Romanesque & Gothic
Italy 1200-1400
N. Europe 1400-1500
Italy 1400-1500
Italy 1500-1600
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Seen here, this Romanesque Cathedral was built ca. 1070-1120 using the pilgrimage plan to accommodate large crowds.
What is the Cathedral of Saint-Sernin, Toulouse.
100
Fresco painter of the Arena Chapel?, Padua, Italy, 1305–1306, seen here.
Who is Giotto.
100
Seen here, it was painted by Jan Van Eyck and completed in 1432.
What is the Ghent Altarpiece?
100
Seen here, this bronze statue of David from late 1440–1460 was created by this artist.
Who is Donatello?
100
Seen here, the School of Athens from the Vatican Palace, Rome, Italy, 1509–1511, was painted by this artist.
Who is Raphael?
200
Seen here, this Romanesque church portal from ca. 1115-1135 depicts Christ in Majesty above the entrance to an abbey-church.
What is the portal of Saint-Pierre,? Moissac.
200
Painter of the Maestà altarpiece, from the Siena Cathedral, Siena, Italy, 1308–1311, seen here.
Who is Duccio?
200
Painted by Jan Van Eyck, the title of the portrait seen here reflects the reason for which it was made.
What is ?Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride from 1434.
200
Seen here, these gilt-bronze doors were made by Lorenzo Ghiberti for the baptistery of the cathedral of Florence, Italy, between 1425–1452.
What are the Gates of Paradise?
200
Seen here, this marble sculpture of the Pieta was created by this artist ca. 1498-1500.
Who is Michelangelo?
300
Seen here, the west façade of this Cathedral, built ca. 1145-1115, expanded on the Early Gothic architecture and sculpture of St.-Denis in Paris.
What is Chartres Cathedral.
300
Seen here, this scene from the life of Christ is among the fresco walls painted by Giotto at the Arena Chapel, Padua, Italy, ca. 1305.
What is the Lamentation?
300
Seen here, this calendar page painted by the Limbourg Brothers ?in 1413–1416 is made using what materials?
What is ink on vellum?
300
This bronze statue of David, seen here, shows the biblical figure in what stage of his battle with Goliath?
What is celebrating his victory?
300
Seen here, the Venus of Urbino was painted by this artist in 1538.
Who is Titian?
400
Seen here, this High Gothic structure in Paris was the private chapel to the King of France, Louis IX.
What is Sainte-Chapelle.
400
Painted with tempera and gold leaf on wood, Duccio's, Maestà altarpiece, from the Siena Cathedral, seen here, draws upon this form of religious painting from Byzantium.
What is Byzantine icon painting.
400
By including this household item in the background of a painting from 1434?, Jan Van Eyck also painted himself into the portrait.
What is a mirror?
400
Including a memento mori at its base, this fresco of the ?Holy Trinity from Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy, from ca. 1424–1427 was painted by this artist.
Who is Masaccio?
400
Seen here, the School of Athens from the Vatican Palace, Rome, depicts an allegory of the harmony of faith and science by including these two famous Greek philosophers in distinctive poses.
Who are Plato and Aristotle?
500
Seen here, the Virgin with the Dead Christ (Röttgen Pietà), from Germany, ca. 1300–1325, shows Christ in this physical state.
What is in death and flowing with blood?
500
The Arena Chapel, who's interior walls were painted in fresco by Giotto, was paid for by this Italian banker.
Who is Enrico Scrovegni.
500
Painted into the calendar page of Les Très Riches Heures by the Limbourg Brothers, the castle and domains depicted on this page represent this man who paid for this manuscript.
Who is Jean, Duc du Berry.
500
Sculpted by Donatello from late 1440–1460, the bronze statue of David is the first full-size nude since Antiquity and shows David with what kind of stance often used in Greek sculpture?
What is contrapposto?
500
Seen here, the ?Pieta from ?Saint Peter’s, Vatican City, Rome, was controversial for depicting the Virgin Mary in this way.
What is younger than Christ and shown without an out-pouring of grief.