Question 1

Match the work with the correct artist.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bosch -- Netherlandish Proverbs 
B)  Bruegel -- The Table Top of the Seven Deadly Sins 
C)  Holbein -- Henry VIII 
D)  Dürer -- the Peasant Dance 
E)  Cranach -- Melencolia I 
A)  Bosch -- Netherlandish Proverbs 
B)  Bruegel -- The Table Top of the Seven Deadly Sins 
C)  Holbein -- Henry VIII 
D)  Dürer -- the Peasant Dance 
E)  Cranach -- Melencolia I C

Question 2

Holbein was born in

Accepted Answer

A)  England 
B)  Antwerp 
C)  Augsberg 
D)  Nüremburg 
E)  Rotterdam 
A)  England 
B)  Antwerp 
C)  Augsberg 
D)  Nüremburg 
E)  Rotterdam C

Question 3

Which is the best match?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hubris -- folly 
B)  alchemy -- melancholy 
C)  etching -- painting 
D)  proverbs -- myths 
A)  Hubris -- folly 
B)  alchemy -- melancholy 
C)  etching -- painting 
D)  proverbs -- myths A

Question 4

"P.M." in Erasmus's satire on Julius II refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  Prime Minister 
B)  Pontifex Maximus 
C)  Saint Peter 
D)  Prime Mover 
A)  Prime Minister 
B)  Pontifex Maximus 
C)  Saint Peter 
D)  Prime Mover

Question 5

Cranach's Judgment of Paris is set in

Accepted Answer

A)  Saxony 
B)  Troy 
C)  Mycenae 
D)  Italy 
E)  France 
A)  Saxony 
B)  Troy 
C)  Mycenae 
D)  Italy 
E)  France

Question 6

Mandates of the Counter-Reformation encouraged Baroque art.They were arrived at in the

Accepted Answer

A)  Diet of Worms 
B)  Convocation of Rome 
C)  Council of Nicea 
D)  Council of Trent 
A)  Diet of Worms 
B)  Convocation of Rome 
C)  Council of Nicea 
D)  Council of Trent

Question 7

The word "melancholy" is derived from which two Greek words?

Accepted Answer

A)  choleros meaning "anger" and bilas meaning "bile" 
B)  melas meaning "black" and ira meaning "anger" 
C)  chola meaning "depression" and melas meaning "bile" 
D)  cholas meaning "bile" and melas meaning "black" 
A)  choleros meaning "anger" and bilas meaning "bile" 
B)  melas meaning "black" and ira meaning "anger" 
C)  chola meaning "depression" and melas meaning "bile" 
D)  cholas meaning "bile" and melas meaning "black"

Question 8

___________ created the woodcut of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Accepted Answer

A)  Dürer 
B)  Cranach the Elder 
C)  Holbein 
D)  Vermeer 
A)  Dürer 
B)  Cranach the Elder 
C)  Holbein 
D)  Vermeer

Question 9

Holbein's Erasmus rests his hands on a book of

Accepted Answer

A)  the Bible 
B)  the Moriae encomium 
C)  the Adagia 
D)  the Metamorphoses 
E)  the Labors of Herakles 
A)  the Bible 
B)  the Moriae encomium 
C)  the Adagia 
D)  the Metamorphoses 
E)  the Labors of Herakles

Question 10

__________ was one of the first painters to show people working out in the countryside.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bellini 
B)  Grünewald 
C)  Pieter Bruegel 
D)  Holbein 
A)  Bellini 
B)  Grünewald 
C)  Pieter Bruegel 
D)  Holbein

Question 11

Match the region,city,or country with the individuals.

Accepted Answer

A)  Erasmus -- Amsterdam 
B)  Luther -- Germany 
C)  Bosch -- Belgium 
D)  Dürer -- Dresden 
A)  Erasmus -- Amsterdam 
B)  Luther -- Germany 
C)  Bosch -- Belgium 
D)  Dürer -- Dresden

Question 12

Printmaking refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  woodcuts, engravings, and editions 
B)  woodcuts, drawings, and painting 
C)  engravings, editions, and painting 
D)  woodcuts, intaglio, and drawings 
A)  woodcuts, engravings, and editions 
B)  woodcuts, drawings, and painting 
C)  engravings, editions, and painting 
D)  woodcuts, intaglio, and drawings

Question 13

In the myth of Icarus,who made the wings?

Accepted Answer

A)  Icarus 
B)  Zeus 
C)  Breugel 
D)  Daedalos 
E)  the plowman 
A)  Icarus 
B)  Zeus 
C)  Breugel 
D)  Daedalos 
E)  the plowman

Question 14

Knight,Death,and the Devil is Dürer's picture of

Accepted Answer

A)  the Christian armed in faith 
B)  the devil 
C)  the image of Virtue 
D)  the Christian armed in faith and the devil 
A)  the Christian armed in faith 
B)  the devil 
C)  the image of Virtue 
D)  the Christian armed in faith and the devil

Question 15

Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece shows

Accepted Answer

A)  musical angels 
B)  various depictions of martyrdom 
C)  profound religious emotion 
D)  all of the choices are correct. 
A)  musical angels 
B)  various depictions of martyrdom 
C)  profound religious emotion 
D)  all of the choices are correct.

Question 16

Which of the following artists was most famous for his woodcuts?

Accepted Answer

A)  Grünewald 
B)  Bruegel 
C)  Holbein 
D)  Dürer 
A)  Grünewald 
B)  Bruegel 
C)  Holbein 
D)  Dürer

Question 17

Het Schilderboeck is

Accepted Answer

A)  the title of a painting 
B)  the title of a book 
C)  the title of an etching 
D)  the title of a poem 
A)  the title of a painting 
B)  the title of a book 
C)  the title of an etching 
D)  the title of a poem

Question 18

Astrology is best described as

Accepted Answer

A)  a form of black magic 
B)  a heresy 
C)  a pseudo-science 
D)  a moral philosophy 
A)  a form of black magic 
B)  a heresy 
C)  a pseudo-science 
D)  a moral philosophy

Question 19

The Peasant Dance must have been done in Northern Europe because of

Accepted Answer

A)  the happiness 
B)  the hidden symbolism 
C)  the fact that there are peasants 
D)  the energy 
A)  the happiness 
B)  the hidden symbolism 
C)  the fact that there are peasants 
D)  the energy

Question 20

What carries the inscription "Melencolia" in Dürer's engraving?

Accepted Answer

A)  a mouse 
B)  an angel 
C)  a dog 
D)  a toad 
E)  a bat 
A)  a mouse 
B)  an angel 
C)  a dog 
D)  a toad 
E)  a bat

Exam 16: Sixteenth-Century Painting in Northern Europe

Match the work with the correct artist.

Holbein was born in

Which is the best match?

"P.M." in Erasmus's satire on Julius II refers to

Cranach's Judgment of Paris is set in

Mandates of the Counter-Reformation encouraged Baroque art.They were arrived at in the

The word "melancholy" is derived from which two Greek words?

___________ created the woodcut of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Holbein's Erasmus rests his hands on a book of

__________ was one of the first painters to show people working out in the countryside.

Match the region,city,or country with the individuals.

Printmaking refers to

In the myth of Icarus,who made the wings?

Knight,Death,and the Devil is Dürer's picture of

Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece shows

Which of the following artists was most famous for his woodcuts?

Het Schilderboeck is

Astrology is best described as

The Peasant Dance must have been done in Northern Europe because of

What carries the inscription "Melencolia" in Dürer's engraving?

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