CHAPTER20PIETY,PASSION,ANDPOLITICS:15thCenturyArtinNorthernEurope

andSpain

1. JanvanEyck'sGiovanniArnolfiniandHisBridecontainsmanysymbols.Whichofthefollowingisan
allusiontoGod?
a. thedog
c. thewhiskbroom
b. thebedpost
d. themirror
ANS: D

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis/Comprehension

2. AlthoughcousinstotheFrenchkings,theBurgundiansusuallysidedwithEngland.Whichofthefollowing
accountedforthis?
a. TheyneededEnglishwoolforitswoolindustry.
b. EnglandwasindebttoBurgundy.
c. FrancewasindebttoBurgundy.
d. BurgundyhadamarriagealliancewithEngland.
ANS: A

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis/Comprehension

3. Inthe15thcentury,theDukesofBurgundywieldedpoweroverwhichofthefollowingcounties?
a. Bavaria
c. Galicia
b. Flanders
d. Lombardy
ANS: B

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

4. WhichofthefollowingaccountedfortheinterestinillusionisminFrenchmanuscriptillumination?
a. contactwithItaly
b. contactwithConstantinople
c. contactwithBruges
d. contactwithLondon
ANS: C

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis/Comprehension

5. LesTresRichesHeuresduDucdeBerrylikemanyBooksofHourscontainsacalendar.Thissectionofthis
manuscriptinparticulardepictswhichofthefollowing?
a. courtlylife
b. therosary
c. seasonaltasks
d. theancestryoftheDucdeBerry
ANS: C

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

6. HowdidtheDukesofBurgundyacquirethecountyofFlanders?

a. marriage
b. barter
ANS: A

c. treaty
d. purchase
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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

7. WhichofthefollowingreasonsaccountsfortheshiftinfocusoftheBurgundianDukesawayfromDijonand
towardsBruges?
a. itslocationtoItaly
b. itsfinancialdomination
c. itsweather
d. itsproximitytowater
ANS: B

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OBJ: TYPE:Comprehension

8. TheDukesofBurgundycommissionedarttoreinforcetheirstatusasrulersandtheirdynasty.Whichofthe
followingbestsupportsthis?
a. TheDukeswantedtoreinforcetheviewofdynasticsophistication
b. TheDukeswantedtoemployartists
c. TheDukeswantedtoprovideartfordispersal
d. TheDukeswantedtoamassagreatcollection
ANS: A

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis

9. WhichofthefollowingwasadynasticsymbolfortheDukesofBurgundy?
a. ValoisCastle
b. ChateauBlanc
c. ChartreusedeChampmol
d. St.Bavo
ANS: C

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis

10. WhatdoesthefountaincreatedbyClausSluterforthecloisterofChartreusedeChampmolsymbolize?
a. EverlastingLife
b. theWellofMoses
c. flowingwater
d. theDukesofBurgundy
ANS: A

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis/Comprehension

11. ThefollowingphrasefromRevelations,"pureriverofwateroflife,clearascrystal,proceedingoutofthe
throneofGodandoftheLamb"isdepictedinwhichofthefollowing?
a. Deposition
b. LastSupperfromtheHolySacramentAltarpiece
c. AltaroftheLambfromtheGhentAltarpiece
d. AdorationoftheShepherdsfromthePortinariAltarpiece

ANS: C

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis

12. Whowasdeanofthepainters'guildofGhentandworkedforTommasoPortinari?
a. JanvanEyck
b. RogiervanderWeyden
c. DirkBouts
d. HugovanderGoes
ANS: D

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge/Comprehension

13. WhichofthefollowingartistsspecializedinimagesoftheMadonna?
a. HugovanderGoes
b. RogiervanderWeyden
c. HansMemling
d. JanvanEyck
ANS: C

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

14. Whichofthefollowingisamanifestationofthecommitmentofprivateprayer?
a. aBookofHours
b. asmallAltarpiece
c. theconstructionofsmallchapelsinthecitycathedral
d. anilluminatedPsalter
ANS: A

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OBJ: TYPE:Comprehension

15. ThehugepomegranatetreefoundonthefaadeoftheColegiodeSanGregorioinValladolidisasymbolfor
whichofthefollowingcities?
a. Valladolid
c. Sevilla
b. Granada
d. Madrid
ANS: B

