Humanities Semester 2 Final Exam Flashcards
The chief purpose of the stained-glass programs in all Gothic cathedrals was to …
tell the stories of the Bible.
In a gothic church, the ________ was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds.
flying buttress
The figure of Saint Theodore found on the jamb of Chartres’ south transept portal stands in a ________ position.
contrapposto
The Gothic church at _________ features the highest ratio of glass to stone.
Sainte-Chapelle
_________ 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 Cimabue discovered a talented shepherd boy by the name of __________ and tutored him in the art of painting. The pupil soon surpassed the teacher.
Giotto di Bondone
________ is credited with painting the Masetà (Virgin and Child), which once hung in the council chamber of Siena’s Palazzo Pubblico.
Simone Martini
_________ 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 Masaccio’s The Tribute Money, the Apostle Peter appears three times:
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 Botticelli’s Primavera as an allegorical figure representing the highest moral qualities.
Venus
Leonardo de Vinci’s The Last Supper is located on the north wall of the refectory of the Dominican monastery of __________
Santa Maria delle Grazie
After being elected pope, ________ commissioned architect Donato Barmante to renovate the Vatican Palace and to serve as chief architect to replace Saint Peter’s Basilica with a new church.
Julius II
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 __________ Michelangelo includes the della Rovene heraldic symbols of oak and acorn to symbolize the patronage of Pope Julius II.
Sistine Chapel
______ and ______ 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
____________ created the Garden of Earthly Delights.
Hieronymus Bosch
The Isenheim Altarpiece was created by _____________.
Matthias Grünewald
__________ created The Large Turf, a watercolor depicting the minutest details of nature.
Albrecht Dürer
____________ 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.
Mérode Altarpiece
__________ are depicted in the left panel of the Mérode Altarpiece.
the altarpiece’s patrons
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.
Jan van Eyck
The term _________ was assigned to those who painted draperies over the “offensive” areas of
the nude figures in Michelangelo’s Last Judgment.
braghettoni
__________ painted the Resurrection, which includes distinct mannerist qualities and is decorous to
the extent that draperies carefully conceal all inappropriate nudity.
El Greco
__________ painted The Calling of Saint Matthew for the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome.
Michelangelo Merisi (Caravaggio)
___________ painted five separate versions of the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes and was admitted to the Florentine Academy of Design.
Artemisia Gentileschi
______________ is considered a “landscape” painting.
The View of Haarlem from the Dunes of Overveen
_______ was particularly successful with genre scenes, including The Dancing Couple.
Jan Steen
_________ painted The Arrival and Reception of Marie de’ Medici at Marseilles.
Peter Paul Rubens
__________ painted Arcadian Shepherds.
Nicolas Poussin
__________ served as a model for one of the figures featured in Theodore Gericault’s The Raft of the “Medusa”.
Eugene Delacroix
_________ painted Impression: Sunrise, which played a significant role on “giving Impressionism its name.
Claude Monet
