Question 1

What do art historians mean by the use of "hidden symbols" in the Mérode Altarpiece ?

Accepted Answer

A)   secret meanings in the work that only the patron would know
B)   symbols obscured by extraneous details
C)   ordinary objects that also possess symbolic meaning
D)   symbolic meaning that has been lost over the years

Question 2

What symbolic meaning is NOT suggested in Hunt of the Unicorn series of tapestries?

Accepted Answer

A)   the Incarnation of Christ
B)   moral character and bravery
C)   romantic love
D)   Christ's death on the cross

Question 3

Jan van Eyck describes the physical appearance of the Man in a Red Turban with detailed renderings of ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   his blood shot eyes
B)   tiny wrinkles around his eyes
C)   showing the stubble of his beard
D)   all of the above

Question 4

Which naturalistic device did Hugo van der Goes use in the Portinari Altarpiece ?

Accepted Answer

A)   a gold leaf background
B)   a vision of Christ as Judge
C)   atmospheric perspective in the landscape
D)   None of the above.

Question 5

Discuss the achievements of Jan van Eyck. Cite specific works of art, address style, technique, subject matter, and patronage.

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Jan van Eyck was a prominent Flemish pai...

Question 6

Did other artists, outside of Flanders, have exposure to the style and technique of Flemish painters? If so, how did this exposure occur? Who were these non-Flemish painters? How did they assimilate fifteenth-century Flemish style and technique?

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Yes, artists from outside of Flanders di...

Question 7

One reason for the limited number of female artists in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance was that women__________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   were not allowed to learn skills of drawing or painting
B)   could not work professionally as artists
C)   were not allowed formal apprenticeships
D)   were not admitted to guilds

Question 8

Patrons in Germanic lands preferred altarpieces that featured_______________.

Accepted Answer

A)   groups of panel paintings similar to those of Flemish masters
B)   other worldly images evoking Christian mysticism and spiritual revelation
C)   polychromed wood sculpture and carvings
D)   an icon of the Virgin and Child

Question 9

Similar to Jan van Eyck, the objects in Hugo van der Goes's Portinari Altarpiece _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   contain a personal meaning for the donor
B)   are secular references
C)   have symbolic meaning
D)   refer to the wealth of the donor

Question 10

Which of the following is characteristic of the International Gothic style in late fourteenth-century Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)   a preference for grisaille and pale colors
B)   a microscopic detailed rendering of natural objects
C)   the use of scientific perspective
D)   dark simple costumes that make facial details stand out

Question 11

How did women artists in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries learn to paint? Cite examples of individual women artists.

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During the fourteenth and fifteenth cent...

Question 12

Which feature is characteristic of French painting in the fifteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   elaborate details and complex iconography
B)   a reserved detachment among the figures
C)   an emphasis on symmetry and geometric patterns
D)   the use of Gothic architectural settings

Question 13

Discuss the importance of the fiber arts in -fifteenth century Flanders. Cite specific examples.

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Question 14

In landscapes, fifteenth-century Flemish painters relied on __________ to convey spatial depth.

Accepted Answer

A)   gold leaf
B)   atmospheric perspective
C)   local color
D)   supernatural visions

Question 15

The __________ in a Christian church symbolizes both the table of Jesus's Last Supper and the tombs of Christ and the saints.

Accepted Answer

A)   door
B)   nave
C)   altar
D)   clerestory

Question 16

The German artist, __________, was a skilled printmaker as well as painter.

Accepted Answer

A)   Martin Schongauer
B)   Hans Memling
C)   Dirck Bouts
D)   Petrus Christus

Question 17

_________ belonged to the second-generation of Flemish painters.

Accepted Answer

A)   Jan van Eyck
B)   Robert Campin
C)   Petrus Christus
D)   Roger van der Weyden

Question 18

Which figure does NOT exemplify the exacting naturalism that characterizes Flemish portraiture of the fifteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   the woman in Jan van Eyck's Double Portrait of A Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife
B)   the figure in Jan van Eyck's Man in a Red Turban
C)   the Virgin in Dieric Bouts's Virgin and Child
D)   the donor in the Mérode Altarpiece by the Master of Flémalle

Question 19

Discuss the evolution of the graphic arts in the fifteenth century to an art form comparable to manuscript illumination or painting. Define the techniques used, and cite specific artists and their works to support your discussion.

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Question 20

__________ carved and gilded the elaborate altarpiece for the church at the Champmol monastery.

Accepted Answer

A)   Michael Pacher
B)   Jacques de Baerze
C)   Claus Sluter
D)   Konrad Witz

Exam 19: Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe

One reason for the limited number of female artists in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance was that women__________________.

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Which feature is characteristic of French painting in the fifteenth century?

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What symbolic meaning is NOT suggested in Hunt of the Unicorn series of tapestries?

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__________ carved and gilded the elaborate altarpiece for the church at the Champmol monastery.

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Discuss the evolution of the graphic arts in the fifteenth century to an art form comparable to manuscript illumination or painting. Define the techniques used, and cite specific artists and their works to support your discussion.

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Discuss the achievements of Jan van Eyck. Cite specific works of art, address style, technique, subject matter, and patronage.

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Patrons in Germanic lands preferred altarpieces that featured_______________.

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The __________ in a Christian church symbolizes both the table of Jesus's Last Supper and the tombs of Christ and the saints.

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Discuss the importance of the fiber arts in -fifteenth century Flanders. Cite specific examples.

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Which of the following is characteristic of the International Gothic style in late fourteenth-century Europe?

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Which naturalistic device did Hugo van der Goes use in the Portinari Altarpiece ?

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What do art historians mean by the use of "hidden symbols" in the Mérode Altarpiece ?

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Which figure does NOT exemplify the exacting naturalism that characterizes Flemish portraiture of the fifteenth century?

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_________ belonged to the second-generation of Flemish painters.

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In landscapes, fifteenth-century Flemish painters relied on __________ to convey spatial depth.

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Did other artists, outside of Flanders, have exposure to the style and technique of Flemish painters? If so, how did this exposure occur? Who were these non-Flemish painters? How did they assimilate fifteenth-century Flemish style and technique?

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How did women artists in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries learn to paint? Cite examples of individual women artists.

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The German artist, __________, was a skilled printmaker as well as painter.

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Jan van Eyck describes the physical appearance of the Man in a Red Turban with detailed renderings of ________________.

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Similar to Jan van Eyck, the objects in Hugo van der Goes's Portinari Altarpiece _________________.

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