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.