These questions must be researched and answered correctly. Each answer must be between 75-100 words. You can use any source either art history book or internet.
Part 1-
• What is a book of hours and what role did art play in these books?
• What was the black death and what effect did it have on the arts during this period?
• How did humanism influence the arts?
Part 2-
• What is the book of hours and what role did art play in these books?
• What is a polyptych and what advantages did its form offer?
• Describe the flemish technique for creating panel paintings and the advantages of this technique.
Part 3-
• What were the most valued artistic concepts in the renaissance?
• Describe the significance of the medici family in fifteenth century italy.
• What is perspective?
Part 4-
• What was the counter reformation and what role did religious art play in it?
• Summarize mannerist art.
• What made the ii gesu so effective for the jesuits?
Part 5-
• How did protestant views of art affect artistic production in the netherlands?
• How did humanism affect northern europe?
• Describe the extent of the spanish empire in the sixteenth century. What role did they play in championing catholicism ?
Part 6-
• What changes did carlo maderno and bernini make to saint peter's in the baroque period?
• What were the aims of caravaggio's art and what made his work a success?
• Discuss the use of ceiling frescoes illustrating religious themes during the baroque period.
Part 7-
• How was patronage in the netherlands different than elsewhere in europe and how did this affect artistic practice?
• What genre grew in popularity because of the dutch's unique relationship to the land?
• What is a vanitasstill-life and what message did these paintings communicate?
Part 8-
• Describe the enlightenment and its significance for societal advancements.
• Describe "natural" art.
• Why was neoclassicism popular in the new american republic?
Part 9-
• Describe the pre-raphaelite movement.
• Discuss the influence of david on later artists.
• What is the hudson river school?
Part 10-
• Describe the artistic aims of modernist artists.
• What observations on color were incorporated into impressionist art?
• Who shaped the ideas of the arts and crafts movement?
Part 11-
• What two artistic forms did surrealism take/
• Name two government programs which supported artists during the great depression of the 1930s.
• Briefly describe regionalists or american scene painters.
Part 12-
• How does the emergence of environmental art or earthworks reflect the time period?
• What is postmodernist architecture?
• Define minimal sculpture.