Spring Final Flashcards
(45 cards)
The chief purpose of the stained-glass programs in all Gothic cathedrals was to….
tell the stories of the Bible.
In a gothic church, the ____________ was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds.
flying buttress
The figure of Saint Theodore found on the jamb of Chartres’ south transept portal stands in a _____________________.
contrapposto position
The Gothic church at _____________ features the highest ratio of glass to stone.
Sainte-Chapelle
_____________________ is credited with painting the fresco known as the Allegory of Good Government.
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
By the twelfth century, _________ was the center of textile production in the Western world and played a central role in European trade markets.
Florence
According to an old story, one day Cimabue discovered a talented shepherd boy by the name of ______________________ and tutored him in the art of painting. The pupil soon surpassed the teacher.
Giotto di Bondone
_________________ is credited with painting the Masetà (Virgin and Child), which once hung in the council chamber of Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico.
Simone Martini
____________________ produced the winning design for the dome of Florence Cathedral.
Filippo Brunelleschi
Brunelleschi’s investigation of optics in Arab science also contributed to his understanding, particularly Alhazen’s Perspectiva, which integrated the classical works of:
Euclid
Ptolemy
Galen
In Masaccio’s The Tribute Money, the Apostle Peter appears three times:
Christ tells St. Peter to Catch a fish
St. Peter catching a fish in the Sea of Galilee
St. Peter paying the tax collector
Humanists in Lorenzo’s court would have recognized Venus, in Botticelli’s Primavera as an allegorical figure representing…..
the highest moral qualities.
Leonardo de Vinci’s __________________ is located on the north wall of the refectory of the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
The Last Supper
After being elected pope, Julius II commissioned architect ___________________ to renovate the Vatican Palace and to serve as chief architect to replace Saint Peter’s Basilica with a new church.
Donato Barmante
The characteristics that contributed to the making of the Tempietto are:
It’s classical reference
It’s incorporation of original classical Roman columns into its architectural scheme
The mathematical orderliness of its parts
Throughout the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo includes the della Rovene heraldic symbols of ___ and ______ to symbolize the patronage of Pope Julius II.
oak; acorn
_______ and _____ are the central figures in Raphael’s School of Athens.
Aristotle; Plato
Many scholars consider ____________ the Master of Flémalle and, therefore, the creator of the Mérode Altarpiece.
Robert Campin
__________________ created the Garden of Earthly Delights.
Hieronymus Bosch
The Isenheim Altarpiece was created by _________________.
Matthias Grünewald
_____________ created The Large Turf, a watercolor depicting the minutest details of nature.
Albrecht Dürer
_______________________ painted a portrait of England’s King Henry VIII dressed in the clothes he wore when he married Anne of Cleves.
Hans Holbein the Younger
The Mérode Altarpiece is a three-part work, or ________.
triptych
The altarpiece’s ________ are depicted in the left panel of the Mérode Altarpiece.
patrons
