art history study
GHOST HAM
question.docxChapter 15 Study Guide Essay
Questions:
1) What is a Book of Hours, and what role did art play in these books?
2) Describe the intermingling of the secular and sacred in Flemish art. Please give an example.
3) 3) Discuss the significance of portraiture in this period and Jan van Eyck’s innovations in this genre.
4) 4) Describe the printmaking techniques and innovations used in this period.
5) 5) What was an altarpiece, and how did it function? Please give an example
Chapter 16 Essay Questions:
1) What were the most valued artistic concepts in the Renaissance? Please provide two concepts
2) .2) Describe the significance of the Medici family in 15th-century Italy.
3) 3) What were the benefits of being a court artist? Please give an example of an artist who worked for a court.
4) 4) Why did Florentine leaders choose the sacrifice of Isaac as the theme for the baptistery doors contest?
5) 5) Describe the function of Or San Michele and its significance for art. Please provide an example.
Chapter 17 Study Guide Essay Questions:
1) What was the Counter-Reformation, and what role did religious art play in it? Please provide an example of Counter-Reformation art.
2) 2) In what ways did Pope Julius II affect the course of 16th-century art?
3) 3) How does Michelangelo’s David differ from its 15th-century predecessors? Please discuss not only the visual elements that are different but the parts of the story and purpose for which the sculptures were made
4) .4) What is Mannerism? Please provide an example and describe why artwork is Mannerist.
5) 5) How did Sofonisba Anguissola change portraitur
Chapter 18 Study Guide Essay Questions:
1) Among Protestant reformers, what were the chief complaints about the Catholic Church?
2) 2) How did Protestant views of art affect artistic production in the Netherlands? How did Protestant beliefs on the role of religious art differ from Catholics?
3) 3) How did humanism affect northern Europe
4) 4) Describe the role of female artists in this period.
