Chapter 14 (Artistic Innovations in Fifteenth-Century Northern Europe)
1. The International Gothic style is characterized by ________.
a. a return to the Classical style
b. an interest in luxury products enlivened with naturalistic details
c. an interest in Roman portraiture
d. the revival of woodcuts
2. The Arnolfini Portrait
(14.14), is true?
a. The identification of the couple is certain.
b. The portrait was painted to commemorate a wedding.
c. The portrait was painted to memorialize the woman portrayed in the painting.
d. The occasion commemorated in this work is open to a variety of
interpretations.
3. Melchior Broeder Infancy of Christ (14.2) panels feature a characteristic of
the International Gothic style: ______________.
a. lack of architecture
b. use of red
c. the realistic depiction of small details
d. idealized depictions of city life
4. Bruges Town Hall (14.7) is intended to look like ______________.
a. an ecclesiastical structure
b. a martyrium
c. a Roman villa
d. a town hall
5.
(14.8).
a. It signifies the humble origins of Joseph and Mary.
c. It refers to a popular Flemish symbol popularized by Campin.
6. Rogier van der W Descent from the Cross (14.15) is characterized by
_______________.
a. emotionless figures
b. lack of movement
c. lack of color