Quiz 1

Question 1

Answer 1

Life of St. John Baptist

Andrea Pisano

1330

Question 2

Answer 2

The Baptism of the Multitude

Andrea Pisano

1330

Question 3

Answer 3

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Cimabue

1330

Question 4

Answer 4

Virgin and Child Enthroned

Giotto di Bondone

1330

Question 5

Answer 5

Arena Chapel

Giotto di Bondone

1330

Question 6

Answer 6

Marriage at Cana, Raising of Lazarus, Lamentation, and Resurrection

Giotto di Bondone

1330

Question 7

Answer 7

Kiss of Judas

Giotto di Bondone

1330

Question 8

Answer 8

Maesta Altarpiece

Duccio Di Bouninsegna

1330

Question 9

Answer 9

Raising of Lazarus

Duccio di Buoninsegna

1330

Question 10

Answer 10

Betrayal of Jesus

Duccio di Buoninsegna

1330

Question 11

Answer 11

Annunciation

Simone Martini & Lippo Memmi

1330

Question 12

Answer 12

The Effects of Good Government in the City and in the Country

Ambrogio Lorenzetti

1330

Question 13

Answer 13

Virgin and Child

Unknown

1330

Question 14

Answer 14

Life of the Virgin

Unknown

1330

Question 15

Answer 15

Exeter Cathedral

Robert Lesyngham

1330

Question 16

Answer 16

Vesperbild (Pieta)

Unknown

1330

Question 17

Answer 17

St. Luke

Master Thodoric

1330

Question 18

Answer 18

The Miracle of the Crib at Creccio

Unknown

1330

Question 19

What image or idea has stuck out the most this far?

Answer 19

Quatrefoil- Around each image

landscapes and/or architecture to ground the figure

Question 20

Buon Fresco

Answer 20

• Buon = True, Fresco = Fresh
• Water-based paintis applied on wet plaster
• Sometimes combined with fresco secco (dry)
• Durable, plaster bonds with pigment
• Must be done quickly without mistakes
• Giornata (day’s work) sections are done a day
• Arriccio=Bottom rough layer
• Sinopia drawing=Then assistants draw the artist compositions
• Artist worked in irregular sections (following major forms)
• Artist worked top to bottom, incase paint dripped

Question 21

Cennino Cennini on Panel Painting

Answer 21

• The Book of Art, compendium of Florentine painting techniques from 1400 with step-by-step instructions for making panel paintings
• Wood should be fine-grained, free of blemishes, thoroughly seasoned by slow drying
• Cover wood with clean white linen strips soaked in gesso (9 layers)
• Burnish surface until it looks like ivory
• Sketch composition, leave it alone for a couple days
• Come back and improve where needed
• Rub feather over it until it is effaced
• Ink design with squirrel-hair brush
• Apply gold leaf with fine powdered clay and egg white
• Italian painters used powdered pigments mixed with egg yolks and water
• Apprentices ground pigments

Question 22

The Hours of Jeanne d’Evereux

Answer 22

• Kiss of Judas and the Annunciation
• By Jean Pucelle
• Images of Infancy and Passion of Christ
• Joys (Annunciation) and sorrows (Kiss of Judas) of the Virgin
• S-shape of Christ is mirrored by Mary on the right
• Left scene takes place at night (lamp)
• Candle and rabbit symbolize fertility for the patron