Who were the Limbourgs? |
artists brothers |
In Neo-Platonic thought, the Biblical character of Eve was identified with_____________. |
venus |
One of the effects of the Renaissance was to change the status of artists in Europe from___________________________ to _______________________. |
skilled crafts workers; intellectuals |
The word renaissance means |
rebirth |
The technology of painting with oils was developed by__________________________. |
northern Europeans |
The Renaissance artists from Venice, such as Giovanni Bellini, Titian, and Giorgione, were especially known for their mastery of _______ and ______________. |
color and light |
The technique of sfumato involves the use of: |
multiple layers of glazes |
The theme of the Sistine Chapel ceiling frescoes comes from |
none of these |
________ organization, as seen in Masaccio's Trinity with the Virgin, St. John the Evangelist, and Donors, was a popular device among Renaissance artists of Italy. |
Triangular |
Leonardo da Vinci was a skilled |
all of these |
Giorgione's painting The Tempest paved the way for future______________ paintings. |
landscape |
Michelangelo, Raphael, and Botticelli were all commissioned to make art for who? |
the Medici family |
One of Michelangelo's major achievements was what? |
redesigning St. Peter's Cathedral |
Northern European Renaissance artists began using the system of linear perspective about _______ years after it was first developed. |
75 |
Artists working in the Early Renaissance period included |
Botticelli, Donatello, and Ghiberti |
Which 15th-century invention led to the decrease in the practice of illumination by hand? |
the printing press |
The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ's flesh wounds, originally hung in |
a hospital for patients with skin disease |
The movement that divided all of Europe into Protestant and Catholic camps is called |
the Reformation |
The painting, The Harvesters, which formed part of a cycle depicting the months of the year, was painted by ______________________________, a 16th-century Netherland painter. |
Pieter Brugel the Elder |
The sculptor of the panel The Story of Jacob and Esau, and Donatello's teacher, is ______________________. |
Lorenzo Ghilberti |
The iconography of The Tempest, by ___________, is unknown, but the painting made an important contribution to Renaissance art in the way it was composed. |
Giorgione |
Which work of art tells the story of a man who was murdered in his bath? |
The Death of Marat |
Because many European monarchs of the 17th and 18th centuries ruled with near-dictatorial power, this period is often referred to as: |
The Age of Kings |
Gianlorenzo Bernini was |
all of these |
Paintings depicting scenes of everyday life are known as ________ paintings |
genre |
What nationality was Peter Paul Rubens? |
Flemish |
In Baroque architecture, wall surfaces often protrude into the viewer's space. In Baroque painting, this same effect is created through the use of______________________________. |
dramatic lighting |
The Baroque painting Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes depicts a story from : |
the Bible |
The following characteristics are all typical of Italian Baroque art EXCEPT |
classic simplicity |
The following is true about Rembrandt EXCEPT |
he achieved and maintained financial success throughout his life |
The Palace of Versailles was home to: |
Louis XIV of France |
_____________________________________________________ helped shape the Neoclassical style. |
The excavations of ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum |
Unlike Baroque art from Catholic countries, Dutch Baroque art focused upon |
all of these |
St. Teresa in Ecstasy is an excellent example of: |
Baroque sculpture |
Among the following artists, whose innovation was it to create group portraits in the setting of an activity, rather than posing the subjects formally? |
Rembrandt |
Which of the following was court painter to King Philip IV? |
Diego Velazquez |
Which artists intentionally used their work to shape the public's view of prominent figures? |
Vigee-Lebron and David |
In comparison to Baroque art, the style of Rococo is more __________________________. |
playful and lighthearted |
One of Queen Marie-Antoinette's favorite portrait painters was__________________. |
Elisabeth Vigee-Lebron |
A work of art that uses a tragic Roman tale to arouse feelings of patriotism, self-sacrifice, and civic virtues in its viewers is____________________________. |
The Oath of the Horatii |
For some two hundred years, many of the works of Judith Leyster were mistakenly identified as the works of ________________________. |
Frans Hals |
Typical of Dutch landscape painting was the work of _______________________. |
Jacob Van Rusidael |
One of the most influential buildings of the architect Francisco Borromini was: |
San Carlo alle Quattro Funtane |
Foremost among French painters of the 17th century was ___________ who painted _________. |
Nicolas Poussin; The Ashes of Phokion |