 17

Herionymus Bosch. Garden of Earthly Delights. 1505-15.

Closed view: Creation of the universe
Open view: Paradise, The Garden, “Hell” (the destruction of the world)

15th century netherlandish art

Question 18

Answer 18

Albrecht Durer. Self portrait (at age 28). 1500. Oil on panel.

16th Century German (& Netherlandish) art

Question 19

Answer 19

Hans Holbein the Younger. The Ambassadors. 1533, German

16th century german & netherlandish art

Question 20

Answer 20

Albrecht Altdorfer, Danube Landscape, 1523. 12” x 8” (smalLl!). german.

16th century german and netherlandish art.

Question 21

Answer 21

Pieter Brugel the Elder. The Seasons: Return of the Hunters (December & January). Oil on panel. 1565. Flemish/Netherlandish.

16th Century German and Netherlandish Art

Question 22

Answer 22

Jan Brueghel the Elder. Allegory of Sight. c. 1618. Oil on Panel. (~2 ft x ~3.4 ft)

17th Century Flemish.

Question 23

Answer 23

Peter Paul Rubens. Henry VI Receiving the Portrait of Marie de Medici. 1622-1625. 12’11” x 9’8”

17th Century Flemish (Flemish baroque)

Question 24

Answer 24

Diego Velazquez, Water Seller in Seville, canvas, 1619

17th Century Spanish (Baroque?)

Question 25

Answer 25

Velazquez, Las Meninas, 1656. Oil on canvas. Spain.

Question 26

Answer 26

Brunelleschi, Church of San Lorenzo, Nave. 1442-70. Florence.

Renaissance

Question 27

Answer 27

Michelangelo, Church of San Lorenzo, New Sacristy. 1519-1534.

Renaissance

Question 28

Answer 28

Bernini, Piazza of St Peter’s Basilica, Vatican. Design 1656-7.

Baroque.

Question 29

Answer 29

Francesco Borromini, San Carlo alla Quatro Fontane. Rome. 1638-41, facade 1665-1667

Baroque

Question 30

Answer 30

Coatlicue. Aztec. 1480-1500. 8’5” high. Mexico City.

Question 31

Answer 31

San Nicolas Actopan, 1550s, State of Hidalgo, Mexico.

terms:

• attached columns
• cornice
• entablature
• coffered vault

Question 32

Answer 32

Anonymous, Doctors and Saints, Fresco, San Nicolas Actopan, 1570s-80s

Question 33

Answer 33

Anonymous, San Felipe de Jesus. Wood, gilding, paint. c. 1680. 4’5” high. Mexico City cathedral.

Question 34

Answer 34

King on Horseback with Attendants. c. 1550-1680. Brass. Benin

Question 35

Answer 35

Pendant Mask Representing Iyoba (“Queen Mother”). c. 1550. Ivory. Benin. 9 ⅜ in.

Question 36

Answer 36

Memorial Head of Oba, 1600s. Brass. Edo, Benin Court. 18 in.

Question 37

Answer 37

Benin Palace Ancestral Altar Dedicated to Ona Ovonramwen, Benin City, 1970

Question 38

Answer 38

Jacob van Ruisdael, View of Haarlem. Oil on canvas. 22” x 24”. Dutch. ca. 1670

Question 39

Answer 39

Rembrandt, Militia Company of Frans Banning Cocq (“The Nightwatch”). 1642. Oil on canvas. 12’ x 14’. Dutch.

Question 40

Answer 40

Vermeer, Woman Holding a Balance, 1664. Oil on canvas. 18” x 14”. Dutch

Question 41

Answer 41

Vermeer, Art of Painting. c. 1670. Oil on canvas. 47” x

Question 42

Answer 42

Donatello, Madonna of the Clouds. Marble. 1425-35.

Question 43

Answer 43

Rogier van der Weyden, Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin. About 1435-40. Oil and tempera on panel. Netherlandish.