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

16. Thefollowingphrase,"...activityofathousandintertwinedmotifsunifiesthewholedesign..."describes
whichofthefollowingstyles?
a. GermanLateGothic
c. French15thcentury
th
b. Flemish15 century
d. SpanishPlateresque
ANS: D

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis

17. Amysticmarriagewouldhaveresonatedinparticularwithnuns.Whichofthefollowingaccountsforthis?
a. Itvalidatedmarriage
b. Itsecuredthewoman'spositionaswife
c. Itwasaspecialspiritualmarriage

d. Itsecuredcertainrightsforthewife
ANS: C

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis

18. ThePortinariAltarpiececontainsmedievalpictorialdevices,smallscenesthatstressthemeaningand
significanceofthedepictedevent.Whichofthefollowingisonesuchmedievalpictorialdevice?
a. theArrivaloftheMagi
c. theBaptismofChrist
b. theCrucifixion
d. theResurrection
ANS: A

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis/Comprehension

19. WhichofthefollowingmedievaldevicescanbefoundinStephenLochner'sMadonnaintheRoseGarden?
a. astructuredcomposition
b. agoldbackground
c. asymmetricalcomposition
d. thepatronappearsinthework
ANS: B

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OBJ: TYPE:Comprehension

20. StossVeitrevealsthepoweroftheLateGothicstyle.Whichofthefollowingsupportsthisstatement?
a. Hecreatedlargecarvedwoodenaltarpieces.
b. HedesignedanelegantBookofHours.
c. Hecreatedadetailedreliquary.
d. HepaintedanaltarpiecedevotedtotheLastJudgment.
ANS: A

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OBJ: TYPE:Comprehension

21. WhichofthefollowingwouldsupporttheargumentthattheWellofMosescreatedbyClausSluterdidnot
actuallyspoutwater?
a. TherewasnowatersourceintheCarthusianmonastery.
b. Carthusiancommitmenttosilencewouldprecludeanysoundmakingdevice.
c. TheWellofMoseswasneverfinished,soitneverworked.
d. TheWellofMoseswasnottheactualdeviceusedtospoutwater.
ANS: B

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OBJ: TYPE:Comprehension/Analysis

22. TheHundredYearsWarinvolvedprimarilywhichtwokingdoms?
a. EnglandandFrance
c. ItalyandGermany
b. GermanyandFrance
d. EnglandandSpain
ANS: A

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

23. WhowasthenoblepatronwhocommissionedLesTrsRichesHeures?
a. PhiliptheGood
b. GiovanniArnolfini
c. TommasoPortinari

d. Jean,DukeofBerry
ANS: D

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

24. Whichofthefollowingartistswasfamousforhisenigmaticlargescalework?
a. HieronymusBosch
c. HugovanderGoes
b. VeitStoss
d. JanvanEyck
ANS: A

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

25. WhichofthefollowingwasPhiliptheBoldofBurgundy'smostsignificantcommission?
a. ChartreusedeChampmol
c. GhentAltarpiece
b. LesTrsRichesHeures
d. PortinariAltarpiece
ANS: A

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

26. TheNurembergChronicleisatributetothenewcraftoftheprintedillustratedbook.Whatwasthecontentof
theNurembergChronicle?
a. ItwasthehistoryofNuremberg.
b. ItwasthehistoryofGermany.
c. Itwasthehistoryoftheworld.
d. Itwasthehistoryoftheillustratedbook.
ANS: C

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

27. InMartinSchongauer'sengravinghecreateddistinctionsoftonalvaluesandtextures.Hedistinguished
betweenskinandcloth,featherandfur.WhichofthefollowingisthetitleofMartinSchongauer'sengraving?
a. SaintAnthonyTormentedbyDemons
b. TheCrucifixion
c. TheMysticMarriageofSt.Catherine
d. TheAdorationoftheShepherds
ANS: A

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OBJ: TYPE:Comprehension/Analysis

28. Whichcityderiveditswealthfrombankingandthewooltrade?
a. Dijon
c. Munich
b. Bruges
d. Paris
ANS: B

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

29. Sluter'ssculpturalworkscanbecharacterizedas
a. elegant,usingsweepingcurvilinearlines
b. havinglittlephysicalmovementorweightshift
c. typicalofthe"soft"style
d. influencedbythestyleofDonatello

