Northern Renaissance

Question 1

Etchings, engravings, and wood cuts.

Answer 1

Graphic art [ Fall of Man ]

Question 2

Paintings realistically depicting scenes of everyday life.

Answer 2

Genre scene [ Money Changer and his Wife, Meat Still Life, Hunters in the Snow ]

Question 3

The Protestant Reformation began in 1517 under the leadership of a German religious reformer named Martin Luther. Luther’s attempted reform of Catholicism resulted in a movement to break away from the Centralized Catholic church and establish a new branch of Christianity, known as Protestantism.

Answer 3

Protestant Reformation

Question 4

A reminder of human mortality, usually represented by a skull.

Answer 4

Memento mori [ The French Ambassadors ]

Question 5

A distorted image that must be viewed by some special means, such as a mirror, to be recognized.

Answer 5

Anamorphic image [ The French Ambassadors ]

Question 6

To teach or instruct.

Answer 6

Didactic

Question 7

The study of the symbolic meaning of objects, persons or events depicted in works of art.

Answer 7

Iconography

Question 8

Non-religious subject matter, theme, or mood.

Answer 8

Secular (vs. sacred)