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100
The dome of Florence Cathedral as well as other important advances in linear perspective have attributed to this Italian architect.
Filippo Brunelleschi
100
Who painted the ceiling fresco's at the Sistine chapel?
Michelangelo.
100
What geographic regions in Europe are associated with the reformation and the counter-reformation, respectively?
The reformation took place in the North of Europe, and the counter-reformation, lead by the Church of Rome, is associated with southern Europe, Italy in particular.
100
Which country is associated with the Rococo?
France.
100
Wolfflin's method of comparative analysis is best suited for the comparison of these two periods?
Renaissance and Baroque
200
According to Erwin Panofsky, what are the three levels of investigating a work of art?
Pre-Iconographic, Iconographic, Iconologic,
200
Colorito is a term associated with the artwork of which Italian region?
Venice
200
The Northern Baroque (Netherlands): a) Espouses the ideas of the Church of Rome. b) Is completely secular and has no relation to Christian faith. c) A representation of reformation beliefs in individual faith and the bible as the prime religious authority. d) Is the pinnacle of Italian cultural production.
c) A representation of reformation beliefs in individual faith and the bible as the prime religious authority.
200
Poussin, The Abduction of the Sabine Women, 1633-34, is believed to be an allegory of this virtue.
Patriotism.
200
This Florentine family served as the primary and most significant private art patrons throughout all of the Italian periods we have studied.
The Medici family.
300
During the Quattrocento, which church plan was preferred by the central Church,and which was preferred by artists and humanist patrons?
The Church preferred the bascillian plan. Artists and humanist intellectuals preferred the central plan church.
300
Raphael's School of Athens depicts which two philosophers centrally?
Plato and Aristotle.
300
Pieter Claesz is a micro-specialist or "little master" of this variety of painting.
Still life.
300
French Baroque Classicism borrowed elements from antiquity to these ends.
Stability, power and timelessness of his reign.
300
Water-based pigments are applied to a surface of wet plaster in the measured space of a giornata, which becomes a permanent part of the wall is called.
Fresco painting.
400
What is the iconological significance of the biblical scene of The Tribute Money painted by Masaccio in the Brancacci Chapel at the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence?
In 1427, the same year of this painting a new tax was enacted in Florence and the Branacci family was a strong supported of this tax whose proceeds were intended to build up military defense. This frecso represents a biblical scene where Jesus legitimizes secular authority stating, "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's."
400
How were classicism or humanism incorporated into Renaissance art?
They were adapted to conform to, or compliment Christian beliefs.
400
What Flemish Catholic artist was a key proponent of the counter-reformation in the North of Europe?
Peter Paul Rubens.
400
Louis XIV was this type of moarch; his power to rule was believed to be divinely appointed and he controlled all aspects of his kingdom.
Absolute ruler.
400
What Northern Baroque Painter would come to influence the work of the Rococo?
Peter Paul Rubens.
500
What are the main two points of the argument that Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait is not a wedding document?
The couple, who are demonstrating their abundant wealth, would not likely have had such a modest wedding, and the marriage records for Arnolfini date later than this image, and after the death of the artist.
500
Michelangelo complained about the painfulness of painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which was particularly frustrating to him because he primarily considered himself to be this type of artist.
Sculptor.
500
What characteristics of Bernini's work espouse the ideals of the Counter Reformation?
Energy and emotion.
500
This artist, who contributed to the decoration and facade, held the esteemed position of director of the Academie Royal de peinture and sculpture.
Charles Le Brun.
500
What are Wolfflin's five categories for comparison?
Line/painterliness, plane/recession, closed form/open form, multiplicity/unity, clear/unclear.