ANS: B

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis/Comprehension

30. OneofthemostimportanttradingcitiesoffifteenthcenturyNetherlandswas
a. Dijon
c. Basel
b. Bruges
d. Amsterdam
ANS: B

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

31. Whichofthefollowingartistssecularizedportraiture?
a. TilmanRiemenschneider
b. HieronymusBosch
c. HugovanderGoes
d. JanvanEyck
ANS: D

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis/Comprehension

32. PhiliptheBoldofBurgundyclearlyunderstoodtheramificationsoftheGreatSchism.Herecognizedthe
disputewasnotdoctrinalbutratherpolitical.Heeagerlyenteredintothefraybecausehewasconfidentofhis
powerandcontrol.WhichofthefollowingdidPhiliptheBoldsupport?
a. thepopeinRome
b. thekingofEngland
c. thekingofFrance
d. thepopeinAvignon
ANS: D

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OBJ: TYPE:Comprehension/Analysis

33. Emergingcapitalismledtourbanprosperity.Thisprosperityledtoagrowinginterestinwhichofthe
followingarttypes?
a. secularportraits
c. smallaltarpieces
b. reliquaries
d. churchconstruction
ANS: A

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OBJ: TYPE:Comprehension/Analysis

34. WhichofthefollowingwasNOTincludedinJanvanEyck'sGhentAltarpiece?
a. AdamandEve
c. Deposition
b. GodtheFather
d. AdorationoftheLamb
ANS: C

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OBJ: TYPE:Comprehension/Analysis

35. InRiemenschneider'sAssumptionoftheVirgin,theartisthadsuccessfullyincorporatedwhichofthefollowing
elements?
a. Italianillusionism
b. Byzantinespirituality
c. Romanclassicism
d. Gothicintricacy

ANS: D

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OBJ: TYPE:Comprehension

36. RecentscholarshiphasindicatedthatmanyoftheimagesofBosch'sGardenofEarthlyDelightsaremost
likelybasedonwhichofthefollowing?
a. storiesfromtheGoldenLegend
b. alchemicalsymbolism
c. visionsofSt.BridgetofSweden
d. Ovid'sMetamorphosis
ANS: B

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis

37. CharlesIofSpainunitedthreemajordynasticlines:Burgundian,Spanish,andwhichother?
a. Capetian
c. Portinari
b. Hapsburg
d. Valois
ANS: B

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

38. WhichofthefollowingweremembersoftheGuildofSt.Luke?
a. weavers
c. masons
b. metalsmiths
d. painters
ANS: D

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis

39. HugovanderGoes'sPortinariAltarpieceischaracterizedbywhichofthefollowing?
a. itsjoyfulangelsandmutedcolors
b. anexclusiveconcernwithformalproblems
c. aflat,goldbackground
d. itsrichcolorsandasombermood
ANS: D

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OBJ: TYPE:Analysis

40. WhichtwoentitiesdividedtheBurgundianterritoriesafterthedeathofCharlestheBold?
a. FranceandSpain
b. FranceandtheHolyRomanEmpire
c. EnglandandFrance
d. RomeandEngland
ANS: B

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OBJ: TYPE:Knowledge

41. AllofthefollowingarefactorsthatcontributedtothedevelopmentofcitiesinthefifteenthcenturyEXCEPT

a. Themigrationofasignificantportionoftheruralpopulationtourbancenters.
b. Thethrivingcommerce,industry,andfinanceofEurope
c. Thefirstinternationalcommercialstockexchange.
d. Thedelayintheonsetofconsequences

ANS: D

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42. Separatepagesofvellumorparchmentboundtogetheratoneside;thepredecessorofthemodernbook.
a. Codex
c. Logos
b. Biblio
d. Athos
ANS: A

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43. A15thand16thcenturystyleofSpanisharchitecturecharacterizedbyelaboratedecorationbasedonGothic,
ItalianRenaissance,andIslamicsources
a. Mozaribic
c. Arabesque
b. Plateresque
d. Romanesque
ANS: B

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44. WhatisaBookofHours?
a. adailyplanner
b. acollectionofBooksofMinutes
ANS: C

c. abookusedforrecitingprayers
d. aCatholicversionoftheBible

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45. NametheartistswhoilluminatedtheTresRichesHeuresduDucdeBerry.
a. theLimbourgbrothers
c. theHolbeins
b. theVanEyckbrothers
d. thePicassosisters
ANS: A

