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HUMANITIES EXAM Flashcards

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what was the chief purpose of the stained glass programs in all Gothic cathedrals?

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to tell the stories of the Bible

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In a Gothic church, what was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds?

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the flying buttress

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the figure of who is found on the jamb of Chartres’ south transept portal stands in a contrapposto position?

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Saint Theodore

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4
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The Gothic church at _____ _____ features the highest ratio of glass to stone

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Sainte-Chapelle

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who is credited with painting the fresco known as the “Allegory of Good Government”?

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Ambrogio Lorenzetti

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By the twelfth century, _____ was the center of textile production in the Western world and played a central role in European trade markets?

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Florence

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According to an old story, one day _____ discovered a talented shepherd boy by the name of Giotto di Bondone and turned him in the art of painting. The pupil soon surpassed the teacher?

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Cimabue

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In the story of Cimabue discovering a talented shepherd boy and turning him in the art of painting, what is the name of the boy?

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Giotto di Bondone

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9
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Simone Martini is credited with painting the _____ (Virgin and Child), which once hung in the council chamber of Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico

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Maseta

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10
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who produced the winning design for the dome of Florence Cathedral?

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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11
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Brunelleschi’s investigation of optics in Arab science also contributed to his understanding, particularly Alhazen’s Persepctiva, which integrated the classical works of:

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Euclid
Ptolemy
Galen

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In Masaccio’s “The Tribute Money”, the Apostle Peter appears three times:

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Christ tells St. Peter to catch a fish
St. Peter catching the fish in the Sea of Galilee
St. Peter paying the tax collector

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13
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Humanists in Lorenzo’s court would have recognized ______, in Botticelli’s “Primavera” as an allegorical figure representing the highest moral qualities

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Venus

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14
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Leonardo da Vinci’s “____ ____ ____” is located on the NORTH wall of the refectory of the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie

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The Last Supper

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15
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After being elected Pope, Julius II commissioned architect ______ ______ to renovate the Vatican Palace and to serve as chief architect to replace St. Peter’s Basilica with a new church

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Donato Barmante

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16
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the characteristics that contributed to the making of the Tempietto are:

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its classical reference
its incorporation of original classical Roman columns into its architectural scheme
the mathematical orderliness of its parts

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17
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Throughout the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo includes the della Rovene heraldic symbols of ____ and _____ to symbolize the patronage of Pope Julius II

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oak and acorn

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18
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who are the central figures in Raphael’s School of Athens?

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Aristotle and Plato

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Many scholars consider _____ ____ the Master of Flemalle and, therefore, the creator of the “Merode Altarpiece”

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Robert Campin

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20
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who created the “Garden of Earthly Delights”?

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Hieronymus Bosch

21
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Who created the “Isenheim Altarpiece”?

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Matthias Grunewald

22
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who created “The Large Turf”, a watercolor painting depicting the minutest details of nature?

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Albrecht Durer

23
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who painted a portrait of England’s King Henry VIII dressed in the clothes he wore when he married Anne of Cleves?

A

Hans Holbein the Younger

24
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The _______ ________ is a three part work, or triptych

A

Merode Altarpiece

25
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what is depicted in the Merode Altarpiece’s LEFT panel?

A

its patrons

26
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The reflection of ___ ____ _____, the artist, can be seen in the mirror at the back of the room depicted in the double portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and Giovanna Cenami

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Jan Van Eyck

27
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the term _______ was assigned to those who painted draperies over the “offensive” areas of the nude figures in Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment”

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braghettoni

28
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___ _____ painted the “Resurrection,” which includes distinct mannerist qualities and is decorous to the extent that draperies carefully conceal all inappropriate nudity

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El Greco

29
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who painted “The Calling of Saint Matthew” for the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome?

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Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio)

30
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who is standing next to Christ in Caravaggio’s “The Calling of Saint Matthew”?

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Peter

31
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who painted five separate versions of the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes and was admitted to the Florentine Academy of Design?

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Artemisia Gentileschi

32
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The “View of Haarlem from the Dunes of Overveen” is considered what type of painting?

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landscaping

33
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Jan Steen was particularly successful with genre scenes, including “___ _______ ____”

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The Dancing Couple

34
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who painted “The Arrival and Reception of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles”

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Peter Paul Rubens

35
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who painted “Arcadian Shepherds”

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Nicolas Poussin

36
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who served as a model for one of the figures featured in Theodore Gericault’s “The Rafe of the “Medusa””

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Eugene Delacroix

37
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Which of Claude Monet’s paintings played a significant role on “giving impressionism its name”

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Impression: Sunrise

38
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August Renoir “preferred to paint the crowd” and created _____ ___ ____ ____ ______

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Luncheon of the Boating Party

39
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Georges Seurat depended on what type of style to paint “Sunday on a Grand Jatte,” which depicts a crowd of Parisians enjoying an island in the Seine River

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pointillist style

40
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Vincent van Gogh utilized a technique known as ______ to create “Night Cafe”

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impasto

41
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who painted “Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon”, which became notorious “as an assult on the idea of painting as it had always been understood”?

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Pablo Picasso

42
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cubism was born out of collaboration between which two people?

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Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque

43
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second position

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heels wide apart, feet forming a straight line

43
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first position

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heels touching, feet forming a straight line

44
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third position

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one foot in front of the other with the heel against the instep

45
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fourth position

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feet apart, one in front of the other, heels in line

46
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fifth position

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one foot in front of the other with the heel against the joint of the big toe

47
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who is credited for having coined the term “Platonic love”

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Marsilio Ficino

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