Northern Renaissance Multiple Choice Questions
1
The real name of the Master of Flemalle
A
Jan van Eyck
B
Robert Campin
C
Hans Holbein
D
Robert Flemalle
2
Hieronymous Bosch created a bizarre image of Paradise and Hell in his painting:
A
The Treasure of Atreus
B
Self-Portrait
C
The Garden Earthly Delights
D
The Adoration of the Lamb
3
The famous Portrait of the Arnolfinis in front of a mirror is a wedding picture by:
A
Matthias Greenwald
B
Jan van Eyck
C
Leonardo da Vinci
D
Rogier van der Weyden
4
The sacrifice of Christ is symbolically depicted in The Ghent Altarpiece in this painting:
A
The Annunciation
B
The Crucifixion
C
The Adoration of the Lamb
D
The Deposition
5
The Isenheim Altarpiece includes an enormous graphic account of the _______________.
A
Peasant Wedding
B
Crucifixion
C
Battle of Issus
D
Melancholia
6
The Battle of Issus by Altdorfer includes his use of the __________________viewpoint.
A
bird's-eye
B
worm's eye perspective
C
scientific perspective
D
ground level
9
Durer's Adam and Eve is an example of a(n)_____________________.
A
silver point
B
etching
C
woodcut
D
engraving
10
Cellini's saltcellar demonstrated the artist's two careers, sculptor and _________.
A
goldsmith
B
jeweler
C
decorator
D
cook
11
The standard medium used for painting changed in the Northern Renaissance from tempera
to________________.
A
fresco
B
etching
C
oil paint
D
watercolor
12
To produce _____________________________the artist scratched a design on a metal plate
with a steel needle.
A
woodcut
B
relief sculpture
C
lithographs
D
drypoint
13
Albrecht Durer made two trips to the Italian city of_______________________.
A
Rome
B
Venice
C
Florence
D
Paris
15
The Garden of Earthly Delights was painted as:
A
an altarpiece for a church
B
as a wedding gift
C
for religious devotion
D
as a relic for a chapel
16
The Ghent Altarpiece was started and completed by
A
Jan van Eyck
B
Rogier van der Weyden
C
Jan and Hubert van Eyck
D
Matthias Greenwald
17
Carving woodblocks for making prints was done by:
A
rubbing a burin
B
dry point etching
C
Carving out the wood
D
a layer of asphaltum
18
________________________________was the object used in The Merode Altarpiece to
symbolically trap the Devil.
A
a birdhouse
B
a mouse trap
C
a pencil box
D
a fire pot
19
The Northern Renaissance took place mainly in what are today the countries of:
A
Monaco, Portugal, and Spain
B
Brussels, the Netherlands, and Germany
C
Sweden, Norway, and Denmark
D
Bulgaria, Romania, and Dalmatia
20
Woodcuts, such as Cranach's Allegory of Law and Grace, enable
A
the artist to reach a wider audience with his ability to mass produce images
B
the collector to display works that were resistant to fading and peeling
C
the artist to use color in printmaking, before only black and white was possible
D
the artist for the first time to represent a scene three-dimensionally
21
Albrecht Durer's engraving of Adam and Eve reference works of classical art for the forms of the
two figures because it shows them as
A
pagan and corrupt
B
idealized before the Fall of Man
C
saintly and holy
D
concerned only about their physical appearance
22
Holbein worked at the court of
A
Francis I
B
William IV
C
Julius II
D
Henry VIII
23
The Isenheim Altarpiece was originally placed in a:
A
museum
B
hospital
C
town hall
D
castle
24
The Battle of Issus is meant to parallel the contemporary battles against
A
Protestants
C
both Protestants and Cahtolics
B
Catholics
D
Turks