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Gardner's Art through the Ages, 13th Edition, Chapter 15,16,17 & 18
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Art History
Undergraduate 2
03/01/2014

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The intersection of the secular and the religious can be seen in the Flemish painting ________by Jan van Eyck.
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Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride
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Robert Campin's (Master of Flémalle) Mérode Altarpiece included accessories, furniture, and utensils in his work because they could also function as ________.
Definition
religious symbols
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The Swiss artist ________ showed great skill in the study of water effects.
Definition
Konrad Witz
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Emerging capitalism and greater urban prosperity led to a growing interest in which of the following?
Definition
secular portraiture
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The art of ________ developed rapidly with the invention of movable type and widespread availability of paper.
Definition
Printmaking
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Hans Memling specialized in images of the ________.
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Madonna
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The Well of Moses, sculpted by Claus Sluter, symbolically represented what promise?
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everlasting life
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________ artists were the first to employ oils extensively.
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Flemish
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In Broederlam's Annunciation and Visitation, it has been suggested the rotunda, which appears in the scene, represents the ________.
Definition
Old Testament
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Rogier van der Weyden's Deposition sums up his ________.
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early style
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The first international commercial stock exchange was established in ________.
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Antwerp
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The calendar pictures of Les Très Riches Heures represent the ________ in terms of the associated seasonal tasks.
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twelve months
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In the Last Supper from the Dirk Bouts Holy Sacrament altarpiece, the orthogonals converge above the head of Christ to form which of the following?
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a single vanishing point
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A substantial number of women were registered in the art guilds of ________.
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Bruges
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During the Hundred Years' War anarchy and a weakened French monarchy allowed a group of duchies to rise and challenge the power of the king; the strongest of these was ________.
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Duchy of Burgundy
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The ________ controlled the Flemish artists' profession.
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Guilds
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When the Ghent Altarpiece is opened, it reveals an image of ________.
Definition
humanity's Redemption
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Philip the Bold's largest artistic enterprise was the ________.
Definition
Chartreuse de Champmol
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In the Ghent Altarpiece, the Lamb symbolized the ________.
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sacrificed Son of God
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Jan van Eyck's ________is a completely secular portrait.
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Man in a Red Turban
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In 1401, the Arte di Calimala (wool merchants' guild) of Florence sponsored a competition for a set of doors for the ________.
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Baptistery, Cathedral
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Donatello incorporated Greek and Roman principles that surfaced in which of the following?
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Saint Mark
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The ________ by Donatello marked the advent of rationalized perspective space.
Definition
Feast of Herod
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Ghiberti was trained in painting and ________.
Definition
Goldsmithery
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Botticelli was the pupil of ________.
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Fra Filippo Lippi
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In Donatello's equestrian statue of Gattamelata, the orb beneath the left forehoof of the horse represents the ________.
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hegemony over the earth
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The two finalists for the Wool Merchants' Guild competition of 1401 were ________.
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Ghiberti and Brunelleschi
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The invention of movable metal type in ________ facilitated the printing and far-reaching distribution of books.
Definition
Germany
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The classical principle of contrapposto, or weight shift, was reintroduced into Western art by the sculptor ________.
Definition
Donatello
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Which of the following artists detailed the consequences of a sinful life?
Definition
Signorelli
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The Medici family acquired its vast fortune from ________.
Definition
Banking
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The invention of "true" linear perspective is generally attributed to ________.
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Filippo Brunelleschi
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Donatello reinvented the ________
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classical nude
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The International Style was a dominant painting style around 1400 and lasted well into the fifteenth century. ________ produced what is considered the masterpiece of this style, the Adoration of the Magi.
Definition
Gentile da Fabriano
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The ________ reflects Brunelleschian principles to a limited extent.
Definition
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
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The "rebirth" of fifteenth-century Italian art had its roots in the ________.
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Fourteenth century
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Which church of Brunelleschi shows his mature style?
Definition
Santo Spirito
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The development of a vernacular (everyday) literature based on the ________ dialect expanded the audience for humanist writings.
