Ah 513: Northern Renaissance Art Final Exam Spring 2017

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Which medium is Martin Schongauer most known for?

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Engraving/printmaking (graphic arts)

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Who was the audience for Dürer’s Engraved Passion?

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The intellectual art lover (created as a collector's item)

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Where and for whom was the Feast of the Rose Garden created?

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The altar of the fraternity of German merchants in the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Venice

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What did Martin Luther post on the blackboard at WittenbergUniversity?

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His 95 theses

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Which artist was most influenced by witchcraft?

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Hans Baldung Grien

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Who was Holbein’s first patron in England?

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Thomas More

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What did Christina of Denmark say about a possible marriageto Henry VIII?

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if she had two heads, she wouldgladly put one at the disposal of the King of England

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How did Bosch learn about alchemy?

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From his in-laws

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Which museum houses many of Bosch’s works?

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The Prado in Madrid

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What is a moralizing genre scene?

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An everyday scene with objects to give a side meaning

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Name one female patron from the 15th centurycourts.

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Margaret of Austria

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Who was the chief court painter for the Habsburgs in Brussels and Mechelen?

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Bernard van Orley

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Who is often called “the second Bosch?”

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Pieter Brugel the Elder

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How was Bruegel affected by Italian art?

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He didn't sketch the antiquities like most artists before him, but many of the landscapes

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Artist:Martin Schongauer

Title: Temptations of Saint Anthony

PoO: Colmar
Medium: Engraving
Date:1475

Significance: Dürer and Michelangelo were inspired bythis print.

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Artist: Michael Pacher

Title: Jerome, Augustine, Gregory, and Ambrose from the Altarpiece of the Church Fathers
PoO: Nuremberg

Medium: Oil on Panel

Date: 1483-84

Significance: The panels have a remarkable architectonic appearance, indicating the original frame must have been elaborate

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Artist: Mathis Gothart Neithart

Title: Isenheim Altarpiece (closed position)

PoO: Isenheim

Medium: Oil on Panel

Date: 1515

Significance: Placed in the hospital chapel of the church for patients with skin diseases to look at

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Artist: Albrecht Dürer

Title: Saint Jerome in His Study from the Letters of Saint Jerome

PoO: Basel

Medium: Woodcut

Date: 1492

Significance: This was a frontispiece for the Letters of St. Jerome.

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Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Title: Four Horsemen from the Apocalypse Series
PoO: Nuremberg
Medium: woodcut
Date: 1498
Significance: This was the most famous of the series of 15

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Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Title: Self Portrait
PoO: Nuremberg
Medium: Oil on Panel
Date: 1500
Significance: He paints himself as the artist as Christ.

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Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Title: Feast of the Rose Garlands
PoO: Venice
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1506
Significance: Dürer said there was no better image of the Virgin in the country and included a self portrait in it.

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Artist: Albrecht Dürer
Title: Knight, Death, and the Devil
PoO: Nuremberg
Medium: Engraving
Date: 1513
Significance: Dürer was inspired by equestrian portraits he saw in Italy.

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Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Title: Martin Luther as Junker Jörg

PoO: Wittenberg

Medium: Oil on panel

Date: 1521

Significance: When Luther returned to Wittenberg he took on the guise of Junker Jörg.

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Artist: Lucas Cranach the Younger
Title: Luther Preaching with the Pope in the Jaws of Hell
PoO: Wittenberg
Medium: Woodcut, panel
Date: 1550
Significance: It was printed cheaply and passed to the masses as a form of propaganda.

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Artist: Albrecht Altdorfer
Title: Saint George Slaying the Dragon
PoO: Regensburg
Medium: Parchment on panel
Date: 1510
Significance: The landscape overshadows the figures and becomes the subject.

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Artist: Hans Baldung Grien
Title: Eve, the Serpent, and Death
PoO: Strasbourg
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1520-1525
Significance: In Baldung’s version of the Fall of Man, Adam is missing and the devil tempts Eve.

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Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Title: Jacob Meyer zum Hasen and Dorothea Kannengiesser
PoO: Basel
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1516
Significance: This commemorated Meyer’s appointment as mayor of Basel.

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Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Title: Christ in the Tomb
PoO: Basel
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1521
Significance: This is one of his most gruesome works which affects everyone who sees it.

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Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Title: Portrait of Sir Thomas More
PoO: Chelsea
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1527
Significance: Here Holbein painted an aristocratic portrait of More.

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Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Title: The French Ambassadors
PoO: London
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1533
Significance: It is a unique double portrait because it does not celebrate a marriage or family ties.

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Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Title: Edward VI as a Child
PoO: London
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1538
Significance: This was a New Year’s present.

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Artist: Hieronymus Bosch
Title: Garden of Earthly Delights (interior)
PoO: 's-Hertogenbosch
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1510-1515
Significance: This is considered to be Bosch’s masterpiece.

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Artist: Hieronymus Bosch
Title: Table of the Seven Deadly Sins
PoO: 's-Hertogenbosch
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1480-1485
Significance: The eye in the center represents the all seeing eye of God.

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Artist: Hieronymus Bosch
Title: Adoration of the Magi (interior)
PoO: 's-Hertogenbosch
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1510
Significance: The entire composition is filled with doom with the anti-Christ lurking half-nude in the barn.

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Artist: Quentin Massys
Title: Money Changer and His Wife
PoO: Antwerp
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1514
Significance: This may appear to be a genre piece, but it has a moralizing purpose as well.

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Artist: Quentin Massys
Title: The Ugly Old Woman
PoO: Antwerp
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1513
Significance: This may be a portrait of Massys wearing out of fashion Italian cloths.

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Artist: Joachim Patinir
Title: Landscape with Saint Jerome
PoO: Antwerp
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1520
Significance: Patinir’s landscapes are often compared to Bosch’s because of their eerie, imaginative quality.

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Artist: Joos van Cleve
Title: Holy Family
PoO: Antwerp
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1513
Significance: Madonnas such as this one, were repeated over and over to satisfy the demand of locals and patrons visiting Antwerp.

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Artist: Jan Gossaert
Title: Neptune and Amphitrite
PoO: Antwerp
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1516
Significance: These figures are based on Dürer’s Adam and Eve.

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Artist: Jan Gossaert
Title: Danaë
PoO: Antwerp
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1527
Significance: Gossaert places her in a temple, similar to the Temple of the Vestal Virgins in Rome.

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Artist: Bernard van Orley
Title: Holy Family
PoO: Brussels
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1522
Significance: This one is based on Raphael’s Holy Family, which he painted for Francis I.

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Artist: Bernard van Orley
Title: Portrait of Charles V
PoO: Brussels
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1516
Significance: This posture reveals the distinct Habsburg chin and Charles’ strong will.

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Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Title: Wedding Feast
PoO: Antwerp
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1568
Significance: Bruegel uses the heads of the guests to create his perspective.

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Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Title: Netherlandish Proverbs
PoO: Antwerp
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1559
Significance: This is Bruegel’s most ambitious attempt at portraying proverbs, having nearly one hundred individual proverbs illustrated.

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Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Title: Hunters in the Snow
PoO: Antwerp
Medium: Oil on panel
Date: 1565
Significance: Part of a series of paintings of the months of the year, but his differ from books of hours because he only depicts peasants.

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Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Title: The Artist and His Client
PoO: Antwerp
Medium: Pen drawing
Date: 1565
Significance: This pen drawing demonstrates the new perception of the artist as a visionary.