Art and Symbolism
The meaning of oranges in the Arnolfini Portrait.
What is wealth?
This term describes the dramatic contrast of light and dark popularized during the Baroque period.
What is chiaroscuro?
This book was banned by the Church for 200 years.
What is On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres by Copernicus?
Beowulf battles these 3 monsters in epic poem.
Who are Grendel, Grendel's mom, and the dragon.
This artwork was heavily criticized by the Church.
What is The Last Judgment by Michelangelo?
The disease possibly represented in Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time.
What is syphilis.
This artist is credited with creating the Baroque style of sculpture.
Who is Gian Lorenzo Bernini?
This term refers to payments to the Church for the removal of sin.
What are indulgences?
This is how Beowulf kills Grendel.
What is tearing off his arm?
Where Qurans printed in Arabic were banned.
What are Ottoman lands?
The family relationship in Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time.
What is mother and son?
This portrait artist painted the royal family and other notable figures.
Who is Diego Velázquez?
These arguments were nailed to a church door in Wittenberg.
What are the Ninety-five Theses?
This language is the original language of Beowulf.
What is Old English?
This banking family clashed with Machiavelli.
Who are the Medici?
The object found on a figure’s buttocks in The Garden of Earthly Delights.
What is a musical score?
This artist had a great influence on the Northern Baroque tradition.
Who is Peter Paul Rubens?
This English monarch started the Church of England.
Who is King Henry VIII?
Bravery, loyalty, and justice.
What are traits associated with Beowulf?
Machiavelli believed this is necessary to have an orderly society.
What is cruelty?
What strawberries represent in The Garden of Earthly Delights.
What are the pleasures of tasting forbidden fruit?
This style, characterized by elongated figures and visual trickery, was named after the Italian word for 'style.'
What is Mannerism?
This is the oldest known printed book.
What is The Diamond Sutra?
The writer of Beowulf.
Who is unknown?
Machiavelli used the term "criminal virtue" to mean the necessary ruthlessness of this figure.
Who is the leader?