Final Flashcards
(47 cards)
What was the chief purpose of the stained-glass programs in all Gothic cathedrals?
to tell the stories of the Bible.
In a _____ church, the _____ was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds
gothic
flying buttress
The figure of _____ found on the jamb of Chartres’ south transept portal stands in a _____ position.
Saint Theodore
contrapposto
The _____ church at _____ features the highest ratio of glass to stone
Gothic
Sainte-Chapelle
_____ is credited with painting the fresco known as the Allegory of Good Government.
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
By the _____ century, _____ was the center of textile production in the Western world and played a central role in European trade markets.
twelfth
Florence
According to an old story, one day _____ discovered a talented shepherd boy by the name of _____ and tutored him in the art of _____. The pupil soon surpassed the teacher.
Cimabue
Giotto di Bondone
painting
_____ is credited with painting the Masetà (Virgin and Child), which once hung in the _____ of Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico.
Simone Martini
council chamber
_____ 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 _____, the Apostle Peter appears three times:
Masaccio’s The Tribute Money
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 _____, in _____ as an allegorical figure representing _____.
Venus
Botticelli’s Primavera
the highest moral qualities
_____’s The Last Supper is located on the _____ wall of the _____ of the _____ of Santa Maria delle Grazie.
Leonardo de Vinci
north
refectory
Dominican monastery
After being elected pope, _____ commissioned architect _____ to renovate the Vatican Palace and to serve as chief architect to replace Saint Peter’s Basilica with a new church.
Julius II
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 _____ to symbolize _____
oak and acorn
the patronage of Pope Julius II.
_____ and _____ are the central figures in Raphael’s School of Athens.
Aristotle and Plato
Many scholars consider _____ the Master of Flémalle and, therefore, the creator of the Mérode Altarpiece
Robert Campin
Who created the Mérode Altarpiece
Robert Campin
Who created the Garden of Earthly Delights?
Hieronymus Bosch
Who created the Isenheim Altarpiece?
Matthias Grünewald
Albrecht Dürer created _____, a watercolor depicting the minutest details of nature.
The Large Turf
Who created The Large Turf?
Albrecht Dürer
_____ painted a portrait of England’s King Henry VIII dressed in the clothes he wore when he married _____
Hans Holbein the Younger
Anne of Cleves