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46. DescribethestylisticcharacteristicsthatlinktheilluminationsdonebytheLimbourgbrotherswith
fourteenthcenturySienesepainting:
a. Growingartisticinterestinsurrealismandabstractthemes.
b. Closeobservationofthenaturalworld
c. Convincingshadowscastbythepeopleandobjects.
d. Depictionofaperceptualreality,asshownbythearchitecturaldetail.
ANS: A

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47. ThesymbolicmeaningoftheWellofMosesattheChartresusedeChampmolwasasymbolicfountainoflife,
withtheBloodofChristflowingdownovertheOldTestamentprophets,washingawaytheirsinsintothewell
below.Itrepresentsthepromiseofeverlastinglife.
a. True
b. False
ANS: A

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48. Anarchitecturalscreenorwallaboveandbehindanaltar,usuallycontainingpainting,sculpture,carving,or
otherdecorations.
a. altar
c. retable
b. gallery
d. ambulatory
ANS: C

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49. WhatisthegeneralthemeoftheGhentAltarpiece?
a. Eternaldamnation
c. HumanitysRedemption.
b. Obedienceandsacrifice
d. HopeandCourage
ANS: C

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50. WhatpaintingtechniquewasperfectedbyfifteenthcenturyFlemishpainters?
a. Tempera
c. Oil.
b. Acrylic
d. Water
ANS: C

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51. IncontrasttothecomplexsymbolismofJanvanEyck,whatdidRogiervanderWeydenstressinhis
paintings?
a. Humanitysredemption
c. Christslove
b. Humanactionanddrama.
d. Paganism
ANS: B

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52. Howdidmostwomenartistsreceivetheirtrainingduringthefifteenthandsixteenthcenturies?
a. Fromthewomensartistguild
b. Convents
c. Fromtheirhusbandsandfatherswhowerepainters.
d. Cathedralschoolsandapprenticeships
ANS: C

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Akindofengravinginwhichthedesignisincisedinalayerofwaxorvarnishonametalplate.Thepartsof
theplateleftexposedarethenetched(slightlyeatenaway)bytheacidinwhichtheplateisimmersedafter
incisingEtching
Avitreouscoatingappliedtopotterytosealanddecoratethesurface;itmaybecolored,transparent,or
opaque,andglossyormatte.Inoilpainting,athin,transparent,orsemitransparentlayerputoveracolorto
alteritslightlyGlaze
Awoodenblockonthesurfaceofwhichthosepartsnotintendedtoprintarecutawaytoaslightdepth,
leavingthedesignraised;also,theprintedimpressionmadewithsuchablock.Woodcut

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andSpain

1. (Figure207)

a. HansMemling
b. HugovanderGoes
ANS: D

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c. JanvanEyck
d. RogiervanderWeyden
KEY: SlideIdentification

2. (Figure204)

a.
b.
c.
d.

IsenheimAltarpiececlosed
GhentAltarpiececlosed
GhentAltarpieceopen
ChampmoldeRetable

ANS: D
3. (Figure209)

PTS: 1

KEY: SlideIdentification

a. Italian
b. French
ANS: C

c. Netherlandish
d. German
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KEY: SlideIdentification

4. (Figure2011)

a.
b.
c.
d.

MrodeAltarpiece
GhentAltarpiece
ChampmoldeRetable
St.JohnAltarpiece

ANS: D

PTS: 1

KEY: SlideIdentification

5. (Figure2015)

a. PetrusChristus
b. JeanFouquet

c. RogiervanderWeyden
d. MelchiorBroederlam

ANS: A

PTS: 1

KEY: SlideIdentification

6. (Figure2017)

a. Spanish
b. French
ANS: D

c. German
d. Netherlandish
PTS: 1

KEY: SlideIdentification

7. (Figure2019)

a. Deposition
b. MelunDiptych
ANS: B

c. GhentAltarpiece
d. MrodeAltarpiece
PTS: 1

KEY: SlideIdentification

8. (Figure2021)

a. RogiervanderWeyden

c. KonradWitz

b. StephenLochner
ANS: C

d. MartinSchongauer
PTS: 1

KEY: SlideIdentification

9. (Figure2023)

a. VeitStoss
b. ClausSluter
ANS: C

c. TilmanRiemenschneider
d. GildeSilo
PTS: 1

KEY: SlideIdentification

10. (Figure2025)

a. manuscriptillumination
b. etching
ANS: C
11. (Figure202)

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c. engraving
d. woodcut
KEY: SlideIdentification

a. January
b. October
ANS: B

c. December
d. May
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KEY: SlideIdentification

