Unit Test Study Guide: Chapters 14, 20, & 23 1. Identify the artist and the name of the work. In what ways does this print reflect a combination of Northern European and Italian ideals in Renaissance art? 2. The slides show two views of the same fresco cycle in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. Identify the artist. Explain how the subject and meaning of the fresco cycle relate to its location. Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned with Angels, ca. 1280‐
1290 14‐7: Giotto di Bondone, Madonna Enthroned, ca. 1310
3. In Purgatorio 11, while commenting on the fleeting nature of artistic reputation, Dante notes that: "Cimabue once thought that he held the field in painting, and now Giotto has the praise, so much so that the other's fame is obscured. “ Why did Giotto so quickly surpass his teacher? Art historians have noted that while Cimabue began to break away from the Byzantine style of painting that had dominated Europe since the beginning of the Middle Ages, Giotto's innovations were much more radical and systematic. Explain the quote by comparing and contrasting the painting of Cimabue with Giotto. Why is Giotto considered the first Renaissance painter? Unit Test Study Guide: Chapters 14, 20, & 23 4. Who painted this artwork and what was it called? This artist is often been considered revolutionary. Discuss at least three innovations he made in the handling of form and space and in the treatment of narrative. In what ways did the presentation of liturgical theater influence its composition? 5. Describe a feature of the Italo‐Byzantine style, and give one example of a work in that style. 6. How does Bosch’s conception of the Creation of man’s fate compare with Giotto’s conception of salvation and redemption as seen in the Arena Chapel frescoes? Compare both the iconography and the styles of the two artists. 7. List three characteristic features of Giotto’s style evident in the Lamentation in the Arena Chapel. 8. List at least three ways in which Matthias Gunewald’s Isenheim Altarpeice would have related specifically to the audience of the Hospital of Saint Anthony. 9. In Jan Van Eyck’s, "Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife", explain three disguised symbols and their meaning in the painting. 10. In Hans Holbein, the Younger’s, The French Ambassadors, explain at least three symbols and their meaning in the painting.