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Northern Renaissance Art

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Northern Renaissance Art game quiz
"This quiz focuses on symbolism in art of the Northern Renaissance, as well as facts about early Netherlandish painters."

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1. Which of the following does NOT characterize the International Style, popular in manuscript illuminations in early fifteenth century France?
    a high degree of anatomical detail
    emphasis on tactile detail
    elegant, elongated figures
    crowded, shallow compositional space


2. In the many Annunciation scenes depicted in Northern Renaissance art, such as that in Robert Campin's Merode Altarpiece, what does the Lily symbolize?
    The presence of the divine
    Devotion
    Humility
    Mary's virginity


3. Speaking of hidden symbolism, what does the Gothic architecture in Jan Van Eyck's Annunciation in a Church symbolize?
    The Old Testament Order
    The new Christian order
    The Immaculate Conception
    The Eucharist


4. What is NOT one of the traditional roles the Virgin Mary plays in paintings of the Northern Renaissance?
    The human mother of Christ
    The second Eve
    The queen of Heaven
    The healer of the sick


5. In Jan Van Eyck's Arnolfini Wedding, what does his signature translate to?
    Jan Van Eyck
    I am Jan Van Eyck
    Painted by Jan Van Eyck
    Jan Van Eyck was here


6. For what building was Rogier Van der Weyden's Beaune Altarpiece (The Last Judgement) commissioned?
    a private home
    a cathedral
    a hospital
    a palace


7. What is unusual about the composition of Hugo Van Der Goes' Death of the Virgin?
    The virgin is not in the painting.
    No one in the painting is looking at the virgin.
    The virgin is alone in the painting.
    The virgin appears alive and well in the painting.


8. What sacrament is the central focus of Jan Van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece?
    Penance
    Marriage
    Eucharist
    Baptism


9. Which artist was Robert Campin's pupil?
    Rogier van der Weyden
    Hugo van der Goes
    Jan van Eyck
    Hans Memling


10. What is significant about Jan van Eyck's silverpoint drawing of Niccolo Albergati?
    It is signed and dated.
    It is evidence that Van Eyck drew from life.
    It looks nothing like Van Eyck's subsequent painting of Albergati.
    It was made after Van Eyck's painting of Albergati.

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