Question 1

________ is/are thought to have visited Italy.

Accepted Answer

A) Pieter Bruegel 
B) Hans Holbein 
C) Albrecht Dürer 
D) Both Pieter Bruegel and Albrecht Dürer 
A) Pieter Bruegel 
B) Hans Holbein 
C) Albrecht Dürer 
D) Both Pieter Bruegel and Albrecht Dürer D

Question 2

Prints are made by pressing a sheet of paper or other material against an image-bearing surface called the

Accepted Answer

A) stage. 
B) burin. 
C) print matrix. 
D) plate. 
E) multiple. 
A) stage. 
B) burin. 
C) print matrix. 
D) plate. 
E) multiple. C

Question 3

Holbein's Erasmus rests his hands on a book,

Accepted Answer

A) the Bible. 
B) the Moriaeencomium. 
C) the Adagia. 
D) the Metamorphoses 
E) "The Labors of Herakles" 
A) the Bible. 
B) the Moriaeencomium. 
C) the Adagia. 
D) the Metamorphoses 
E) "The Labors of Herakles" E

Question 4

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

Question 5

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 6

Holbein obtained a letter of introduction to Sir Thomas More from

Accepted Answer

A) Martin Luther. 
B) Henry VIII. 
C) Albrecht Dürer. 
D) Erasmus. 
A) Martin Luther. 
B) Henry VIII. 
C) Albrecht Dürer. 
D) Erasmus.

Question 7

The Isenheim Altarpiece is a

Accepted Answer

A) diptych. 
B) panel. 
C) polyptych. 
D) triptych. 
A) diptych. 
B) panel. 
C) polyptych. 
D) triptych.

Question 8

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.

Question 9

What carries the inscription "Melencolia I" 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

Question 10

Grünewald's Crucifixion has two saints in the side panels.They are

Accepted Answer

A) Sebastian and John the Evangelist. 
B) Anthony and Mary Magdalene. 
C) John the Baptist and John the Evangelist. 
D) Anthony and Sebastian. 
E) Sebastian and Jerome. 
A) Sebastian and John the Evangelist. 
B) Anthony and Mary Magdalene. 
C) John the Baptist and John the Evangelist. 
D) Anthony and Sebastian. 
E) Sebastian and Jerome.

Question 11

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) cholos 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) cholos meaning "bile" and melas meaning "black"

Question 12

Melancholia I is Dürer's engraved image of

Accepted Answer

A) Martin Luther. 
B) peasants viewing the fall of Icarus. 
C) an idle creator looking for inspiration. 
D) None of these answers is correct. 
A) Martin Luther. 
B) peasants viewing the fall of Icarus. 
C) an idle creator looking for inspiration. 
D) None of these answers is correct.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece shows

Accepted Answer

A) musical angels. 
B) various depictions of martyrdom. 
C) profound religious emotion. 
D) All these answers are correct. 
A) musical angels. 
B) various depictions of martyrdom. 
C) profound religious emotion. 
D) All these answers are correct.

Question 15

Which of the following specialized in portraiture?

Accepted Answer

A) Grünewald 
B) Hans Holbein 
C) Albrecht Dürer 
D) Pieter Bruegel 
A) Grünewald 
B) Hans Holbein 
C) Albrecht Dürer 
D) Pieter Bruegel

Question 16

The textual source of Dürer's Four Horsemen is

Accepted Answer

A) the Metamorphoses. 
B) the Moriaeencomium. 
C) the book of Revelation. 
D) the Ship of Fools. 
A) the Metamorphoses. 
B) the Moriaeencomium. 
C) the book of Revelation. 
D) the Ship of Fools.

Question 17

Which of the following correctly matches artist with work?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Which of the following correctly matches an individual with the correct region,city,or country?

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 19

Het Schilderboeck is the title of a(an)

Accepted Answer

A) painting. 
B) book. 
C) etching. 
D) poem. 
E) sculpture. 
A) painting. 
B) book. 
C) etching. 
D) poem. 
E) sculpture.

Question 20

The closest northern equivalent of Vasari in the 16th century was

Accepted Answer

A) Erasmus. 
B) van Mander. 
C) Luther. 
D) Sprenger and Kramer. 
E) Tetzel. 
A) Erasmus. 
B) van Mander. 
C) Luther. 
D) Sprenger and Kramer. 
E) Tetzel.

Exam 16: Sixteenth-Century Painting in Northern Europe

________ is/are thought to have visited Italy.

Prints are made by pressing a sheet of paper or other material against an image-bearing surface called the

Holbein's Erasmus rests his hands on a book,

Which is the best match?

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

Holbein obtained a letter of introduction to Sir Thomas More from

The Isenheim Altarpiece is a

Holbein was born in

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

Grünewald's Crucifixion has two saints in the side panels.They are

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

Melancholia I is Dürer's engraved image of

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

Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece shows

Which of the following specialized in portraiture?

The textual source of Dürer's Four Horsemen is

Which of the following correctly matches artist with work?

Which of the following correctly matches an individual with the correct region,city,or country?

Het Schilderboeck is the title of a(an)

The closest northern equivalent of Vasari in the 16th century was

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