Exam 2: Fifteenth-century Art in Northern Europe

Why did Philip the Bold commission the Chartreuse de Champmol?

In the Mérode Altarpiece ,the __________ is placed inside a contemporary Flemish home.

Discuss the Flemish school of painting in the fifteenth century.Address its origins,technique,major artists,individual styles,commissions,and subject matter.

Patrons in Germanic lands preferred altarpieces that featured_______________.

How did the accomplishments of Robert Campin,Jan van Eyck,and Rogier van der Weyden set the stage for the generation of Flemish painters who followed them? Discuss specific painters,their style,and the works they produced.

Tapestries provided both __________ and __________ for the stone walls of fifteenth century buildings.

Discuss the patronage that produced the Chartreuse de Champmol.Consider the painting and sculpture that were designed for this project.

Consider changes in the practice of manuscript illumination from the late fourteenth century into the fifteenth century.Include artists,their work,their style,the medium employed,and the role of patronage in your discussion.

Based on the text's discussion,what art form did women of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries produce?

A contemporary of Robert Campin,__________,was a painter of renown in the court of Philip the Good.

A __________ was a selection of prayers and readings to be used in daily prayer and meditation; it also included a calendar of holy days.

For most of the fifteenth century,the __________ were the most powerful rulers and art patrons in northern Europe.

The German artist,__________,was a skilled printmaker as well as painter.

How does the manuscript page Mary at Her Devotions from the Hours of Mary of Burgundy reflect religious practice of the period?

In __________ printing,individual letters could be arranged,inked,and then printed onto paper.

__________ was first achieved in the workshop of Johann Gutenberg in Germany.

Define the International Gothic style.Cite specific works of art and address style,technique,and subject matter.

Fifteenth-century __________ painters perfected the technique of painting with an oil medium.

Explain the technique of painting with an oil medium.Include examples of artists and their work as part of your discussion.

How did the use of oil paint contribute to Flemish artists' ability to create varied surface textures in paintings?