HUMANITIES EXAM Flashcards
(48 cards)
what was the chief purpose of the stained glass programs in all Gothic cathedrals?
to tell the stories of the Bible
In a Gothic church, what was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds?
the flying buttress
the figure of who is found on the jamb of Chartres’ south transept portal stands in a contrapposto position?
Saint Theodore
The Gothic church at _____ _____ features the highest ratio of glass to stone
Sainte-Chapelle
who is credited with painting the fresco known as the “Allegory of Good Government”?
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
By the twelfth century, _____ was the center of textile production in the Western world and played a central role in European trade markets?
Florence
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?
Cimabue
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?
Giotto di Bondone
Simone Martini is credited with painting the _____ (Virgin and Child), which once hung in the council chamber of Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico
Maseta
who 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 Persepctiva, which integrated the classical works of:
Euclid
Ptolemy
Galen
In Masaccio’s “The Tribute Money”, the Apostle Peter appears three times:
Christ tells St. Peter to catch a fish
St. Peter catching the fish in the Sea of Galilee
St. Peter paying the tax collector
Humanists in Lorenzo’s court would have recognized ______, in Botticelli’s “Primavera” as an allegorical figure representing the highest moral qualities
Venus
Leonardo da Vinci’s “____ ____ ____” is located on the NORTH wall of the refectory of the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie
The Last Supper
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
Donato Barmante
the characteristics that contributed to the making of the Tempietto are:
its classical reference
its 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 ____ and _____ to symbolize the patronage of Pope Julius II
oak and acorn
who are the central figures in Raphael’s School of Athens?
Aristotle and Plato
Many scholars consider _____ ____ the Master of Flemalle and, therefore, the creator of the “Merode Altarpiece”
Robert Campin
who created the “Garden of Earthly Delights”?
Hieronymus Bosch
Who created the “Isenheim Altarpiece”?
Matthias Grunewald
who created “The Large Turf”, a watercolor painting depicting the minutest details of nature?
Albrecht Durer
who painted a portrait of England’s King Henry VIII dressed in the clothes he wore when he married Anne of Cleves?
Hans Holbein the Younger
The _______ ________ is a three part work, or triptych
Merode Altarpiece