Definition
Tuscan
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Nanni di Banco's Four Crowned Saints represent the________.
Definition
sculpture starting to leave architectural settings
Term
The ________ theme paralleled the message the city fathers of Florence wanted to convey to their people.
Definition
Sacrifice of Isaac
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The leading artistic centers of 16 th century central Italy were ________.
Definition
Florence and Rome
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Michelangelo's last project for Paul III was supervising the building of the new ________.
Definition
Saint Peter's
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Leonardo worked as a military engineer for Cesare Borgia, the son of ________.
Definition
Pope Alexander VI
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The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) was founded by ________.
Definition
Ignatius of Loyola
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The Venetian artist ________ was considered a supreme colorist and cultivated numerous patrons.
Definition
Titian
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Who commissioned Bramante's Tempietto?
Definition
Ferdinand and Isabella
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Leonardo was invited to France by ________.
Definition
Francis I
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The Venetian artist ________ played an important role in developing the evocative use of color, which became known as the Venetian style.
Definition
Giovanni Bellini
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The first project Julius II commissioned from Michelangelo was the ________.
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Pontiff's tomb
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Leonardo created a full-scale model of an equestrian statue for the Sforza family; this was destroyed by the ________ in 1499.
Definition
French
Term
Which European country outside Italy was most strongly influenced by Palladio?
Definition
England
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Which of the following paintings builds on Masaccio's understanding and usage of chiaroscuro?
Definition
Madonna of the Rocks
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Which of the following High Renaissance portraits paid increasing attention to the sitter's personality and psychic state?
Definition
Baldassare Castiglione
Term
Which of the following matured during the 16 th century in Italy?
Definition
perspectival systems
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Baldassare Castiglione wrote the ________.
Definition
Book of the Courtier
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The Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation was the ________.
Definition
Counter-Reformation
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Duke Federigo Gonzaga intended his Palazzo del Tè to be his urban summer palace and ________.
Definition
stud farm
Term
The sixteenth-century artistic developments in Italy have been designated as ________.
Definition
High Renaissance
Term
Who became chief architect of the Venetian Republic from 1570 to 1580?
Definition
Palladio
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Leonardo's Last Supper can be found in the ________ of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
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Refectory
Term
________ was among the most commercially advanced and prosperous countries in Europe.
Definition
The Netherlands
Term
Which of the following precipitated the Reformation?
Definition
dissatisfaction with Church leadership
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The incorporation of Italian architectural ideas can be seen in the redesigning of the ________ in Paris.
Definition
Louvre
Term
In Bruegel's work the most dominant theme was ________.
Definition
human activity
Term
The primary concerns of emotion and religious fervor were the focus of the work of ________.
Definition
El Greco
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Luther declared the pope the ________.
Definition
Antichrist
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The dissolution of the ________ in 1477 led to a realignment in the European geopolitical landscape.
Definition
Burgundian Netherlands
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El Greco's strong sense of movement and use of light prefigured the ________ style
Definition
Baroque
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The self-portrait by ________ is the first known Northern European self-portrait by a woman.
Definition
Caterina Van Hemessen
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________ produced the sculptures on the exterior of the Louvre.
Definition
Jean Goujon
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Jan Gossaert became fascinated with ________.
Definition
classical antiquity
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________ sparked the Reformation in 1517 at Wittenberg.
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Martin Luther
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________ became the court painter to Francis I shortly after 1530.
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Rosso Fiorentino
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Which of the following served as a model for the Château de Chambord?
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Italian palazzo
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________ declared Protestantism illegal in 1534.
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Francis I of France
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________ was the first artist outside Italy to become an international art celebrity
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Dürer
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Doménikos Theotokópoulos, El Greco, was born in Crete and emigrated to ________ as a young man.
Definition
Italy
Term
By 1577, El Greco left for Spain to spend the rest of his life in ________.
Definition
Toledo
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The construction material of the Escorial in Spain was ________.
Definition
Granite
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________ were inexpensive and easily circulated, they were a useful and effective teaching tool.
Definition
Prints
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