ART 2313 HINOJOSA EXAM 3 WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
JAN VAN EYCK - ANSWER foremost painter of the fifteenth century, credited
as the inventor of oil painting
OIL PAINTING - ANSWER drys very slowly and can be applied in multiple
translucent layers, allowing artists to create meticulous recreations of the
effects of light
ICONOCLASM - ANSWER protestant belief that sacred spaces should be
devoid of art, so that the faithful could concentrate on the text of scripture
THE GHENT ALTERPIECE, jan van eyck 1432 - ANSWER -source of civic pride
-only opened on sundays and feast days
-exterior = the annununciation
THE ANNUNCIATION - ANSWER scene where the angel tells mary that she is
with child
THE ANNUNCIATION, the ghent alterpiece - ANSWER -features john the
baptist, john the evangelist, prophets, sibyls
-use of oil recreates atmospheric persperctive
INTERIOR, the ghent altarpiece - ANSWER -top register = God, w/ 3 tier tiara
of the popes
-his right = virgin
-his left = the baptist
,-the three create deesis: scene of judgement/ intersection
THE ARNOLFINI PORTRAIT, jan van eyck 1434 - ANSWER -portrays wealth,
highly stylish, lavish costumes/ furnishings
-commissioned by a medici banker
-iconographic: symbols that mean something to the couple (ex. oranges:
imported, hard to get/ bed & mirror: very expensive)
DEPOSITION, roger van der weydens 1435 - ANSWER -n. renaissance
humanist piece de resistance
-the gold ground pushes the figures to the foreground forcing the viewer to
contemplate not only the corpus christi, but also the anguish of all of christs
attendants, especially mary, who swoons in position parallel to christ
GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS, hieronymous bosch 1505 - ANSWER
-triptych
-begins w the creation of world, full of exotic animals/ architecture
-central panel: orgy engulfs the landscape, w/ food, drink, sex, animal
parades, bathing, dancing
-final panel: outcome of following the path of indulgence, hellish landscape
full of strange animals, mutated forms, where sinners atone for their sins
accordingly
MIRACULOUS DROUGHT OF FISH, altarpiece of st. peter, konrad witz 1444 -
ANSWER -christ walking on lake geneva
-the imperiled peter floundering in the water can be seen as a jab at the
, church, whose authority has no longer considered infallible
THE ISENHEIM ALTARPIECE, matthias grünewlad 1510 - ANSWER -focuses on
the physical agony of the crucifixion, w/ gruesome details, contorted hands
and feet, cuts and bruises
-predella: dead christ awaits entombment
-when altar opened, doors amputate legs of dead christ = intentional
reference to sick and suffering (ergotism)
-wings: st. sebastian, st. anthony both suffer and/ subject to divine healing
-inside: incarnation and resurrection
ALBRECHT DÜRER - ANSWER -master of german printmaking
-painter and naturalist
-keeps journals and thousands of drawings
HARE AND GREAT PIECE OF TURF, albrecht durer 1502 - ANSWER -simple
watercolor
-new emphasis on nature, as gods creations
-exemplifies durers keen observational skills
FOUR APOSTLES, albrecht durer 1526 - ANSWER -asserts the artists growing
COMPLETE SOLUTION
JAN VAN EYCK - ANSWER foremost painter of the fifteenth century, credited
as the inventor of oil painting
OIL PAINTING - ANSWER drys very slowly and can be applied in multiple
translucent layers, allowing artists to create meticulous recreations of the
effects of light
ICONOCLASM - ANSWER protestant belief that sacred spaces should be
devoid of art, so that the faithful could concentrate on the text of scripture
THE GHENT ALTERPIECE, jan van eyck 1432 - ANSWER -source of civic pride
-only opened on sundays and feast days
-exterior = the annununciation
THE ANNUNCIATION - ANSWER scene where the angel tells mary that she is
with child
THE ANNUNCIATION, the ghent alterpiece - ANSWER -features john the
baptist, john the evangelist, prophets, sibyls
-use of oil recreates atmospheric persperctive
INTERIOR, the ghent altarpiece - ANSWER -top register = God, w/ 3 tier tiara
of the popes
-his right = virgin
-his left = the baptist
,-the three create deesis: scene of judgement/ intersection
THE ARNOLFINI PORTRAIT, jan van eyck 1434 - ANSWER -portrays wealth,
highly stylish, lavish costumes/ furnishings
-commissioned by a medici banker
-iconographic: symbols that mean something to the couple (ex. oranges:
imported, hard to get/ bed & mirror: very expensive)
DEPOSITION, roger van der weydens 1435 - ANSWER -n. renaissance
humanist piece de resistance
-the gold ground pushes the figures to the foreground forcing the viewer to
contemplate not only the corpus christi, but also the anguish of all of christs
attendants, especially mary, who swoons in position parallel to christ
GARDEN OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS, hieronymous bosch 1505 - ANSWER
-triptych
-begins w the creation of world, full of exotic animals/ architecture
-central panel: orgy engulfs the landscape, w/ food, drink, sex, animal
parades, bathing, dancing
-final panel: outcome of following the path of indulgence, hellish landscape
full of strange animals, mutated forms, where sinners atone for their sins
accordingly
MIRACULOUS DROUGHT OF FISH, altarpiece of st. peter, konrad witz 1444 -
ANSWER -christ walking on lake geneva
-the imperiled peter floundering in the water can be seen as a jab at the
, church, whose authority has no longer considered infallible
THE ISENHEIM ALTARPIECE, matthias grünewlad 1510 - ANSWER -focuses on
the physical agony of the crucifixion, w/ gruesome details, contorted hands
and feet, cuts and bruises
-predella: dead christ awaits entombment
-when altar opened, doors amputate legs of dead christ = intentional
reference to sick and suffering (ergotism)
-wings: st. sebastian, st. anthony both suffer and/ subject to divine healing
-inside: incarnation and resurrection
ALBRECHT DÜRER - ANSWER -master of german printmaking
-painter and naturalist
-keeps journals and thousands of drawings
HARE AND GREAT PIECE OF TURF, albrecht durer 1502 - ANSWER -simple
watercolor
-new emphasis on nature, as gods creations
-exemplifies durers keen observational skills
FOUR APOSTLES, albrecht durer 1526 - ANSWER -asserts the artists growing