12. (Figure2010)

a. DirkBouts
b. JeanPucelle
ANS: C

13. (Figure2026)

c. HugovanderGoes
d. HansMemling
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KEY: SlideIdentification

a. Dijon
b. Bruges
ANS: D

c. Madrid
d. Valladolid
PTS: 1

KEY: SlideIdentification

14. (Figure208)

a. ClausSluter
b. RogiervanderWeyden
ANS: B

PTS: 1

c. HansMemling
d. DirkBouts
KEY: SlideIdentification

15. (Figure2026)

a. German
b. Netherlandish
ANS: D

16. (Figure203)

c. French
d. Spanish
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KEY: SlideIdentification

a.
b.
c.
d.

workedforLouisIX
workedforCatherineofAragon
workedforPhiliptheBold
workedforTommasoPortinari

ANS: C

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KEY: SlideIdentification

17. (Figure206)

a. JanvanEyck
b. RogiervanderWeyden
ANS: A
18. (Figure2014)

PTS: 1

c. RobertCampin
d. Bosch
KEY: SlideIdentification

a. RogiervanderWeyden
b. PetrusChristus
ANS: D

PTS: 1

c. JeanFouquet
d. JanvanEyck
KEY: SlideIdentification

19. (Figure2018)

a. France
b. Netherlands
ANS: B

c. Germany
d. Spain
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KEY: SlideIdentification

20. (Figure205)

a. CreglingenAltarpiece
b. IsenheimAltarpiece
ANS: D

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c. PortinariAltarpiece
d. GhentAltarpiece
KEY: SlideIdentification

Chapter20ArnolfiniWedding

(Figure201)
1. (Figure201)Theworkwaspaintedby
a. Vermeer
b. Rembrandt
ANS: C

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c. VanEyck
d. Memling

2. (Figure201)Theworkwaspaintedinwhichcentury?
a. Thirteenth
c. Seventeenth
b. Fifteenth
d. Nineteenth
ANS: B

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3. (Figure201)Theartistwhocreatedthepaintingworkedprimarilyin
a. Paris
c. London
b. Antwerp
d. Bruges
ANS: D

PTS: 1

4. (Figure201)Thepaintingincorporates
a. religioussymbolism
b. politicalpropaganda
ANS: A

c. musicalmetaphors
d. Classicalmythology

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5. (Figure201)TheworkhasbeeninterpretedasavisualdocumentofallofthefollowingEXCEPT
a. marriage
c. coronation
b. betrothal
d. legalcontract
ANS: C

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6. (Figure201)Theworkismostnotableforitsattentionto
a. highlynaturalisticdetail
c. geometricpatterning
b. mythologicalnarrative
d. Classicalrevival
ANS: A

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7. (Figure201)Theartistincludeshimselfinthepaintingintheformof
a. animalrepresentation
c. symbolicrepresentation
b. writtentext
d. narrativeelements
ANS: B

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Chapter20BookofHours

(Figure202)
1. (Figure202)Theworkshownwasmadeinapproximately
a. 1200
c. 1600
b. 1400
d. 1800

ANS: B

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2. (Figure202)Theworkisa
a. manuscriptillumination
b. wallpaintingfromaprivatechapel
c. predellapanelofanaltarpiece
d. ceramicpanelinachateau
ANS: A

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3. (Figure202)Thisexampleistakenfromwhichofthefollowingcycles?
a. Allegoriesofvirtuesandvices
b. Biblicalstoriesrepresentedincontemporarydress
c. Arepresentationofthelaborsofthemonths
d. Abookofanimalhusbandry
ANS: C

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4. (Figure202)Thisworkisanexampleofwhichofthefollowingperiodstyles?
a. Roman
c. Carolingian
b. Byzantine
d. InternationalGothic
ANS: D

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5. (Figure202)Thisworkillustrates
a. aparadeofactorsandmusicians
b. membersofthecourtonanouting
c. pilgrimsontheirwaytoaholysite
d. contestantsabouttoenterarace
ANS: B

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6. (Figure202)Theworkwaspaintedby
a. Irishmonks
b. JanandHubertvanEyck
ANS: D

c. theLorenzettiBrothers
d. theLimbourgBrothers

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7. (Figure202)Workslikethisarerelatedtothemesfoundinthepaintingsofwhichofthefollowingartists?
a. Giotto
c. PieterBreugel
b. Duccio
d. ElGreco
ANS: C

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